Federal Highway 43D is a

toll highway A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road (almost always a controlled-access highway in the present day) for which a fee (or ''toll'') is assessed for passage. It is a form of road pricing typically implemented ...

connecting the cities of

Morelia, Michoacán Morelia (; from 1545 to 1828 known as Valladolid) is a city and municipal seat of the municipality of Morelia in the north-central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. The city is in the Guayangareo Valley and is the capital and larg ...

and

Salamanca, Guanajuato Salamanca (Otomi: ''Xidoo'' "Place of Tepetate") is a city in the Mexican state of Guanajuato. Founded January 1, 1603 as 'Villa de Salamanca' by the Viceroy Gaspar de Zuniga and Acevedo, fifth Earl of Monterrey, who was originally from Salaman ...

. It is operated by Autopista Morelia-Salamanca, S.A. de C.V. (CAMSSA), and the toll is 93

pesos The peso is the monetary unit of several countries in the Americas, and the Philippines. Originating in the Spanish Empire, the word translates to "weight". In most countries the peso uses the same sign, "$", as many currencies named "dollar" ...

to travel its length.Tarifas Vigentes
CAMSSA, accessed 15 February 2017Datos Viales - Michoacán
SCT, 2016

Route description

Morelia-Salamanca

Highway 43D begins at a junction with

Mexican Federal Highway 15D Federal Highway 15D (Carretera Federal 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 h ...

and Highway 43 at

Cuitzeo Cuitzeo () is a municipality located in the north of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipal seat is the town of Cuitzeo del Porvenir It is located in a relatively flat depression around Lake Cuitzeo, a large, very shallow lake, which is i ...

, north of Morelia. It immediately crosses

Lake Cuitzeo Lake Cuitzeo () is a lake in the central part of Mexico, in the state of Michoacán. It has an area of . The lake is astatic, meaning the volume and level of water in the lake fluctuates frequently. It is the second-largest freshwater lake in Mexic ...

, and on the north side is the first toll plaza and an exit to Cuitzeo. Before entering the road crosses over Highway 43, partially crossing over the lake again, before continuing past a second toll plaza, known as La Cinta, and toward its next interchange and toll plaza, offering access to

Uriangato ( en, Place where sunset occurs on top) , mapsize = 250px , map_caption = Location of Uriangato within Guanajuato , pushpin_map = Mexico , pushpin_mapsize = 250 , coordinates = , subdi ...

via Highway 43. Highway 43D turns northwest after this interchange, skirting

Lake Yuriria Lake Yuriria (Spanish ''Laguna de Yuriria'') is a reservoir in Guanajuato state of central Mexico. The reservoir has existed since the 16th century, and is used for irrigation of the surrounding farms. The lake is an important habitat for waterbir ...

, before adjusting north. The next interchange and toll plaza are at Valle de Santiago. The next and last interchange and toll plaza are at Valtierrilla, serving access to the town and

Mexican Federal Highway 45 Federal Highway 45 (''La Carretera Federal 45'') (Fed. 45) is the free (libre) part of the federal highways corridors (los corredores carreteros federales), and connects Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua through the Chihuahuan Desert to Panales, H ...

west to Salamanca. The Morelia-Salamanca stretch, with a length of , then ends at

Mexican Federal Highway 45D Federal Highway 45D ( es, Carretera Federal 45D, Fed. 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 Cit ...

west of Cerro Gordo; both the intersecting highway and the highway continuing forward (Salamanca-León) are signed Highway 45D.

References

External links

CAMSSA website
{{Mexican Federal Highways Mexican Federal Highways