160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road.

160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road.™

  The Monumental Axis ("Eixo Monumental" in Portuguese) is a central avenue inBrasília's city design. The avenue begins on the National Congress of Brazil building and is considered part of the DF-002 road. Its first section is known as "Ministries Esplanade" ("Esplanada dos Ministérios"), as it is surrounded by ministries buildings. Many important governmentbuildings, monuments and memorials are located on the Monumental Axis. A common urban legend persists that the Monumental Axis is the widest road in the world, where "[100 to 160] cars can drive side by side". This is untrue, as the road consists of two avenues with six lanes on either side; a total of twelve lanes. However, it was in the Guinness Book of Records as having the widest central reservation of adual carriageway in the world. On April 21, 2008 the Mexican extinct group RBD performed a free concert to a crowd of 500.000^[1] during Empezar Desde Cero Tour 2008. The show was to celebrate the 48th Anniversary of Brasilia. It was recorded and released as a DVD titled : Live in Brasilia. It was the biggest concert the group had ever perform to.