NQS Avenue

The Avenida Norte Quito Sur (also recognized by its acronym NQS), Autopista Sur, Avenida Ciudad de Quito b> or Avenida Carrera 30 is an arterial road in Bogotá that crosses the city in a northeast-southwest direction.

Odonym

In Bogotá, the full name of the road, from its beginning on Calle 193, to the entrance to the municipality of Soacha is Avenida Norte-Quito-Sur (sometimes called NQS), which is the union of three avenues: Novena Avenue (also called Laureano Gómez Avenue), Ciudad de Quito Avenue and the South Highway. Depending on the curve it generates, it has several numerical denominations.

In Soacha, the name Autopista Sur is maintained, its nomenclature reference being Carrera 4 from La Despensa to the limits with Sibaté.

History

The road was created in 1990 during the administration of Mayor Juan Martín Caycedo, with engineer Camilo Nassar Moor being Director of the IDU who conceived and conceptualized it. It runs 30.3 kilometers within the city of Bogotá. The avenue originally emerged as the union of three avenues: Novena Avenue in the North, Ciudad de Quito Avenue in its central part and South Avenue. Together with the North Highway, it is considered part of the Pan-American Highway route in Bogotá.

It was born as a prototype of an expressway in the administration of Mayor Juan Martín Caicedo Ferrer in 1990, which consisted of a 24 km long road from 147th Street to the limits of Bosa and Soacha, without traffic lights and with a variety of vehicular and pedestrian bridges, which today between the sections of Calle 41 to Soacha, and Calle 106 to Calle 147, this type of infrastructure is still missing.

It currently has voluminous vehicular traffic, where the three most critical points are: the level intersection from Carrera 33 to the north; the traffic light crossings between 3rd Street and Primero de Mayo Avenue; as well as on the so-called Southern Highway from the South Terminal, one of the traffic light intersections that causes daily traffic congestion in both directions.

Layout

The NQS is divided into three sections, with three different names: Laureano Gómez Avenue, extends from north to south from Calle 193 along the Northern Railway line to Paseo de los Libertadores Avenue through Usaquén and Chapinero; Ciudad de Quito Avenue, also known as Carrera 30, extends in a north-south direction between the North Highway and the Tunjuelo River, crossing Barrios Unidos, Teusaquillo, Los Mártires, Puente Aranda, Antonio Nariño, Tunjuelito and Kennedy; and, Avenida del Sur, between the river and the border with Soacha, serving the towns of Ciudad Bolívar and Bosa. At its border with Soacha it becomes National Route 40, which serves as communication with the cities of southwestern Colombia (Ibagué, Armenia, Cali, Pereira and Pasto). Its main crossings are:

Laureano Gómez Avenue

• Avenida San Antonio (Calle 183)
• Avenida San Juan Bosco (Calle 170)
• Avenida Servitá (Calle 165)
• Avenida Las Orquídeas (Calle 161)
• La Sirena Avenue (Calle 153)
• Cedritos Avenue (Calle 147)
• Avenida Contador (Calle 134)
• Callejas Avenue (Calle 127)
• Avenida Pepe Sierra (Calle 116)
• Avenida Carlos L. Restrepo (Calle 100)
• Autopista Norte (Carrera 45 - Carrera 20)

Carrera 30 Avenue or City of Quito

• Avenida Colombia (Carrera 24)
• Avenida Medellín (Calle 80)
• Avenida Chile (Calle 72)
• Avenida Gabriel Andrade Lleras (Calle 68)
• Avenida José Celestino Mutis (Calle 63)
• Avenida Pablo VI (Calle 53)
• Avenida Francisco Miranda (Calle 45)
• Avenida Jorge Eliécer Gaitán or Avenida El Dorado (Calle 26)
• Avenida de las Américas Calle 23
• Avenida Ferrocarril de Occidente (Calle 22)
• Avenida Ciudad de Lima (Calle 19)
• Centenary Avenue (Calle 13)
• Avenida Comuneros (Calle 6)
• Avenida Ciudad Montes (Calle 3)
• Fucha Avenue (Calle 8 Sur)
• Avenida Jorge G. Cortés (Carrera 30)

• Avenida Primero de Mayo (Calle 26 Sur)
• Avenida Batallón Caldas (Carrera 50)

• Avenue Eucharistic Congress (Carrera 68)

• Avenida Boyacá (Carrera 72)

South Highway or South Avenue

• Avenida Ciudad de Villavicencio (Carrera 70C)
• Avenida Bosa (Calle 59 Sur)

National Route 40 (Soacha)

