Mexican Highways / Autopista

[UrbanFanatic!]

First of all a map of mexican highways (it is pretty old and out dated. There are missing some highways.)

http://www.wabweb.net/verkehr/vkimages/ab_mex.jpg

Mexico has until 2002 10140 km of 4 or more lanes highways.

I will show you some pictures of Mexican Highways.

México DF-Cuernavaca. It is 40 years old.

http://img87.exs.cx/img87/1661/mx33.jpg

Cuernavaca-Acapulco.

http://img9.exs.cx/img9/2753/carreteramexicoacapulco.jpg

Mexicali-Tijuana

http://www.westcoastroads.com/baja_california/images/4_lane_desert_frwy_05.jpg

Puebla-Orizaba

http://img87.exs.cx/img87/5921/119177824CgYrFD_ph.jpg

http://img53.exs.cx/img53/957/verpue.jpg

http://img53.exs.cx/img53/6593/carreteraverpue2r.jpg

Tijuana-Ensenada

http://img21.exs.cx/img21/1091/tj12.jpg

Puebla-Oaxaca

http://virtual.utm.mx/~mixteca/nuevo/ECONOMIA/supercarretera1.jpg

Maybe it is not a 4 lane highway but the scenery is very beautiful..

http://img65.exs.cx/img65/7456/bahiadeconcepcion1.jpg

Near Cd de Mexico

http://img45.exs.cx/img45/1465/DSC2534.jpg

Puente Chiapas

http://img103.exs.cx/img103/1309/PuenteChiapas3.jpg

Puente Tampico

http://img83.exs.cx/img83/3970/puentetampico7ag.jpg

México-Toluca in Santa Fe.

http://img144.exs.cx/img144/1946/imgp06277ad.jpg

México-Morelia

http://polaris.ccu.umich.mx/mich/autopista.jpg

[Vrysxy]

is that all? We want to see more pics :D
Nice highways!

[UrbanFanatic!]

More pictures!

Monterrey-Aeropuerto

http://img105.exs.cx/img105/1797/autoaero4ty.png

Cuernavaca-Acapulco, Mezcala-Solidaridad Bridge

http://mexico.intertraffic.com/_upload/intertrafficmexico2004/img/Toll_Road_Mexico_Acapulco_Mezcala_River_Bridge.jpg

http://img263.echo.cx/img263/631/punentemezcala4bs.jpg

Coatzacoalcos Bridge

http://members.a1.net/wabweb/images/mx_hwy3.jpg

Mexico-Teotihuacan. (You can see the Piramide del Sol)

http://members.a1.net/wabweb/images/mx_hwy4.jpg

Again, Cuernavaca-Acapulco

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/2462/puente59tv.jpg

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/5239/puente91ym.jpg

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/9743/puente42cv.jpg

Campeche-Merida

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/1949/carracampeche142le.jpg

Another Highway

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/470/estadodemexico22kg.jpg

Cuernavaca-Acapulco

http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/4779/acapulco6su.jpg

[UrbanFanatic!]

Queretaro-San Luis Potosi

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/7283/slp1r4bp.jpg

Guadalajara-Tepic

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/694/cartepicgua12kz.jpg

Mexico-Toluca

http://img275.imageshack.us/img275/2025/carestadodemex16uv.jpg

Near Monterrey

http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/6051/nuevo20leon4zp.jpg

It is not a 4 lane highways, but I like the scenery. Volcanes de Colima

http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/2047/111674227uxlchqfs9qo.jpg

Also, it is a normal road. Baja California

http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/7138/carbaja12po.jpg

Cardel-Xalapa

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/1254/picture0049ae.jpg

Tijuana-Mexicali, near La Rumorosa

http://appsasteel.com/A4.jpg

http://appsasteel.com/A7.jpg

http://appsasteel.com/A10.jpg

Atenquique Bridge, Jalisco

http://www.esmexico.com/fotografias/estados/14_jalisco/atenquite/14_atenquite_puentes_1.jpg

I will post other pictures soon. :)

[Charles Dubai]

wow beautiful roads!!!! nice thread:)

[Alvaro0127]

La mejor red junto con las de Venezuela y Brasil!

[festiboi]

I had no idea Mexico had such nice roads. They look better than many of the roads in the States! They look surprisingly clean and well-kept.

Puente Tampico reminds me of the Anzac Bridge in Sydney.

