Carretera Federal 85D is the designation for toll highways (''
autopistas'') paralleling Federal Highway 85. Two roads are designated Highway 85D, one from
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
Nuevo Laredo () is a city in the Municipality of Nuevo Laredo in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The city lies on the banks of the Rio Grande, across from Laredo, United States. The 2010 census population of the city was 373,725. Nuevo Lare ...
, to
Monterrey, Nuevo León
Monterrey ( , ) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, and the third largest city in Mexico behind Guadalajara and Mexico City. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the city is anchor ...
, known as Autopista Monterrey–Nuevo Laredo, and the other from
Pachuca, Hidalgo
Pachuca (; ote, Nju̱nthe), formally known as Pachuca de Soto, is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Hidalgo. It is located in the south-central part of the state. Pachuca de Soto is also the name of the municipality of which ...
, to
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...
, known as Autopista Pachuca–Ciudad de México. Both toll routes run parallel to their free alternative, Federal Highway 85. Highway 85D has wider lanes offers a more direct route and is continuously being repaired and repaved unlike the free route.
Autopista Monterrey–Nuevo Laredo
The first segment of Federal Highway 85Da begins when the highway crosses into Nuevo León, on the edge of
Anáhuac Municipality, ending near
Del Norte International Airport in
Apodaca
Apodaca () is a city and its surrounding municipality that is part of Monterrey Metropolitan area. It lies in the northeastern part of the Monterrey Metropolitan Area. It is known for becoming recently a heavy industrialized city. As of 2019, the ...
, a suburb of northern Monterrey, where the toll highway merges onto Federal Highway 85. The road is maintained by
Caminos y Puentes Federales
Caminos y Puentes Federales de Ingresos y Servicios Conexos (''Federal Roads and Bridges and Related Services'', CAPUFE) is a federal government agency of Mexico that operates and maintains federally owned roads and bridges. It is part of the Secr ...
, with a toll of 219 pesos.
CAPUFE - Tarifas Vigentes
as of January 31, 2017
Autopista Pachuca–Ciudad de México
The Autopista Pachuca–Ciudad de México begins north of Tizayuca
Tizayuca is one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The city of Tizayuca is the municipal seat. The population of the city is 60,265 and the municipality has 168,302 inhabitants.
Geography
The municipality covers an are ...
, Hidalgo
Hidalgo may refer to:
People
* Hidalgo (nobility), members of the Spanish nobility
* Hidalgo (surname)
Places
Mexico
* Hidalgo (state), in central Mexico
* Hidalgo, Coahuila, a town in the north Mexican state of Coahuila
* Hidalgo, Nuevo Leà ...
, proceeding southwest and ending at an interchange on the border of Ecatepec de Morelos
Ecatepec (), officially Ecatepec de Morelos, is a municipality in the central Mexican state of Mexico, and is situated in the north part of the greater Mexico City urban area. The municipal seat is San Cristóbal Ecatepec.
The city of Ecatepec i ...
and Tlalnepantla
Tlalnepantla de Baz is one of 125 municipalities of the state of Mexico, north of Mexico City. The municipal seat and largest city in the municipality is the city of Tlalnepantla. ''Tlalnepantla'' comes from the Náhuatl words ''tlalli'' (land) ...
, just shy of Mexico City itself. CAPUFE charges a toll of 47 pesos to use the road.
It serves as the western terminus of Mexican Federal Highway 132D (México-Tuxpan).
2013 road accident
On 7 May 2013, the gas tanker of a tanker truck
Tanker may refer to:
Transportation
* Tanker, a tank crewman (US)
* Tanker (ship), a ship designed to carry bulk liquids
** Chemical tanker, a type of tanker designed to transport chemicals in bulk
** Oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanke ...
exploded after it crashed into a guardrail, killing 26 people and injuring 36.
References
{{Mexican Federal Highways
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