• Calle 56 (Cazucá Industrial Zone)
• 46th Street (Quintanares)
• Avenida Terreros (Calle 38)
• Calle 32 (Centro Comercial Mercurio)
• San Mateo Avenue (Calle 30)
• 22nd Street (The Tropezón)
• Calle 13
• Indumil Avenue (Diagonal 9)
• Calle 7 (Access to El Altico and Altos de la Florida)
• Transversal 11 (Entry to Ducales)
• Avenida Share o Calle 30 Sur (Vía que comunica la Ciudadela Maiporé con Compartir, en la Comuna 1)

Public Transport

Troncal NQS Central of Transmilenio

It is a BRT -type bus runner with 11 stations between intersections with race 20 and Street 6. Its SITP icon is a square coffee with the letter E. This trunk is divided into the sections of the AV. Quito and Av. Comuneros.

In 1999, the then Mayor Enrique Peñalosa adopted the idea of the exclusive lanes for urban transport, inspired by successful history such as that of the city of Curitiba. On December 17, 2000 the first line was inaugurated, through Medellín avenues and Caracas, later, on July 1, 2005, the corridor of this avenue was inaugurated. Finally, on November 7, 2015, the final stretch of this trunk is inaugurated through Av. Comuneros through an exchanger on the old vehicular bridge.

Troncal NQS Central
Legend AK 45 Chapinero CL 86A/KR 28 La CastellanaBarrios Unidos AC 80 CL 76 Calle 75 - Zona M Av. Chile CL 72 - CL 70 Avenida Chile Av. Gabriel Andrade Northern neighbourhoods CL 63G 7 August Av. José C. Mutis Teusaquillo CL 63 Movistar Arena CL 57 - CL 53B Bis Campín - U. Antonio Nariño Av. Paul VI Río Arzobispo CL 48 - CL 45A National University Av. Francisco Miranda KR 32A Bis/CL 40A Avenida El Dorado AC 26 Av. Americas Aranda Bridge/The Martyrs AC 23/CL 24 - CL 22B/CL 22C CAD Av. C. de Lima CL 18A Paloquemao AC 13 CL 10 Ricaurte AC 6 AK 30
The traffic light indicates that the entrance to the station is by a trafficked junction on the aforementioned tracks.

Transmilenio South NQS Trunk

It is a BRT-type bus corridor with 17 stations between the intersections with Calle 6 and San Mateo. Its icon in the SITP is a light blue square with the letter G. This trunk is the only one that serves the municipality of Soacha.

In 1999, the then mayor Enrique Peñalosa adopted the idea of exclusive lanes for urban transportation, inspired by successful precedents such as that of the city of Curitiba. On December 17, 2000, the first line was inaugurated, along Medellín avenues. and Caracas, later, on July 1, 2005, the section between Comuneros and General Santander was inaugurated and on April 15, 2006, the section between Alquería and Portal del Sur was inaugurated. On December 27, 2013, the La Despensa, León XIII, Terreros and San Mateo stations in Soacha were inaugurated. Finally, on January 30, 2016, the Bosa station was inaugurated.

A second extension is currently being built between San Mateo and El Vínculo in Soacha.

Troncal NQS Sur
Legend AK 30 AC 6 CL 5 - AC 3 Comuneros CL 2 - CL 1F Santa Isabel AC 8 S Aranda Bridge/Antonio Nariño Rio Fucha DG 16 S SENA Av. May Day Albina Canal CL 30 S NQS - South 30th Street DG 39 S NQS - 38th Street South Canal Río Seco Av. Battalion Caldas KR 50A General Santander KR 51 Aranda Bridge/Tunjuelito KR 52A Alcheria KR 68/KR 53 CL 44 Bis S/KR 54 Venice Av. Boyacá Kennedy/Tunjuelito KR 61A Sevillana Río Tunjuelo Bosa/Ciudad Bolívar Av. del Sur KR 64B C.C. P. Villa del Río - Madelena Av. Villavicencio KR 71/KR 72 Perdomo KR 72D South Portal CL 63 S/KR 76A - CL 65C S/KR 77D Bosa CL 65F S/KR 14 Limit Bogotá-Soacha CL 58 The DespensaLa Despensa/San Mateo CL 47/CL 46 Leo XIII Av. Land DG 34/CL 36 Terreros - Hospital C.V. Qb. Tibanica CL 31 - DG/CL 30 San Mateo - Centro Comercial Unisur CL 30 Soacha Central/San Humberto CL 22 Race 7 Soacha CL 13 San Humberto Rio Soacha CL 2 3M CL 1 Share CL 4 S Ducales DG 8 S Share CL 30 S The Link
The traffic light indicates that the entrance to the station is by a trafficked junction on the aforementioned tracks.