[UrbanFanatic!]

Yes, but unfortunately they are toll roads.

More pictures:

La Venta-Lecheria
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/5168/10049244rx.jpg

The same highway, near Interlomas in Mexico City

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/8403/10049293uz.jpg

Matamoros-Reynosa

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/9754/autopmatrey149ew.jpg

Mexico-Puebla

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/5162/vulcankl1.jpg

Perote-Xalapa

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/7088/libra1ik2.jpg

Mexico-Tuxpan, Texcapa Bridge, the highway is still in construction.

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/2171/dsc5113om.jpg

Photos of the construction:

http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/5300/dsc5081vy.jpg

http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/6226/dsc5060pf.jpg

Poza Rica-Tuxpan

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/6383/dsc01929bv6.jpg

[Verso]

WOW, awesome highways! And the scenery...:cool:

[Bahnsteig4]

Great. Some lanes look rather narrow, others seem excessively wide. But beautiful. All. ;)

[Cheetoh2002]

Cool, It looks like the highways in Mexico are getting a lot better, I haven't been there in a long time, would be nice to go back!!!

[Paneco]

WOW! :shocked: THOSE ROADS LOOK EXACTLY LIKE (UNITED STATES OF )AMERICAN ROADS! IM CONVINCED ONE DAY THAT MEXICO WILL BE AN EXACT REPLICA OF THE UNITED STATES! (minues the poeple, culture, etc, duh!)

[Verso]

(UNITED STATES OF )AMERICAN ROADS

You can say 'US roads' (like 'US dollar').

[poponoso]

Great network, mostly considering the country's geography... :)

[UrbanFanatic!]

A video of Monterrey-Saltillo Highway by Blueman_100

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[gronier]

La mejor red junto con las de Venezuela y Brasil!

And Chile?? there are more than 3500 kilometres of private owned highways for a population of 16 million people (all of them built or rebuilt starting from 1997).

[Skyprince]

Definitely much better than most European and US roads !

Does anyone have pics of high-elevation Mexican roads--such as the roads climbing Mt. Popocatepetl ??

[1ajs]

is going to be driving threw mexico in the next cuple days.....

any one been on durengo to maz? i have twice amazing veiw! espeacily during sun rize!!!

[nothingman]

I would love to take a drive through Mexico someday.

Great looking road network too...thanks for sharing. Amazing scenery!

[ChrisZwolle]

How do you pay tolls in Mexico? You get a ticket at the onramp, and enter a tollbooth when you exit? Or are there just tollbooths on certain distances?

[UrbanFanatic!]

Just tollbooths every certain distances.

Well, now I will show you other type of toll-roads in Mexico.

It is used to go to small cities or places with very small traffic. It has the highway standards, (all exits are at a different level, they have almost no curves, etc), but it is a 1.5 lane road (that means a big lane and a big shoulder.)

For example, the Morelia-Lazaro Cardenas road. It goes through the Sierra Madre del Sur and it has many bridges and a tunnel.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d135/gmps/P1000184.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d135/gmps/P1000229.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d135/gmps/P1000216.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d135/gmps/P1000239.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d135/gmps/P1000231.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d135/gmps/P1000213.jpg

[UrbanFanatic!]

Belisario Dominguez bridge, in the Tuxtla Gutierrez-Chiapa de Corzo-San Cristobal de las Casas highway, in Chiapas.

http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/ttquetzal/ttq/Graficos/disc/Puente%20Belisario%20Dominguez.jpg

Matamoros-Reynosa highway

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/7378/autopmatrey9xw.jpg

Right now, the Mazatlan-Durango highways is being built. The first kilometers are now open to the traffic.

http://i5.tinypic.com/3z6xx6t.gif

The highway includes the Baluarte Bridge. The construction of the bridge has already started, I think.

http://www.triada.com.mx/BALUARTE.jpg

[UrbanFanatic!]

Some views of the Popocatepetl volcano.

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/4411/goyo01bw7.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4407/goyo04vh0.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/3831/goyo02im5.jpg

This other example of the 1.5 lane road. (The photos above where taken from this road)

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/5662/siglo15pd5.jpg

[UrbanFanatic!]

