BR-116 Highway links Fortaleza, in the Ceará State and Jaguarão, in Rio Grande do Sul State, near the border of Uruguay. The road has been renamed by locals as ‘Rodovia da Morte’ (Highway of Death); and with the common fatalities and injuries along the cliff side road, it’s an apt name.
BR-116 runs in a north-south way, near, but not in Brazil's coastline. It is the major Brazilian highway, and it is the second longest of the country, with a lenght of 4.385km. Numerous parts of the long path taken by the BR-116 have other official names. The highway is especially busy along the Joinville-Curitiba-São Paulo-Rio de Janeiro section.
Rodovia Régis Bittencourt (official designation SP-230) is a section of the BR-116 that connects the cities of São Paulo and Curitiba, Brazil. It is considered one of the most dangerous highways of Brazil, due to the high number of accidents. Sometimes it is even nicknamed "Rodovia da Morte" (Death Highway). It also leads the number of ambiental accidents in the state of São Paulo.
The São Paulo-Rio de Janeiro section is named Rodovia Presidente Dutra, and it is the busiest section of the highway, passing through ten states, linking major cities such as Pelotas, Porto Alegre, Caxias do Sul, Curitiba, Sao Paulo, Sao Jose dos Campos, Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Muriaé Governador Valadares , Teófilo Ottoni, Vitoria da Conquista, Feira de Santana and Fortaleza.