ZONAL ROUTES

Since 2021, zonal routes (except feeder routes) have a new nomenclature based on the existing one for Transmilenio trunks. The letter indicates which zone the bus is heading towards, while the numbers indicate the route it follows. the same. However, there are still routes with the old erratic nomenclature.

Intermunicipal Transport

Soacha

These routes connect Bogotá with Soacha. It is not allowed that transporters other than the SITP make trips within the Capital District, allowing passenger collection to the neighboring municipality in the whereabouts with the legend " intermunicipal soacha ". However, this measure is frequently breached by private transport companies.

Routes belonging to the Bogota-Soacha Transport Corridor

R1 NQS-Carrera 68-Calle 80	R2 NQS-Av. Boyacá-Calle 80	R3 NQS-Av. Villavicencio-Av. General Santander-Calle 45
R4 Bosa San Bernardino-Soacha	R5 NQS-Av. 1.o de Mayo-Calle 17 Sur	R6 NQS-Av.Bosa-Av. Agoberto Mejía-Américas

These routes connect Bogotá with other municipalities in the country. They are addressed either at the South Satellite Terminal.

Destinations from the South Satellite Terminal.

Cali

Neiva

Ibago

Girardot

Pereira

Melgar

Water of God

Alpujarra

Armenia

Important places on the road

Usaquén

• San Antonio Railway Station (Calle 183)
• San Buenaventura University (Calle 172)
• Homecenter (Calle 152)
• Successful Warehouse (Calle 134)
• University of Forest (Calle 129)
• National Pedagogical Institute (Calle 127)
• Clínica Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá (Calle 116)
• Hotel W (Calle 113)
• Australia, Canada, Finland, Honduras and Mexico (Calle 113)
• Santa Ana Shopping Centre (Calle 110)
• Usaquén Railway Station (Calle 109)

Chapinero

• Hotel Casa Dann Carlton (Calle 94)

United Neighborhoods

• Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque (Calle 80)
• Northern Cemetery (Calle 68)

Teusaquillo

• Movistar Arena (Calle 57A)
• Nemesio Camacho Stadium "El Campín" (Calle 53B bis)
• Colsubsidio Business Centre - El Cubo (Calle 52)
• Instituto Geográfico Agustín Codazzi (Calle 48)
• Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Calle 45)
• Distrital Administrative Centre - CAD (Calle 23)

The Martyrs

• Hospital Universitario Mayor Méderi (Calle 23 bis)
• Mallplaza (Mallplaza NQS) (Calle 19)
• Paloquemao judicial complex (Calle 18)
• Olympic Warehouses (Calle 3)

Aranda Bridge

• Plaza de la Hoja (Calle 19A)
• Warehouses Jumbo (Calle 17)
• SENA National Hostelry Complex (Calle 15)
• Almacenes Alkosto (Calle 10)
• City Montes Shopping Centre (Calle 15 Sur)
• CADE Muzú (Carrera 52)

Antonio Nariño

• SENA - 1.o de Mayo (Calle 20 Sur)
• Centro Mayor Shopping Centre (Calle 38A Sur)

Tunjuelito

• General Santander Cadet School (Diagonal 46 Sur)
• Bogota fridges (Av. Boyacá)

Kennedy

• Alkosto Venice (Calle 40 Sur)
• Bavaria (Calle 45 Sur)

Bosa

• Makro and Centro Comercial Paseo Villa del Río (Carrera 63)
• Stores Metro (Carrera 72D)
• Cemetery the Apogee (Carrera 73)
• South satellite terminal (Calle 59 Sur)
• Bosa Railway Station (Calle 63 Sur)

Ciudad Bolívar

• CAFAM Madelena (Carrera 67)

Soacha

• Tecnoparque SENA Soacha (Calle 53)
• Palace of Justice and Police Command (Calle 44)
• Ventura Shopping Centre (Calle 38)
• Mercury Shopping Centre (Calle 31)
• Shopping center Gran Plaza Soacha (Carrera 11)
• Unisur Shopping Centre (Calle 30)
• Minute University of God (Calle 7)
• Humedal El Vínculo (Calle 30 Sur)
• Humedal Cola Tierra Blanca (Calle 31 Sur)
• Cemetery Fields of Christ (Chusacá)

Gallery

• 
  Av. 9 (NQS) at the height of 100th Street.
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  El Campín Stadium; NQS with 57th Street.
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  Coliseum Cubierto El Campín before being remodeled to become the Movistar Arena; NQS with Calle 63.
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  NQS at the height of El Campín Stadium.
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  Av. 9 (NQS) at 140th Street.
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  South Portal, on the South Highway (NQS) at 57R South Street.