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This is a list of numbered federal highways (''carreteras federales'') in
Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
. Federal Highways from north to south are assigned odd numbers; highways from west to east are assigned even numbers. The numbering scheme starts in the northwest of the country (in
Tijuana Tijuana ( ,"Tijuana"
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, Baja California). The highest designation,
Mexican Federal Highway 307 Federal Highway 307 ( es, Carretera Federal 307, Fed. 307) is a free part of the federal highway corridors ( es, los corredores carreteros federales) of Mexico. It consists of two discontinuous portions. One in the state of Quintana Roo, in ...
, is assigned to roads hugging the coast of
Quintana Roo Quintana Roo ( , ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Quintana Roo), is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, constitute the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 11 mu ...
and the international border in
Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...
. This list identifies the road starting point at the north or the west point of the highway and terminus at its eastern or southern point. Motorways and roads with restricted access are considered part of the Federal Highways network and follow the same numbering schema. The letter "D" (for Directo) is added to the road number for all toll roads. For information on toll roads, see
List of Mexican autopistas This is a list of '' autopistas'', or tolled (''cuota'') highways, in Mexico. Tolled roads are often built as bypasses, to cross major bridges, and to provide direct intercity connections. Many federal highways corridors numbers cover more than ...
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List of highways

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State highways

Every state in Mexico builds and maintains their own state highways, which supplement the federal network. Some of these roads are unnumbered; those that have varying numbering schemes depending on the state. Shields for these roads contain the abbreviation of the state up top. State highways that are tolled, like their federal counterparts, bear a D in their designations, such as
Sinaloa State Highway 1D Sinaloa State Route 1D is a toll state route that replaces Mexican Federal Highway 15D (Fed. 15D) from Culiacan to Guamúchil, Sinaloa, Las Brisas. It was built from 1998 to 2001 when Mexico was beginning to build toll roads as a faster alternativ ...
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See also

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Pan-American Highway The Pan-American Highway (french: (Auto)route panaméricaine/transaméricaine; pt, Rodovia/Auto-estrada Pan-americana; es, Autopista/Carretera/Ruta Panamericana) is a network of roads stretching across the Americas and measuring about in to ...
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Inter-American Highway The Inter-American Highway (IAH) is the Central American section of the Pan-American Highway and spans between Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, and Panama City, Panama. History The idea of a road being built across all of Central America became a tangible ...


References

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Secretariat of Communications and Transportation The Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (''Secretaría de Infraestructura, Comunicaciones y Transportes'', SICT) of Mexico is the national federal entity that regulates commercial road traffic and broadcasting. Its he ...

Datos Viales 2017
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INEGI The National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI by its name in es, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática) is an autonomous agency of the Mexican Government dedicated to coordinate the National System of Stat ...



External links


Road numbering systems – Mexico
{{Mexican Federal Highways Mexican Federal Highways,
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