National Route 120 (Argentina)

National Route 120
National Route 120
Ruta nacional 120
Route information
Length	58 km (36 mi)
Major junctions
E end	9 kilometres (6 mi) N of Gobernador Virasoro
N end	31 kilometres (19 mi) E of Ituzaingó
Location
Country	Argentina
Highway system
	Highways in Argentina;

National Route 120 is a national road in Argentina, running NW in Corrientes. It starts at the joining with National Route 14, 9 kilometres (6 mi) north of the town of Gobernador Virasoro and runs for 58 kilometres (36 mi) until it connects to National Route 12 31 kilometres (19 mi) east of Ituzaingó. The road is marked in red in the map. Previously this road was known as Provincial Route 38^[1] and changed to national jurisdiction in an agreement between Dirección Nacional de Vialidad and the provincial transport authorities, signed by Law # 5152 of Corrientes Province on 3 April 1997^[2]

The whole length of the road is within Corrientes Province, crossing through Santo Tomé Department and Ituzaingó Department.

Old road

In previous times there was a road with this number on the West of Corrientes Province.^[3] With a length of 45 kilometres (28 mi), it ran eastwards from the city of Goya. Today this older road is part of National Route 12. This section is marked in green on the map.

References

^ (in Spanish) Guía "t" de rutas argentinas, Editorial Betina 1998
^ (in Spanish) Image of Law 5152, Corrientes Province Archived 2007-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
^ (in Spanish)Rutas Nacionales - Centro Cartográfico Buenos Aires - década de 1970