After extending for 250 m, it passes under Artigas Boulevard through a 300 m tunnel, and rises to the surface between Avelino Miranda and Presidente Batlle streets.

Extended through La Blanqueada, Unión, and Maroñas, a large number of shops, public institutions, educational centers and hospitals are concentrated on this avenue.

[1] By decree of December 20, 1866, during the administration of Venancio Flores, it was named Camino 8 de Octubre.

The name comes from the date on which the peace that ended the Uruguayan Civil War was signed, on October 8, 1851.

[2] By decree of November 4, 1867, the section of the old Camino a Maldonado between El Gaucho and Tres Cruces that was known as Camino a La Unión, adopted the name of July 18, extending the main throughfare of Montevideo until it joined the October 8 road.