Mexican Federal Highway

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Federal Highways
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Maintained by Secretariat of Communications and Transportation
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Federal Highway:Federal Highway X (Fed. X)
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Federal Highways (Spanish : Carreteras Federales) are a series of highways in Mexico. These highways link the nation's 32 federal entities with each other or with a neighboring country, and they are wholly or mostly built by Mexico's federal government with federal funds or through federal grants by individuals, states, or municipalities. [1] Locally known as federal highway corridors (Spanish : los corredores carreteros federales), they are built and maintained by Mexico's Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (Spanish: Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes, SCT). Federal Highways in Mexico can be classified into high-speed, limited access expressways (usually toll highways that may be segmented and are marked by the letter "D") and low-speed roads with non-limited access; not all corridors are completely improved.

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High speed, limited-access expressways

High-speed expressways, known as autopistas or carreteras de cobro, are limited-access toll roads with controlled interchanges. Access to these roads is generally prohibited for pedestrians and animal-drawn vehicles, and fences are located at the side of the road for most of the length. Autopistas are highways with four or more defined lanes. Supercarreteras are toll roads with only two lanes, and they are most commonly found in mountainous areas. These tolled expressways typically have a corresponding non-limited-access road adjacent to them as a free alternative. In this system, the tolled road is signified by the word Cuota (toll), and the free road by the word Libre (free). The maximum speed limit is normally 110 km/h (68 mph) for cars and 95 km/h (59 mph) for buses and trucks. In some cases, the maximum speed can be 120 km/h (75 mph). [2]

Low speed, non-limited-access roads

Low-speed roads, known as carreteras, comprise the majority of the roads in this system. Some of these roads are divided highways with four or more lanes, often single-carriageway roads which have been converted into dual carriageways by building an adjacent carriageway next to the existing one. These roads are free of charge, and in most cases, two-lane highways that connect almost all of Mexico. These roads have interchanges at major roads, but most of these intersections are at grade. The maximum speed limit is 100 km/h (62 mph) for cars and 95 km/h (59 mph) for buses and trucks. [2]

Numbering system

North–south highways are assigned odd numbers, while east-west highways are identified by even numbers. The start of the numbering system is located in the northwest of the country.

Exceptions to the numbering system

There are two exceptions to the numbering system:[ citation needed ]

  1. Federal Highway 14 (Fed. 14) and Federal Highway 14D (Fed. 14D) from Uruapan, Michoacán, to Morelia, Michoacán, located in the midwest of the country.
  2. Several roads with letter designations: the Autopista Arco Norte (M40D), Fed. I-20D (Libramiento de Irapuato), Fed. S30 (Libramiento Norponiente de Saltillo, signed as 40D) and, Fed. GUA 10D (Macrolibramiento Sur De Guadalajara).

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Federal Highway 2 is a free part of the Mexican federal highway corridors that runs along the U.S. border. The highway is in two separate improved segments, starting in the west at Tijuana, Baja California, on the Pacific coast and ending in the east in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, on the Gulf of Mexico. Fed. 2 passes through the border states of Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas. It has a total length of 1,987 kilometres (1,235 mi); 1,343 kilometres (835 mi) in the west and 644 kilometres (400 mi) in the east.

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Federal Highway 1D is a tolled part of the Mexico Federal Highways, paralleling Fed. 1. There are two segments, one in the state of Baja California and another in the state of Baja California Sur.

Federal Highway 54 Fed. 54 is a free (libre) part of the federal highways corridors and connects Ciudad Mier, Tamaulipas, to Colima City.

Federal Highway 14 is a free part of the federal highways corridors of Mexico.

Federal Highway 87 is a highway in Mexico. The highways starts in the north in Tula de Allende, Hidalgo (state) at the Libramiento de Tula. The highway runs easterly approximately 3.25 kilometres (2.02 mi) then it turns south to end in Jorobas, Huehuetoca, State of Mexico, at Fed. 57D toll road. The total length of Fed. 87 is 37.7 kilometres (23.4 mi).

Federal Highway 37 is a free part of the federal highways corridors of Mexico. The highway runs from Villa de Zaragoza, San Luis Potosí at its northern point to Playa Azul, Michoacán, located near the Pacific Ocean, at its southern point, near the port city of Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán. It crosses Fed. 14 at Uruapan, Michoacán, and Mexican Federal Highway 200 at La Mira, Michoacan.

Federal Highway 43 (Fed. 43) is a free (libre) part of the federal highways corridors of Mexico.

Federal Highway 51 (Fed. 51) is a free (libre) part of the federal highways corridors of Mexico. Fed. 51 has two segments: the first segment run from Ojuelos de Jalisco to Maravatío, Michoacán. The length of the first segment is 309.41 km. The second segment runs from Zitácuaro, Michoacán to Iguala, Guerrero. The length of the second segment is 399.05 km.

Federal Highway 57 (Fed. 57) is a free (libre) part of the federal highways corridors of Mexico.

Federal Highway 126 is a free (libre) part of the federal highways corridors of Mexico. The highway runs from Morelia, Michoacán in the west to El Oro de Hidalgo, State of Mexico in the east. The eastern portion of the highway continues on to Atlacomulco as Fed. 5. The two nearest federal highways to the western and eastern termini of Fed. 126 are Fed. 55 in Atlacomulco and Fed. 15 in Morelia.

Federal Highway 295 is a toll-free part of the federal highway corridors of Mexico.

Federal Highway 11 is a toll-free part of the federal highway corridors. Fed. 11 runs from Fed. 1 in La Paz, Baja California Sur to Pichilingue, a total length of 18 km (11.18 mi).

Federal Highway 15D is the name for toll highways paralleling Federal Highway 15. The toll segments of Highway 15D include some of the most significant highways in the country along the Nogales-Mexico City corridor. The highway is the southern terminus of the CANAMEX Corridor, a trade corridor that stretches from Mexico north across the United States to the Canadian province of Alberta.

Federal Highway 2D is a part of the federal highways corridors, and is the designation for toll highways paralleling Mexican Federal Highway 2. Seven road segments are designated Highway 2D, all but one in the state of Baja California, providing a toll highway stretching from Tijuana in the west to around Mexicali in the east; one in Sonora, between Santa Ana and Altar; and another between the cities of Matamoros and Reynosa in Tamaulipas.

Federal Highway 45D is a toll part of the paralleling Fed. 45. Eleven separate tolled segments exist of Fed. 45D between Querétaro City and Villa Ahumada in Chihuahua, between Chihuahua City and Ciudad Juárez.

Federal Highway 57D (Fed. 57D) is a tolled (cuota) part of the federal highways corridor of the paralleling Fed. 57. Eight separate tolled segments exist of Fed. 57D between Mexico City and Allende, Coahuila; a ninth is part-federal and part-state.

References

  1. ↑ Gutiérrez, Norma (March 2014). "National Funding of Road Infrastructure: Mexico". www.loc.gov. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Driving in Mexico | Tips | Mexpro". www.mexpro.com. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
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