Mezcala-Solidaridad Bridge in the Mexico-Acapulco highway.

http://en.structurae.de/files/photos/2052/dsc02500.jpg

http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/5369/aca042aj.jpg

Tepic-Guadalajara highway

http://static.flickr.com/84/241241886_14282a5019_m.jpg

A tollbooth in Mexico is like this:

http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/michoacan/gif/mich2.jpg

Some pictures of highways in my state (Michoacan)

http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/michoacan/gif/mich3.jpg

http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/michoacan/gif/mich1.jpg

(I think that the tollbooth photo and the photo above were taken when the highway was getting build.)

[smartlake]

Is it safe to drive in Mexico? I read somewhere that there were bandits on the roadways. I am not meaning to put down your roads (they look really nice), it is a serious question.

[UrbanFanatic!]

Do they look unsafe?

Nothing happens to you if you drive on a major road, or a highway, even if you drive at night. Bandits used to appear many years ago, but now it is pretty safe, the new president of Mexico is making an effort of making the country safer, you can find police or things like that in the road, asking you questions and checking you, even on a small road.

[axxeloc79]

Puebla-DF

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/5941/dvestadio2800cl6.jpg

Puebla-Atlixco

http://img277.imageshack.us/img277/4859/2648541541maxbp7.jpg

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/8446/ssc006er6.jpg

[UrbanFanatic!]

This one in Mexicali, Baja California Norte.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/143/319730919_9957e8f6a3_o.jpg

The elevated highway in Mexico DF. I think that it is really ugly, but it was the cheapest sollution.

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/5302/hpim1524largekl5.jpg

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/5159/hpim1655largelq6.jpg

México-Querétaro


http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l270/blue_man100/autodf-qro.jpg

México-Cuernavaca

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l270/blue_man100/Diapositiva4.jpg

In Acapulco

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l270/blue_man100/Diapositiva3.jpg

A tollbooth in the Acapulco-México highway.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l270/blue_man100/Diapositiva2.jpg

Also the México-Acapulco highway.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l270/blue_man100/Diapositiva10.jpg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l270/blue_man100/Diapositiva9.jpg

Puebla-Orizaba



http://farm1.static.flickr.com/51/150821989_1834520a77.jpg?v=0

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/56/150821993_a7cf1a2401.jpg?v=0

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/46/150821992_7080dd68d5.jpg?v=0

Near the Nevado de Toluca

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/151/373620433_834bc1a94c.jpg?v=0

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/139/371391690_0f7f9a304e.jpg?v=0

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/146/375809012_ad681fa211.jpg?v=0

Santa Fe.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/55/126240975_76db4ea9d2.jpg?v=0

[Vrysxy]

those freeways in Santa Fé look pretty nice.

[JKent]

the highway of Mexico - Acapulco ( Puesta de Sol) is very nice

[Xvr]

Is it safe to drive in Mexico? I read somewhere that there were bandits on the roadways. I am not meaning to put down your roads (they look really nice), it is a serious question.

They are pretty safe. Safe enough that they have radio stations in case of emergency every certain distances, so you can call to the help service corp if you are needed. Mexican roads are divided in A4+, A4, A2, B, C, D (A for the best ones, D for the worst ones) perhaps if you drive in a D road, wich takes you from nowhereland to even-more-nowhereland it may be a dangerous road, but not because of the bandits, but because of the holes at the pave, the pretty dangerous curves and the cliffs beside them, and maybe, but very barely, some bandits at some dangerous regions around the country... really far away regions, deep inside the mountains.

[padawan72]

They are pretty safe. Safe enough that they have radio stations in case of emergency every certain distances, so you can call to the help service corp if you are needed. Mexican roads are divided in A4+, A4, A2, B, C, D (A for the best ones, D for the worst ones) perhaps if you drive in a D road, wich takes you from nowhereland to even-more-nowhereland it may be a dangerous road, but not because of the bandits, but because of the holes at the pave, the pretty dangerous curves and the cliffs beside them, and maybe, but very barely, some bandits at some dangerous regions around the country... really far away regions, deep inside the mountains.

As everywhere when you are alone in a solitary place, very far away from civilization, the same danger, there are crazy bad people in all countries.

