Paseo del Bajo

Paseo del Bajo, officially named Brigadier General Juan Manuel de Rosas,[1] is a highway in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It joins the 25 de Mayo, Arturo Illia and Buenos Aires-La Plata highways. It has a length of 7.1 km (4 mi) with two lanes on each direction.[2]

Paseo del Bajo
Route information
Maintained by AUBASA
Length7.1 km (4.4 mi)
ExistedMay 2019–present
Major junctions
North end A. Illia Highway
  Retiro stations
Av. Córdoba, Av. Corrientes,
Av. Belgrano, Av. Independencia
South end AU1 (west)
(south)
Location
Major citiesBuenos Aires
TownsRecoleta, Retiro, Puerto Madero, San Nicolás, Monserrat, San Telmo
Highway system
Highways in Argentina

It runs between Alicia M. de Justo, Ingeniero Huergo, Eduardo Madero, Antártida Argentina, and Ramón Castillo Avenues, through the barrios of Recoleta, Retiro, Puerto Madero, San Nicolás, Monserrat, San Telmo within the city of Buenos Aires. In some sections, the road has underground tunnels for heavy traffic exclusively.[2]

This highway is operated by AUBASA ("Autopistas de Buenos Aires S.A."), a state-owned company owned by the Government of Buenos Aires Province, which also manages most routes to the cities of Costa Atlántica.

Overview

The highway has four lanes for trucks and long-distance buses exclusively and eight lanes for light vehicles (four on each side, north and south).[2] It was inaugurated on May 27, 2019.[3]

At north, Paseo del Bajo starts in Arturo Illia Highway, then running along Ramón S. Castillo Avenue near the port of Buenos Aires. It runs along Antártida Argentina, and Eduardo Madero / Alicia M. de Justo Avenues, with connections with Retiro bus and railway stations. The highway ends at south of the city, connecting to 25 de Mayo (at west) and Buenos Aires–La Plata Highways (at south). In Puerto Madero and San Telmo, Paseo del Bajo has level crossings with Córdoba, Viamonte, Lavalle, Corrientes, Juan D. Perón, Moreno, Belgrano, Independencia, and Estados Unidos.[2]

An average of 134,000 vehicles runs on Paseo del Bajo per day. It includes 15,326 trucks, 28,245 buses and 91,070 light vehicles.[4]

Paseo del Bajo included a park, named "Parque del Bajo", located between Belgrano and Corrientes avenues (north-south) and Paseo Colón and Huergo avenues (west-east), with an extension of 102,000 m2.[5]

Controversy

Some allegations of corruptions were reported, accusing Chief of Government Horacio Rodriguez Larreta to favour a company owned by a cousin of Mauricio Macri (then President of Argentina), granting it concession for the works. The Genera Audit of Buenos Aires denounced that the process was irregular and corrupt in favour of IECSA, the company owned by Angelo Calcaterra, cousin of Macri, for AR$ 3 million.[6][7]

The Audit reported surchargers of up to 513%.[8] Nevertheless, Federal Judge Claudio Bonadío closed the case, acquitting Rodríguez Larreta and Guillermo Dietrich (Ministry of Transport) of all charges.[7]

A minor part of the works were financed through a lend from the CAF – Development Bank of Latin America.[7]

Major intersections
District Road / Int.
Recoleta A. Illia Highway (north)
Retiro Retiro bus and railway stations
San Nicolás Av. Córdoba
Viamonte
Lavalle
Av. Corrientes
Tte. Gral. Juan D. Perón
Monserrat Moreno
Av. Belgrano
San Telmo Av. Independencia
Estados Unidos
AU1

References
  1. LEY N° 1.198, Legislatura de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, 27 Nov 2003
  2. Paseo del Bajo on GCBA
  3. El lunes se inaugura el Paseo del Bajo, La Nación, 20 may 2019
  4. Construir el Paseo del Bajo on GCBA
  5. Compromiso cumplido
  6. Corrupción en el Paseo del Bajo: Larreta direccionó la obra a empresa de Macri on Portal de Noticias, 2 Jun 2019
  7. Piden reabrir la causa on Perfil.com, 3 Jun 2020
  8. Denuncian que armaron la licitación on 750AM
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