Manaus City Hall will have a special traffic and public transport operation on Sunday (1st) and Monday (2nd), All Souls' Day. The action foresees the reinforcement of 150 traffic agents and transport inspectors, in addition to 107 buses and special lines to serve those who visit the capital's cemeteries.
The changes include changes to itineraries, creation of bus lines and closures on roads close to cemeteries. The planning is coordinated by the Municipal Institute of Urban Mobility (IMMU) to organize the flow of vehicles and facilitate the movement of visitors.
The main operations will be in the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemeteries, in Tarumã, in the West Zone, and São João Batista, in the Central-South Zone. There will also be increased transport to the Santa Helena, São Francisco and Santo Alberto cemeteries.
Traffic will change near cemeteries
The interventions begin at midnight on Monday (2) in two of the city's main cemeteries.
Saint John the Baptist Cemetery
In the Central-South Zone, there will be closures on sections of Maceió and Álvaro Maia avenues. IMMU will also make detours and adjustments to traffic lights to organize vehicle circulation.
Our Lady of Aparecida Cemetery
In the West Zone, teams will control traffic on Avenida do Turismo and organize bus embarkation and disembarkation locations and pedestrian crossings. The flow of vehicles in the Augusto Montenegro complex will also be monitored.
Santa Helena and São Francisco Cemeteries
The teams will carry out inspections and specific interventions on access roads, as necessary.
Public transport will be reinforced on Sunday (1st)
On Sunday, five bus lines will have exceptional circulation to serve passengers going to the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery, in Tarumã.
From 9:30 am, lines 450, 542, 678, 120 and 641 will have changes to their routes to pass through Avenida do Turismo and facilitate access to the cemetery.
Lines 450, 542, 678 and 120 will serve round trips and then resume their usual routes.
Line 641 will be activated exceptionally to also serve the Alphaville region.
See what transport will be like on Monday (2)
On All Souls' Day, the operation will have 107 buses and 12 special lines to serve passengers going to cemeteries.
For the Nossa Senhora Aparecida and Ponta Negra cemetery region, 11 lines will be available, with 102 vehicles: 012; 120; 126; 343; 450; 542; 641; 642; 643; 678; 678.1.
Special service at Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery will be from 6 am to 8 pm.
Line 678.1 will leave Integration Terminal 4 (T4), pass through the Ponta Negra tourist complex roundabout and follow the Avenida do Turismo to the cemetery. On the return, buses will run along Avenida Coronel Teixeira.
Exclusive lines for the holiday
Two lines will be created exclusively for the Monday (2) operation: 500.1 and 901.
Line 500.1 will have five buses and will connect the regions of Nova Cidade and Monte das Oliveiras, in the North Zone, to Avenida do Turismo and Ponta Negra, in the West Zone. The route will also pass through roads close to Eduardo Gomes International Airport.
Line 901 will have ten buses and will serve passengers from the regions of Jorge Teixeira, Tancredo Neves and São José Operário, in the East Zone. The itinerary will follow areas in the Central-South and West zones, including Aleixo, Parque 10 de Novembro, Alvorada and Avenida do Turismo, with a stop at the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery.
Buses to other cemeteries
There will also be reinforcement on the lines that serve the Santa Helena, São Francisco and Santo Alberto cemeteries.
Check it out: Santa Helena Cemetery: lines 100 and 112; São Francisco Cemetery: lines 010 and 625; Santo Alberto Cemetery: lines 085 and 604.
Special service for these cemeteries will be from 8 am to 7 pm.
Additionally, lines 211, 219, 213 and 223 will operate on a Saturday schedule during the holiday.
Itineraries for lines 500.1 and 901
Line 901
The line will follow the route of 678 until Avenida Ephigênio Salles. Afterwards, it will pass through Darcy Vargas, Theomário Pinto, Jacira Reis, Coronel Teixeira and Turismo avenues, stopping at the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery.
On the way back, you will follow the Avenidas do Turismo, Santos Dumont and Torquato Tapajós, as well as Rua Recife and Avenida Ephigênio Salles. It will then resume the usual route of line 678 to Integration terminals 5 (T5) and 4 (T4).
Line 500.1
The line will follow the route of the 500 until Torquato Tapajós avenue. Afterwards, you will pass through Santos Dumont and Turismo avenues, the Ponta Negra tourist complex roundabout and Coronel Teixeira, Pedro Teixeira and Constantino Nery avenues. You will then resume the usual route of line 500 to the terminal.
