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The BR-040 traverses Distrito Federal and the states of Goiás, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro. It is the main road link between these parts of the country. In September 2009, the stretch of highway between Brasília (DF) and Petrópolis (RJ) was named President Juscelino Kubitschek Highway. The BR-040 serves the following town and cities:
BR-040 runs radially from near the national capital Brasília (beginning 100 km south of the beginning of BR-050, in Brasília), in a northwest–southeast way, to Rio de Janeiro city. BR-040 is the modern way of the so-called "Caminho Novo", opened in the 18th century that linked Ouro Preto, the main center of gold mines of Minas Gerais to the ...
BR-040; Canada. Alberta Highway 40; Newfoundland and Labrador Route 40; Ontario Highway 40; Quebec Autoroute 40; Saskatchewan Highway 40; China. G40 Expressway;
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The city lies on the important federal highway BR-040, which links Belo Horizonte to Brasília. Neighboring municipalities are: Buritizeiro, Lassance, (N), Felixlândia (S), Corinto (E) Morada Nova and São Gonçalo do Abaeté (W).
BR-1XX – crosses the country in a north–south direction. Distance is measured in this direction, except for the BR-156, BR-163 and BR-174, which have the distance direction from south to north. The numbering ranges from 00 to 50 on the stretch from the far east of the country to Brasilia, and varies from 50 to 99 between the capital and the ...
In the DR numbering plan the following additional practices were common: xx.6xxx locomotives, that originated from former private railways.; From 1970 the following sub-classes for all steam locomotives were introduced, the locomotive number always being four digits long: