Federal Highway 3 ( es, Carretera Federal 3, Fed. 3 ) is a tollfree part of the federal highway corridors ( es, los corredores carreteros federales).
One segment connects
Tecate (and
California State Route 188 on the
US-Mexico border) to
Ensenada in
Baja California
Baja California (; 'Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California), is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 32 federal entities of Mex ...
. This segment ends at its junction with
Fed. 1 at
El Sauzal Rodriguez, just a little north of Ensenada. This segment of the highway is long.
This segment of the highway is important because it shortens the distance between the Baja California peninsula and the interior of the country by providing a link with
Fed. 2 bypassing Tijuana. It also connects
Valle de Guadalupe
The Valle de Guadalupe (Guadalupe Valley) is an area of Ensenada Municipality, Baja California, Mexico that is an increasingly popular tourist destination for wine and Baja Med cuisine. It is located north of the City of Ensenada and southeas ...
,
San Antonio de las Minas and
Valle de Las Palmas
Valle de las Palmas is located between two hamlets Espuela and Seco in the municipalities of Tijuana and Tecate, Baja California, Mexico. It is the site of a long-term planned urban development which would take advantage of proximity to the existin ...
.
A second segment of the highway, , begins at Fed. 1 in Ensenada and links Ensenada with
Fed. 5 near the east coast of the Baja California peninsula. Their junction in the town of
El Chinero is north of
San Felipe, Baja California
San Felipe is a coastal city in San Felipe Municipality, Baja California, located on the Gulf of California. The population of San Felipe was reported as 17,143 inhabitants in the 2020 Mexican Census. San Felipe is historically a fishing town. To ...
. There is a military inspection station just south of the junction, where all passing vehicles in both directions are subject to search.
References
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* OO3 gauge model railway
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Transportation in Baja California