Provincial Route 11 (Buenos Aires)

Provincial Route 11 is a 583-kilometre-long (362 mi) Argentine road in the East of Buenos Aires Province. The road extends from Punta Lara to the city of Mar del Sur [1]

Provincial Route 11
Ruta Provincial 11
Route information
Length	583 km (362 mi)
Existed	1932–present
Major junctions
North end	Punta Lara
South end	Mar del Sur
Location
Major cities	Punta Lara, La Plata, Magdalena, Punta Indio, Gral. Conesa, General Lavalle, San Clemente del Tuyú, Santa Teresita, Buenos Aires, San Bernardo, Mar de Ajó, Cariló, Pinamar, Villa Gesell, Santa Clara del Mar, Mar del Plata, Chapadmalal, Miramar
Highway system
Highways in Argentina

Route 11 runs along the coasts of the Río de la Plata and the Atlantic Ocean, with a high number of car passing the road during summertime. The path between Magdalena and the intersection with Provincial Route 36 is still a graved road so the route has not been paved to date. On the other hand, from the crossing with Provincial Route 63 (popularly known as Esquina de Crotto[2]) to the city of General Conesa, the route becomes a dual carriageway, totalizing 30 km with two carriages per way. The stretch between Pinamar and Villa Gesell the route becomes a dual carriageway again.

This road contributed to development of the cities situated on the Buenos Aires Province coast at the Nort of Mar del Plata, due to the only town of the region reached by railway was Pinamar. The train that departed from General Guido until its terminus in Pinamar (a branch-line of Ferrocarril General Roca from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata) operated from 1949 to 1968, being reestablished in December, 1996 [3][4] although in April 2011 was closed again, remaining inactive to date [5]

History

The beginning

In red, current Route 11, paved in 1979. The old path is marked in green.

The first works on the road were made in the zone of Mar del Plata. The path between the downtown and Camet Park was paved in 1928, then followed by the pavement of the stretch to the Punta Mogotes lighthouse, finished in 1933.[6]

In 1932 the Camino de la Costa[7] a provincial road that extended from Avellaneda to Mar del Plata along with the coasts of the Río de la Plata and the Atlantic Ocean was opened. Four years later the coast road in Punta Lara was built. Nevertheless, the Sudestada (Southeast blow) caused a flooding that destroyed most of the road. For that reason, a wall was raised to avoid floodings; nevertheless, the water was eroding the wall until in July 1958, a new swell of the river brought down the wall, destroying the "Camino Costanero" (as Route 11 was also called). The flooding not only damaged the road but about 100,000 houses were devastated by the unstoppable course of the water [8]

The paved road from Mar del Plata and Miramar was built between 1937 and 1938,[9] while the stretch between La Plata and Magdalena was finished in 1961.[10]

Whten the pavement of Route 11 was definitely finished at the end of the 1970s, some parts of the original road were changed. The old path was farther from the coast.[11] The old path is still a graved road.[12]

In 1986 the Government of Buenos Aires Province transferred the stretch of the road crossing the urban area of Mar del Plata, to General Pueyrredón Partido [13] On December 5, 1987, the paved path from Miramar to Mar del Sur was opened to traffic [14]

Concession

On September 19, 1990, the contract of concession was signed. The management of the road was subsequently given to "Camino del Atlántico" ("Road of the Atlantic" in Spanish), which would take over the mainteneance of the Route from the intersection with Provincial Route 36 to the traffic circle access to Santa Clara del Mar. The contract was for a term of 15 years, with the option to be extended to 20 years through a special clause.[15] The toll booths were placed in "Paraje La Huella", near General Conesa, and Mar Chiquita.[16]

During 1996 the concessionary built a dual carriageway between the cities of Pinamar and Villa Gesell, financed by an increase of the toll rates which was made effective once the works finished.[17]

In December 2010 a 10 km path between Santa Clara del Mar and Parque Camet was openet. The works had a cost of $ 43 million.[18]

In July 2011 the Government of Buenos Aires traspassed the management of the Route 11 to "Autovía del Mar" for a term of 30 years. The company also manages Provincial routes Autovía 2, 63, 56, 74 and 36.[19]

Cities

Route 11 passes along the following cities from the beginning to its ending:

Old bridge over Canal 1 in Villa Roch. This bridge has been definitely closed for security reasons.

Casino Central next to Route 11, in the urban zone of Mar del Plata.

The hotel complex of Chapadmalal as seen from the Route 11.

Bridge over Chapadmalal stream.

Partido	City	Km
Ensenada	Punta Lara	5
La Plata	La Plata	13
Magdalena	Magdalena	61
Punta Indio	Punta Indio	106
Tordillo	Villa Roch	245
	General Conesa	250
General Lavalle	General Lavalle	290
La Costa	San Clemente del Tuyú	308
	Las Toninas	319
	Santa Teresita	324
	Mar del Tuyú	327
	Costa del Este	333
	Aguas Verdes	336
	La Lucila del Mar	339
	San Bernardo	331
	Mar de Ajó	345
	Nueva Atlantis	350
	Pinar del Sol	375
	Costa Esmeralda	382
Pinamar	Pinamar	393
	Ostende	396
	Valeria del Mar	398
	Cariló	400
Villa Gesell	Villa Gesell	411
	Mar de las Pampas	420
	Mar Azul	423
Mar Chiquita	Mar Chiquita	483
	Mar de Cobo	487
General Pueyrredón	Camet Norte	494
	Atlántida	500
	Santa Elena	501
	Playa Dorada	502
	Mar del Plata	514
	Chapadmalal	542
	San Eduardo del Mar	550
General Alvarado	Miramar	562
	Mar del Sur	578

References

1. "Nuestras Rutas", Dirección de Vialidad de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
2. "La pulpería que sobrevive en el tiempo", La Nación, 2000-07-10
3. Partido de Pinamar, Heráldica Argentina Archived 2008-12-07 at the Wayback Machine
4. "El fondo de campo que llegó a ser centro turístico", María Cristina Coccari Archived 2009-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
5. "Estado de los Trenes a Pinamar", Satélite Ferroviario website
6. Cuatro años de gobierno 1936-1940, volumen IV Vialidad de la Provincia, 1940, editorial Guillermo Kraft, 1940
7. Historia de Santa Teresita Archived 2013-09-19 at the Wayback Machine
8. El Río de la Plata destruyó el Camino Costanero", Vialidad magazine #4, 1958
9. Paseo Costanero Sur, Mar del Plata official website
10. "Obras terminadas en el segundo semestre de 1961", Vialidad magazine #18, 1962
11. República Argentina, red caminera principal, Automóvil Club Argentino (1969)
12. Atlas de rutas Firestone Argentina, sur de Brasil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, editorial Buenos Aires, 2007 - ISBN 987-21490-8-9
13. Ordenanza 6488 del partido de General Pueyrredón, 1986-08-05.
14. ""Partido de General Alvarado", Heráldica argentina". Archived from the original on 2008-12-07. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
15. Documentación Ruta 11, Dirección Provincial de Vialidad
16. ""Peajes en rutas argentinas", Automóvil Club Argentino, 2010". Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
17. "Acta acuerdo de adecuación del contrato", Dirección de Vialidad de Buenos Aires
18. "Inauguración de la autovía que une Mar del Plata y Santa Clara del Mar", Secretaría de Medios de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
19. "Autovía del Mar es el nuevo concesionario de la Autovía 2", Notitrans, 1 July 2011

External links

• Autovía del Mar, concessionary of Route 11
• Dirección de Vialidad de Buenos Aires