BR-101 (Brazil highway)

BR-101 Transcoastal Highway
Translitorânea
Governador Mário Covas Highway
Route information
Length	2,894.35 mi[1] (4,658.00 km)
Existed	1957 (Curitiba – Florianópolis segment) 1950s (Florianópolis – Torres segment) 1960s/70s (Torres – Parnamirim segment) 1980s (Rodovia Rio-Santos) 1950s/1960s (Rio de Janeiro – Salvador segment) 1988 (divided highway on the Curitiba – Florianópolis segment) 2009 (divided highway on the Florianópolis – Osório segment) 1958 (Salvador – Touros segment) 2002 (divided highway on the Salvador – Touros segment)–present
Major junctions
North end	RN-023 in Touros, Rio Grande do Norte
Major intersections	BR-226 in Natal, RN BR-230 in João Pessoa, PB BR-232 in Recife, PE BR-235 in Aracaju, SE BR-324 in Feira de Santana, BA BR 415 in Itabuna, BA BR-367 in Eunápolis, BA BR-381 in São Mateus, ES BR-116 in Rio de Janeiro, RJ BR-465 in Rio de Janeiro, RJ BR-459 in Paraty, RJ BR-050 in Santos, SP BR-280 in Joinville, SC BR-470 in Navegantes, SC BR-282 in São José, SC BR-453 in Torres, RS BR-290 in Osório, RS.
South end	São José do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul
Location
Country	Brazil
Highway system
Highways in Brazil Federal

The BR-101 (also called Translitorânea (transcoastal), officially named Rodovia Governador Mário Covas.^[2] and nicknamed Briói in some regions^[3]) is a longitudinal highway of Brazil. It is the longest in the country with a length of nearly 4,800 km (3,000 mi), and it is considered one of the most important highways in the country, along with BR-116.^[4]

It crosses 12 Brazilian states: Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul. It also connects more state capitals than any other "rodovia" (highway) in the country. In total, 12 capitals are directly connected by BR-101.

Its northern terminus is located in the city of Touros-RN and its southern terminus is located in São José do Norte-RS.

It follows virtually the entire east coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte to Rio Grande do Sul. The highway has not been built between two stretches between Peruíbe (SP) and Iguape (SP), and between Cananéia (SP) and Garuva (SC).

Between Curitiba and Garuva (SC), the highway was replaced by the BR 101 / BR 376 and was widened by the Paraná government, not by the federal government.

The northern section between Curitiba and the border with São Paulo was not built to preserve an area of the Atlantic Forest.

The Rio-Niterói Bridge is part of the BR-101.