Rondeau Boulevard (full name in Spanish:Boulevard General José Rondeau) is a two-way, four-lane avenue andarterial road inRosario,province ofSanta Fe,Argentina. It starts as a continuation of Alberdi Avenue, inBarrio Lisandro de la Torre, and runs in a straight line, roughly parallel to theParaná River, along the center of the northeastern block of the city, forming the western limit ofBarrio Alberdi. It ends in the node formed byBeltway Avenue, the access to theRosario-Victoria Bridge and the beginning of National Route 11, which marks the municipal border of Rosario with the city ofGranadero Baigorria.
The boulevard is named after GeneralJosé Rondeau (1773–1844), who fought in theArgentine War of Independence and was the first appointedSupreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata.
Rondeau Blvd. follows a former railway of the Santa Fe Railway company, established in 1888, which had a stop in Pueblo Alberdi, a settlement which was later absorbed by Rosario.[1] It was widened and turned into anarterial road during the administration of mayor Luis Cándido Carballo (1958–1959), following an extensive public works programme.[2]
The boulevard starts at the junction of Alberdi Avenue, Portugal Avenue and Juan B. Justo St., marked by a bust ofLisandro de la Torre. At the end of the boulevard there is a statue of theVirgin of the Rosary, and a sign welcomes the visitors entering Rosario from the north.