highway immigrants

08 Nov, 2013 | category - Others | 26 photos | 9996 visits

Immigrants highway or generic dos Imigrantis ( Portuguese: Rodovia dos Imigrantes, official designation SP- 160 ) - the road in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo. Highway connects the city of Sao Paulo to the Atlantic Ocean and the cities on the coast of San Vicente and Praia Grande. Highway runs parallel to the old highway Ansheta and is also one of the busiest highways in Brazil , especially on weekends

Highway has 44 viaducts, 7 bridges and 11 tunnels , length 58.5 km . This highway is the pride of the Brazilian road construction , with long tunnels and high six-lane bridges, streaking over the tropical Atlantic forest covering the slopes of the Serra do Mar, a coastal mountain range up to 800 m, which separates the plateau from the Sao Paulo coast.