• Lezica - Melilla - Route 102 E > Carrasco Int.

In 1975, it was assigned the name Brigadier General Fructuoso Rivera, a national hero of Uruguay.

[2][3] Upon reaching Santana do Livramento (the Brazilian extension of Rivera), the road joins federal highway BR-158.

The distance notation along Route 5 uses the same Kilometre Zero reference as Routes 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 and IB, which is the Pillar of Peace of Plaza de Cagancha in the Centro of Montevideo.

[4] These are the populated places Route 5 passes through, as well as its main junctions with other National Roads.