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| Native name | Rodovia Anhanguera (Portuguese) |
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| Namesake | Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva |
| Type | Double-lane highway |
| Length | 453 km (281 mi) |
| Location | Passes throughSão Paulo,Cajamar,Jundiai,Louveira,Vinhedo,Valinhos,Campinas,Sumaré,Nova Odessa,Americana,Limeira,Araras,Leme,Pirassununga,Porto Ferreira,Cravinhos,Ribeirão Preto,Orlândia,São Joaquim da Barra,Guará,Ituverava,Igarapava |
| South end | Rua Monte PascalLapa, in the city ofSão Paulo |
| Major junctions |
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| North end | Igarapava – Next toMinas Gerais State Border |
| Construction | |
| Inauguration | 1940/1948/1950 and 1953/1959/1961 |
TheRodovia Anhanguera (official designation SP-330) (In English: Anhanguera Highway) is a highway in the state ofSão Paulo,Brazil. It is one of the country's busiest transportation corridors. A 2005 survey conducted amongst Brazilian truck drivers rated it as the best transportation axis in the country. It is part of the federal highway calledBR-050 that connects Brasilia to São Paulo, however, in the state of São Paulo it receives the name of SP-330.
The Anhanguera Highway connects the city ofSão Paulo with the northeastern part of the state of São Paulo going through industrial cities and one of the most productive agricultural areas. It is one of the most important highways in Brazil and one of the busiest, with the highest traffic segment between São Paulo and Campinas, the first to be built. It is duplicated, containing sections with additional tracks and marginal clues. They have heavy traffic, especially of trucks. It is considered, together with the Bandeirantes Highway and the Washington Luis Highway, the country's largest financial corridor, since it interconnects some of the state's metropolitan regions such asSão Paulo,Campinas andRibeirão Preto, as well as theJundiaí Urban Agglomerate and the Central Administrative Region.[1]
A route was firstly mentioned in 1774 in a letter written by a lieutenant called José Peixoto da Silva Braga, with the track of the route. In that time, the lieutenant joined to the group of Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva (nicknamed asAnhanguera), a famousbandeirante who explored the backlands of Brazil to look forprecious stones. A dirt road betweenSão Paulo city andCampinas was opened, and afterwards reaching thestate of Goiás, receiving the name of "Caminho dos Goyazes" (in English: Goyazes road). This road served thecattle troops and voyagers who explored the backlands forgold,precious stones andslaves, and after transported goods to small villages that were built along the road.
The construction of a new road was started in 1914, based on the old Anhanguera's road. A group of 84forced labor prisoners, paved 32 km of the track betweenSão Paulo andCampinas. After some years, the prisoners were changed by employees to continue the construction and extend the road to northern regions of thestate of São Paulo. A new highway was then officially inaugurated in the 1940s, with different track, between São Paulo and Campinas. It was the first modern,asphalt-paved, four-lane highway in the country, named then as Anhanguera Highway.
Anhanguera was the name given by native indigenous people to thebandeirante explorer of the 16th century,Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva, who impressed them with tricks of setting fire to a plate full ofcachaça, a Brazilian alcoholic drink.Anhanguera in the indigenousTupi language means "old devil". The name of the new and modern highway was given to honor thisbandeirante explorer, responsible by creating the old route and extending the territorial limits of Brazil.
The Anhanguera Highway (SP-330) connects the city of São Paulo with the northeastern region of the state, going through industrial cities and important agricultural regions. Its busiest section is São Paulo-Campinas, the first section which was inaugurated. It is 86 km long, it serves the cities ofOsasco,Cajamar,Jundiaí,Louveira,Vinhedo,Valinhos andCampinas. Near Valinhos, the SP-330 connects to theRodovia Dom Pedro I through theCampinas Beltway (SP-083), and near Campinas, it connects to theRodovia dos Bandeirantes (SP-348) through theRodovia Santos Dumont (SP-075). Also, in Campinas, the SP-330 connects directly to theRodovia Dom Pedro I.
Beyond Campinas, the second section goes through the cities ofSumaré,Nova Odessa,Americana,Limeira,Araras,Leme,Pirassununga,Porto Ferreira,Luís Antônio,São Simão,Cravinhos andRibeirão Preto. The third section, the last to be doubled-laned, goes toOrlândia,São Joaquim da Barra,Guará,Ituverava,Buritizal,Aramina andIgarapava, reaching the border ofMinas Gerais state at theRio Grande, nearUberaba. It is the third longest highway in the state of São Paulo, with 482 km.
The Anhanguera is a four-lane highway. It has heavy traffic, especially trucks.This highway has police bases, assistance bases, gas and services stations. Investments have been made with the installation of security cameras, telephones for emergences,internet,optical fiber and other things to modernize the highway and help the users.
The highway is currently managed by four private companies, and therefore is atoll road:
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