[padawan72]

Some photos taken by "Duranguense":

Some Durango's Roads


http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u249/juandemecio/arribotota_de_la_sierra.jpg?t=1173826098

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u249/juandemecio/arriba_de_la_sierra.jpg?t=1173826123

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u249/juandemecio/bienvenidos_dgo.jpg?t=1173422572

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u249/juandemecio/supercarretera_mazatlan-dgo.jpg?t=1173422485

[blue_man100]

A video of Monterrey-Saltillo Highway by Blueman_100

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this video is mine !!!!! :banana: :cheers:

i have some more, i will post them later on

[blue_man100]

one more video of my own...

driving + shooting video :D


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[frozen]

Really nice motorways! I really like mexican landscape! And I can see in mexican roads you can see the same Bull as we see in Spain(Spanish roads you can find the bull of a wine mark and it becomes now the Spanish symbol)

It makes me laugh when i see "Cuidado, curva peligrosa" :P

[Lancer17]

WOW! :shocked: THOSE ROADS LOOK EXACTLY LIKE (UNITED STATES OF )AMERICAN ROADS! IM CONVINCED ONE DAY THAT MEXICO WILL BE AN EXACT REPLICA OF THE UNITED STATES! (minues the poeple, culture, etc, duh!)

I hope so men, that one day Mexico became an exact replica of The USA, but i think its to far, but i keep the faith. USA is the model to follow. :)

[Alex Von Königsberg]

Do whatever you want, but don't abandon metric system :D

[PotatoGuy]

Really nice motorways! I really like mexican landscape! And I can see in mexican roads you can see the same Bull as we see in Spain(Spanish roads you can find the bull of a wine mark and it becomes now the Spanish symbol)

It makes me laugh when i see "Cuidado, curva peligrosa" :P

yeah, those bulls are at the entrance to just about any major city, do you know what they mean? I never got the point of them

[Yörch]

@Alex: It will fortunately never happen... ;)

[Lancer17]

Do whatever you want, but don't abandon metric system :D

why not???

[ROYU]

I hope so men, that one day Mexico became an exact replica of The USA, but i think its to far, but i keep the faith. USA is the model to follow. :)

We should took the good things of the USA but not an exact replica because they have some bad things that are not convenient for Mexico.

[Lancer17]

We should took the good things of the USA but not an exact replica because they have some bad things that are not convenient for Mexico.

Yes, but we are talking about USA, the most powerful country in the world.
Why don`t be like the USA?...

[Alex Von Königsberg]

Do whatever you want, but don't abandon metric system
why not???
Remind me please what units were used in Mexico (possibly Spain too) before it switched to metric system ;)

[padawan72]

Remind me please what units were used in Mexico (possibly Spain too) before it switched to metric system ;)

I guess no body still living remember that.

[UrbanFanatic!]

Metrical system is better.. everyone is used to it.. and it is easier to learn. Scientifics use metric system, almost all the world uses metric system..

[UrbanFanatic!]

Photos of the new road Durango-Mazatlán. (From the mexican forum.)

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s237/jlemc77/flickr/Neverias1.jpg

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s237/jlemc77/flickr/Carr1.jpg

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s237/jlemc77/flickr/Carr6.jpg

More photos soon!

[UrbanFanatic!]

Coatzacoalcos bridge.

http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/veracruz/municipios/fotos/30039q.jpg

http://148.235.146.228/NR/GAM/Galeria/puente-coatzacoalcos-II-de-dia.jpg

Near Tijuana

http://appsasteel.com/A14.jpg

http://appsasteel.com/Valle1.jpg

[Man1ek]

^^ Coatzacoalcos bridge looks really nice :cheers:

[gabrielbabb]

Love these ones !!!!
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd297/gabrielbabb/salidaapueblaautopistamexicojo3.jpg

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd297/gabrielbabb/dfaw45n235a352by3.jpg

http://img144.exs.cx/img144/1946/imgp06277ad.jpg

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/7088/libra1ik2.jpg

http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/6051/nuevo20leon4zp.jpg

http://appsasteel.com/A4.jpg

http://appsasteel.com/A7.jpg

[ChrisZwolle]

Mujo impressivo.

[Mahratta]

Nice pics

[Jalisquillo20]

mas fotos paisas

[Mexikaner]

el fin de semana saldre a carretera, tomare muchas eso espero jajaja,

[Jalisquillo20]

eso es todo compa

[Mexikaner]

I went last weekend to Tenacatita, Jalisco, Mexico and i couldn't take too many photos cuz i was driving so, i hope you'll understand.

