Route 3 (Uruguay)

{{Short description|Road in Uruguay}}

{{infobox road

|country= URY

|type=route

|route= 3

|alternate_name= General José Artigas

|map=Route 3-Uruguay.png

|map_notes=

|length_km= 564.6

|direction_a= South

|terminus_a= Km.67 of Route 1
(near Puntas de Valdez & Rafael Perazza)
Kilometre Zero is in Centro, Montevideo

|junction= San José Department:

• San José de Mayo

  - Route 11 W > Ecilda Paullier, Route 1

  - Route 11 E > Atlántida

Flores Department:

• Trinidad

  - Route 14 W > Mercedes

  - Route 14 E > Durazno, La Coronilla

Río Negro Department:

• Young

  - Route 25: S > Route 24, N > Route 90

Paysandú Department:

• Paysandú

  - Route 90 E

  - Route 135 of Argentina

• 34.5 Km after Paysandú

  - Route 26: E-SE > Tacuarembó, Melo

Salto Department:

• Salto

  - Route 31 SE > Tacuarembó

Artigas Department:

• 23 Km before Bella Unión

  - Route 30 NE > Artigas

  > BR-472 of Brazil

|direction_b= North

|terminus_b= Bella Unión

|previous_type=route

|previous_route=1

|next_type=route

|next_route=30

|image=Ruta 3, Departamento de Paysandú.jpg

}}

Route 3 is a national route of Uruguay. In 1975, it was assigned the name General José Artigas, the foremost national hero of Uruguay.{{cite web |url=http://www0.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=14361 |title=LEY N° 14.361 |publisher=República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo |year=1975 |accessdate=19 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307205210/http://www0.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=14361 |archivedate=7 March 2014 }} It is one of the most important highways in the country along with Route 5, connecting the south coast near Rafael Perazza with Bella Unión in the extreme northwest. The road is approximately {{convert|592|km}} in length.{{cite web|url=http://www.reservas.net/alojamiento_hoteles/uruguay_mapasplanos.htm|title=Mapas & Planos - República Oriental del Uruguay|publisher=Reservas.net|accessdate=2 June 2011}}(Note: Length=180km, evidently a mistake){{cite web|url=http://www.turismouruguayo.com/informacion-sobre-rutas-de-uruguay/ |title= Information about the routes of Uruguay |language=Spanish |publisher=Turismo en Uruguay – Turismo Uruguayo .com |year=2011 |accessdate=16 July 2011}}

Although Route 3 starts at Km. 67 of Route 1, its distance notation uses the same Kilometre Zero reference as Routes 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and IB, which is the Pillar of Peace of Plaza de Cagancha in the Centro of Montevideo.{{cite web |url=http://www.juntamvd.gub.uy/es/comunicados-de-prensa/609-kilometro-cero-en-plaza-cagancha.html |title=Kilómetro cero en Plaza Cagancha |publisher=Junta Departamental de Montevideo |date=25 March 2010 |accessdate=21 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120629114134/http://www.juntamvd.gub.uy/es/comunicados-de-prensa/609-kilometro-cero-en-plaza-cagancha.html |archivedate=29 June 2012 }}