Marginal Pinheiros

Marginal Pinheiros (officially SP-015) is a section of the highway that runs through the city of São Paulo, Brazil along the Pinheiros River. It is one of the most important roads in São Paulo, linking the north and south zones, though this east - west connection, beginning at the triple border of Campos Grande, Cidade Dutra and Socorro and ending at the border of Vila Leopoldina and Jaguaré.

SP-015none
Marginal Pinheiros
Via Professor Simão Faiguenboim
Marginal Pinheiros at night near Jockey Club de São Paulo
Route information
Maintained by Prefeitura de São Paulo
Length22.5 km (14.0 mi)
Existed1970 (expanded in 1991)–present
Major junctions
North endMarginal Tietê in São Paulo, SP
  C. Branco
R. Tavares (1.5 km (0.93 mi) away)
R. Bittencourt (8 km (5.0 mi) away)
Imigrantes (9 km (5.6 mi) away)
Anchieta (13 km (8.1 mi) away)
South endInterlagos Avenue in São Paulo, SP
Highway system
Highways in Brazil
São Paulo State Highways

It provides access to many important highways of the state of São Paulo, including the Anchieta Highway and the Imigrantes Highway via the Bandeirantes Avenue, the Raposo Tavares Highway and the Régis Bittencourt Highway via the Francisco Morato Avenue, and to the Castelo Branco highway via the Cebolão, a complex of accesses linking Marginal Pinheiros, Marginal Tietê and the aforementioned highway. There are several bridges connecting each side of the river, such as the Octavio Frias de Oliveira bridge. Even though there are seven lanes in each side of the Marginal Pinheiros, in which 5 lanes are express to up 90 km/h and a local one with 3 lanes to up 60 km/h. It is still very common for traffic congestion to take place there. A CPTM Train line runs along both the river and the road.


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