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/9475/66carreteradd2.th.jpg (http://img127.imageshack.us/my.php?image=66carreteradd2.jpg)



http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/992/67carreterayt7.th.jpg (http://img401.imageshack.us/my.php?image=67carreterayt7.jpg)

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/9807/68carreterabu5.th.jpg (http://img504.imageshack.us/my.php?image=68carreterabu5.jpg)

[gugasounds]

The best latin american roads by far !

[lumpia]

woah! very nice highways! plus great scenery! I didn't know you could see the Piramide del Sol from the highway! A great contrast between ancient and modern Mexico :)

[ChrisZwolle]

The best latin american roads by far !

I do not agree on that.

I think Chile has much better roads.

[gugasounds]

yes i agree that chile has great roads but it only has few good highways compared to the extensive highways system of mexico.

[ChrisZwolle]

Yeah, that's true. But Mexico has far more population centers as Chile. Why aren't there any connections from the Mexican Autopistas to the US Interstates? Maybe the only exception is the I-5 in San Diego/Tijuana.

[Verso]

^^ You forgot I-19 and I-35 (although as far as the latter is concerned I don't think there's already a full motorway connection between Mexico City and Nuevo Laredo).

[Latin l0cO]

^^ You forgot I-19 and I-35 (although as far as the latter is concerned I don't think there's already a full motorway connection between Mexico City and Nuevo Laredo).

Of Course there is, Mexico City to Monterrey then Monterrey to Nuevo laredo. All 4 lane tolled highways.

[ChrisZwolle]

Monterrey to Laredo isn't quite a motorway on it's entire length. It is more like a 4 lane boulevard with grade intersections.

The three main roads through Nogales aren't motorways either, more some kind of expressways with grade intersections here and there.

[Verso]

The three main roads through Nogales aren't motorways either, more some kind of expressways with grade intersections here and there.Oh, that! I hate it too! But here it's US' fault, not Mexico's. Mexicans have a motorway west of Nogales all the way to the US, connected with the US road 189, which has a few grade intersections before connecting with the I-19. I don't even know why 189 isn't I-19. But this whole thing has an insignificant impact on the countries' motorway networks.

[Alex Von Königsberg]

If there was a high volume of traffic between Mexico and the USA, I am sure there would already be decent road connections between these two countries. Tijuana has a good network of roads to serve the tourist, but Baja California itself is quite an isolated area of Mexico in terms of road infrastructure.

[gabrielbabb]

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd234/mexcolmetro/100_6026.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd234/mexcolmetro/100_6028.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd234/mexcolmetro/100_6029.jpg

[ChrisZwolle]

Mexico City repaving work

The primary road network in Mexico City is to be repaved over a three year period at a cost of US$185 million. The local public works and services department is pushing ahead with the highway maintenance program, reports Business News Americas. The work will focus on the city's Paseo de la Reforma, which extends for some 411km of its 913km primary highway network. Work will cover the Paseo from its intersection with the Anillo Periférico beltway to its intersection with the México Toluca highway, as well as between its intersections with the Hidalgo and Basílica avenues. Some of the rebuilding work is required as the Paseo de la Reforma's central lanes were initially built on low-quality terrain, with no reinforced concrete, some 40 years ago, which has resulted in problems such as fractured concrete and subsidence. New, high-quality asphalt will be laid along the road, while the work also entails repositioning and repairing lights, maintaining green areas, building pedestrian bridges, and signaling improvements. The first phase, covering the Paseo's intersection with the Anillo Periférico to the Paseo de Bucareli, is already 85% complete.

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[mundobq]

Awesome thread!!

Great pictures!!! Love them all!!

Thanks for sharing!

[UrbanFanatic!]

Monterrey to Laredo isn't quite a motorway on it's entire length. It is more like a 4 lane boulevard with grade intersections.

The three main roads through Nogales aren't motorways either, more some kind of expressways with grade intersections here and there.

There is a expressway connection with Reynosa/McAllen and Matamoros/Brownsville from Monterrey, and they are full expressways...

México-Queretaro, posted by donquijote.

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/948/img8121fh8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/4746/img8122wq1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/9194/img8123hf0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[UrbanFanatic!]

From the mexican forum..

