TRACKS: PORTO ALEGRE, PEDRA REDONDA / CAVALHADA

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PORTO ALEGRE, PEDRA REDONDA / CAVALHADA

Not to be confused with Porto Alegre, Cavalhada-Vila Nova - Porto Alegre, GP Mercosul

Description Circuit used last time for Porto Alegre 12 hours.
Not to be confused with Circuito da Cavalhada-Vila Nova, that shared with Circuito da Pedra Redonda / Circuito da Cavalhada a section 1.3 km - 0.8 mi long

Location Porto Alegre
RS - Rio Grande do Sul - Região Sul

Location Porto Alegre southern suburb

Latitude - Longitude - 30°07'23"     - 51°13'53"
-30.123056     -51.231389

UTM Coordinates X = 477710.621  -  Y = 6667556.33  -  Zone 22J

Aerial photo / Map (*) Google Maps - Bing Maps - Flash Earth

Altitude AMSL 63 m - 207 ft

Inauguration 1962

Closing 1968

Designer

Sources and links (Translation) (**)
(1) www.milermeter.com/?r=1516111 Track layout
(2) www.silhouet.com/motorsport/tracks/portoale.html The GEL Motorsport - Tracks Around The World

(*) NOTE: a complete and detailed view of the circuit can be found (if available) on Street View by Google Maps and/or Bird's Eye and 3D views by Bing Maps for Enterprise (former Microsoft Virtual Earth): both can be reached using their own link in Aerial photo / Map cell.

(**) For on-line not-English speaking sources, click on each small flag and you open the corresponding Google Translator page with automatic translation.

Circuito da Pedra Redonda / Circuito da Cavalhada
Description
Years	1962÷1968
Direction
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Road course
Inauguration	1962
Closing	1968
Last update of this page	February 4^th 2010
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points	Av. Otto Niemeyer - Av. da Cavalhada - Av. Juca Batista - Av. Tramandai - Praça Sen. Alberto Pasqualini - Av. Cel. Marcos - Av. Wenceslau Escobar
length	12092 m	39671 ft	7.514 mi	Calculated from aerial photo (*)	(1)
Difference in level	56 m	184 ft		Calculated from aerial photo (*)	(1)

Porto Alegre: Cavalhada-Vila Nova, Pedra Redonda / Cavalhada and GP Mercosul

Due to technical problems, temporarily it’s no longer possible to see the circuits on Google Maps embedded in the current page.
This feature will be restored as soon as I figure out how to do (any help would be appreciated!)

See this track layout with Google Maps - Google Earth
(milermeter.com can be used in your browser, without installing anything; Google Earth is a program that must be installed in your computer)
(Map shown here above can show at the same time all eventual layouts drawn. If you want to see only some of them, please go to Google Maps or Google Earth, by clicking on its own link)

Porto Alegre: Circuito da Pedra Redonda / Circuito da Cavalhada

Due to technical problems, temporarily it’s no longer possible to see the circuits on Google Maps embedded in the current page.
This feature will be restored as soon as I figure out how to do (any help would be appreciated!)
See this track layout with Google Maps - Google Earth - milermeter.com
(milermeter.com can be used in your browser, without installing anything; Google Earth is a program that must be installed in your computer)
(Map shown here above can show at the same time all eventual layouts drawn. If you want to see only some of them, please go to Google Maps or Google Earth, by clicking on its own link)

Location: - 30°07'23", - 51°13'53"
If the aerial photo is not visible, you have to zoom out by clicking (maybe more then once) button ’-’ in top left corner

Updates

Date Track layout Years Description by Map by Thanks to Note

February 4^th 2010 Circuito da Pedra Redonda / Circuito da Cavalhada 1962÷1968 Guido de Carli Update Description

January 25^th 2008 Circuito da Pedra Redonda / Circuito da Cavalhada 1962÷1968 Guido de Carli Lorenzo Tommasi New Description with map

Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list

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Updates
Date	Track layout	Years	Description by	Map by	Thanks to	Note
February 4^th 2010	Circuito da Pedra Redonda / Circuito da Cavalhada	1962÷1968	Guido de Carli			Update	Description
January 25^th 2008	Circuito da Pedra Redonda / Circuito da Cavalhada	1962÷1968	Guido de Carli	Lorenzo Tommasi		New	Description with map
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list