The 18 de Julio avenue It will be pedestrian for today, as provided by the Municipality of Montevideo (IM)between 12 and 15, while the call will take place pretty square in the capital city of Uruguay.
From 10 in the morning, in Cangacha Square, the Plaza Bonita is mounted in the center of the city. This business and crafts fair It attracts hundreds of people who, starting at 12, will be able to enjoy shows on the stage that will be set up on Avenida 18 de Julio.
For this reason, between 12 and 15, the main avenue of the capital will become a pedestrian promenade for the first time this year. Between the streets Andes and Common, July 18 will be the catwalk for citizens who wish to enjoy the fair and the show set up by the mayor.
What activities will there be during the day?
From 11 you can enjoy the pedestrian tour “City Crimes”. In addition, there will be clowns with chalk all over the avenue. Of course, the central event is the Plaza Bonita entrepreneurship fair, as well as the shows that will take place on the Plaza Cangacha stage.
There will also be record presentations, open tango classes, folklore and rock shows, and juggling, stilt and acrobatic shows. In addition, you can visit the photographic balcony of the Photography Center of the IM between 12.30 and 14, and there will be a dessert tribute to “La Cumparsita” at the bar Facal.
changes in transportation
The pedestrianization of Avenida 18 de Julio means that public transport must make some minimal changes to its route. Therefore, the lines to the Center 100, 102, 103, 105, 109, 110, 111 and D8 will make the route Mines, Uruguay, Florida and Independence Square.
For their part, the lines to the Center 104, 180, 187, 188, 21, 60, 62, 64, CE1, D10, D11 and D9, will go through the streets Tacuarembo, Colonia, Florida and Independence Square.
Likewise, the outward lines 100, 102,103, 105, 109, 110, 111 and D8 will go through Independence Square, Ciudadela, Mercedes, Magallanes and July 18; while the 104, 180, 187, 188, 21, 60, 62, 64, CE1, D10, D11 and D9 will change the course to Buenos Aires, Liniers, San José, J. Herrera and Obes /Yaguarón, Maldonado, Barrios Amorín and 18 de Julio to route.
Other changes are:
- Lines through San José 142 – 144 – 116 – 117 – 121 – 582 – 427: San José, J. Herrera y Obes /Yaguarón, Maldonado, Barrios Amorín, Constituyente.
- Ejido lines 149 – 522: Ejido, Maldonado, Barrios Amorín, Colonia – Ejido to route.
- Lines through Yaguarón 149 – 522: Yaguarón, Mercedes, Vázquez, Martínez Trueba, Soriano, Aquiles Lanza.
- Lines through Paraguay 427 – 538: Soriano, Andes, Mercedes to your route.
- Lines by Río Negro 427 – 538 – 582: Libertador, Colonia, J. Herrera and Obes, San José to route (alternative detour: San José, Yaguarón, Maldonado, Barrios Amorín)
- Lines E14 – 116 (Old City): Canelones, Andes, Av. Uruguay to route.
Source: Ambito
