The Monumento Rodoviário da Rodovia Presidente Dutra is a monument and former rest area on the Rodovia Presidente Dutra section of the BR-116, at Kilometer 226[1] of the Serra das Araras in Piraí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
[2] Construction of the monument started on 18 May 1926,[3] with the foundation stone laid in 1928 by Washington Luiz,[1] and it was inaugurated on 13 May 1938.
[1] It was conceived by the Touring Club do Brasil, designed by Raphael Galvão, and engineered by Mario Chagas Doria and Christiani & Nielsen.
[1] The exterior has eight bas-relief panels by Albert Freyhoffer showing the change in transport over time, from a litter to a carriage and ox cart up to the car in the 1930s.
[6] The Portinari panels were removed in October 2000,[1] restored in 2001,[7] and are now on display at the Museu Nacional de Belas Artes.