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The BR-116 highway is described as the road with the most deaths in Brazil.With an extensive road network and a busy flow of heavy trucks, especially in granite-producing regions in northern Minas Gerais, serious crashes are frequent, including during the intense end-of-year season.
Water reserved by the structure cuts off BR-040 (connecting Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro) and damages vehicles on the highway. [5] A rockfall from a canyon hits four boats with tourists who were strolling on Lake Furnas in Capitólio (southwest of Minas Gerais), leaving ten dead and 32 injured. [6]
DF-001 (Contorno Park Road) (EPCT) []DF-002 (Brasília Highway Axis) (Eixão) []DF-003 (Industry and Supply Park Road) (EPIA) []DF-004 (Estrada Parque das Nações ...
The radiation source in the Goiânia accident was a small capsule containing about 93 grams (3.3 oz) of highly radioactive caesium chloride (a caesium salt made with a radioisotope, caesium-137) encased in a shielding canister made of lead and steel.
The BR-050 is undoubtedly one of the most important highways in the country. Being closed to being fully duplicated in 2021, it passes through some of the richest regions of Brazil. It links areas of large agricultural and industrial production to Port of Santos, the largest in the country. Brasília is the city with the highest average salary ...
BR-116 is part of the Brazilian Highway System. [2] With at total length of 4,542 km (2,822 mi) it is the longest highway in the country. [ 3 ] [ 1 ] It is also the longest highway in the country to be completely paved.
BR-307 is a Brazilian federal highway in the municipality of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas that goes from the main town on the Rio Negro to the Cucuí district some 200 kilometres (120 mi) north at the triple border with Venezuela and Colombia.
BR-153 is a major federal highway of Brazil, officially named the Transbrasiliana Highway. It also serves as part of the Belém–Brasília Highway in the stretch located between the cities of Wanderlândia , in the state of Tocantins , and Anápolis , in the state of Goiás .