Resende is crossed by Rodovia Presidente Dutra, the most important Brazilian road.
Another is the 250-mile ( 400-kilometer ) Presidente Dutra Highway between Rio and Sao Paulo.
Garrincha was drunk driving on Presidente Dutra highway when a truck was merging into the lane.
The new Via Light was intended to ease chronic traffic congestion on an existing, older highway, Rodovia Presidente Dutra.
In March, the Presidente Dutra Highway was leased to a conglomerate that will repair the road, install rest stops and clear away shrubbery obscuring signs.
Also, the Presidente Dutra highway linking Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's two largest cities, is being operating by the construction groups Andrade Gutierrez SA and Camargo Correa SA.
The S鉶 Paulo-Rio de Janeiro section is named Rodovia Presidente Dutra, and it is the busiest section of the highway, running into or near of 15 cities with more than 200.000 inhabitants.
The Via Presidente Dutra, a 406-kilometer highway linking the country's two largest cities through some of Brazil's most important industrial regions, represents only 0.008 percent of Brazil's 51, 000 kilometer road system.
The Via Presidente Dutra, a 406-kilometer highway linking the country's two largest cities through some of Brazil's most important industrial regions, represents only 0 . 008 percent of Brazil's 51, 000 kilometer road system.
The SP-099 starts at the Rodovia Presidente Dutra, and crosses with Rodovia Carvalho Pinto ( SP-070 ), two huge thoroughfares which direct the road flow from and to S鉶 Paulo megalopolis to the Northern coast beach resorts.