RoadworksUruguay
Traffic rules
Uruguay
1. Roadworks
Roadworks are construction, maintenance, repair or inspection activities carried out on or beside a road. They may temporarily change the road layout, lane widths, speed limits, priority, permitted directions and facilities for pedestrians or cyclists.
Drivers must follow the temporary signs, traffic lights, barriers, road markings and instructions from authorised personnel. They should reduce speed, increase their following distance and remain prepared for narrow lanes, stopped traffic, workers, machinery and sudden changes in the route.
What should you watch for when approaching roadworks in Uruguay?
Look for temporary warnings, cones, barriers, narrow lanes and construction vehicles. Road layouts can change temporarily, including lane shifts, traffic-light control and short one-way sections. Expect workers and slow or stationary traffic near the worksite.
Is a temporary speed limit at roadworks binding in Uruguay?
Yes. Obey an authorised temporary regulatory speed limit. In addition, on rural roads outside urban and suburban areas, zones marked gente en obra have a statutory 20 km/h maximum unless another maximum is signed. Other danger warnings without a numerical maximum trigger the rural 60 km/h reduction. Drive more slowly where the worksite conditions require it and follow authorised traffic directions.
What if only one lane remains open through roadworks in Uruguay?
Follow the temporary signals, stop/go instructions, lane arrows and priority signs. Do not enter an opposing traffic lane until permitted, and give vulnerable road users and road workers extra room.
Warning for roadworks.
English • Traffic sign P-24 · family • Workers ahead. Warns of works, people or equipment on the road. Reduce speed and follow work-zone signs. The yellow drawing matches P-24 in the national 1999 catalogue and driving guide. For work-zone warning signs, Series 302 introduced in 2026 requires an orange background; this drawing does not reproduce that current colour.
Español • P-24 · familia • Hombres trabajando. Advierte trabajos y presencia de personas o equipos en la vía. Reduce la velocidad y sigue la señalización de la obra. El dibujo amarillo corresponde al P-24 del catálogo nacional de 1999 y de la guía de conducción. Para la señalización preventiva de obras, la Serie 302 incorporada en 2026 establece fondo naranja; este dibujo no reproduce ese color vigente.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Gub.uy • MTOP, Norma Uruguaya de Señalización Vertical, PDF p. 97
🔗 Gub.uy • MTOP, significado, PDF p. 44
🔗 Gub.uy • UNASEV, Guía nacional de conducción, PDF p. 127
🔗 Gub.uy • MTOP, Serie 302, señalización preventiva de obras, PDF p. 9
Image via Commons.wikimedia.org
Intendencia de Durazno • Public domain • Source revision 2014-03-12. Wikimedia original unmodified.