The new expressway Durango-Mazatlan
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u249/juandemecio/distvialnortedgo2.jpg

Durango-Torreón
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u249/juandemecio/autopistadurango-gomez-torreon.jpg

[ChrisZwolle]

Mexico invests in highway work

A healthy US$5.5 billion budget will be invested by Mexico's federal government on nationwide highway infrastructure projects during 2008. One of the key projects is for a bypass connecting Amozoc with Perote in Puebla and Veracruz states respectively, reports Business News Americas. Other projects include work in the northern part of Mexico City and the Morelia-Salamanca highway, linking Michoacán state with Guanajuato state.

In 2008 southeastern Veracruz state will renovate a number of highways as well as maintaining feeder roads. One of the state's priorities is the bypass for capital Xalapa, with construction scheduled to start in late March or early April. Another project due for development is the Laguna Verde-Gutiérrez Zamora stretch of the Tuxpan-Tampico highway, which will connect Veracruz with neighboring Tamaulipas state to the north.

Key tasks are the construction and modernisation of toll-free national highways, maintaining the federal network and developing the rural road network. Toll highway construction is another target and there are 11 projects under construction at different stages in their respective concession processes and all of them are scheduled for completion in 2008. Amongst those scheduled for works completion soon are the Amozoc-Perote highway, linking the states of Puebla and Veracruz; the Tepic-Villa Unión highway, connecting eastern Nayarit and Sinaloa states; and the Morelia-Salamanca highway, between the states of Michoacán and Guanajuato. Significant investments are also scheduled for the 221km Arco Norte of the Mexico City beltway, which is due for completion in December having started in January 2006. Recently awarded concessions include the Arriaga-Ocozocoautla highway in southern Chiapas state, which started in December 2007.


Are they adding toll-free motorway next to the tolled motorways, like they do in Spain?

[lpioe]

Didn't expect Mexico to have so many highways with at least 4 lanes across all the country! Most of them look really good on the pics you posted.

Do you know how many km of this "1.5 lane roads" exist in the country?

What I like the most are the bridges. I love these two in particular:

http://148.235.146.228/NR/GAM/Galeria/puente-coatzacoalcos-II-de-dia.jpg

http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/5369/aca042aj.jpg

[UrbanFanatic!]

Aprox. 600, 700 kms of those roads.
More pictures soon! Mexico has a lot to show, specially in landscapes.

[Dallasbrink]

I saw a mexican high way the other day walking around the desert stretch of the border the other day. all these people running in single file.

[NZer]

:lol:


Haha, thats funny.
But seriously I had no idea Mexico had highways that look like the ones in this thread, I have a US/Canada/Mexico travel atlas from the early-mid 90's and it doesn't show any freeway in Mexico, just some dual carriageway.

[ChrisZwolle]

^^ I have the 87 RandMcNally road atlas, and that one shows some toll expressways.

[khoojyh]

view along the motorways are nice and beautiful

[UrbanFanatic!]

New Mexico's City bypass. It is not finished yet, but it will be pretty soon.

http://www.imcyc.com/ct2007/oct07/images/artportada/2h.jpg

[kokanee2]

Excellent pictures, thank you.

A couple of queries,
1. Driving from the US-border to say Mexico City: what would the total amount of toll cost come to?

2. Is the Highway(s) completely paved from the US border to the southern end (Belize?)?

3. Are there fuel stations on the toll roads, or does one have to turn off into the nearest town?

4. I drive a diesel powered car made in Mexico (VW Jetta). I suppose the availability of diesel is pretty good? What's the quality like?

As an aside, when I was in Toronto in 2003, I once saw a VW Jetta with Mexican plates. I thought to myself, 'now there was a well-traveled individual'.

[Jalisquillo20]

what is a bypass?????

[Stifler]

what is a bypass?????
Carretera de circunvalación.

[ChrisZwolle]

^^ In Madrid they even have the "Bypass Sur". Isn't that Spanish or an English loanword?

[Stifler]

I guess it's an English loanword, but it's pretty used in Spain nowadays.

I would say we usually call 'circunvalacion' to a road that allows you the access to many parts of the city while 'by-pass' would be a small stretch which connects two parts of the city. I am not really aware of their proper names in English though.

[ChrisZwolle]

To me:

Bypass; partial beltway around a city

Beltway; (near) complete ringroad, similar to Circunvalación

[Jalisquillo20]

Carretera de circunvalación.

como un "freeway" que tiene varios accesos a la ciudad???

[runi]

como un "freeway" que tiene varios accesos a la ciudad???

Eso es, como un periférico en México ;)

[Jalisquillo20]

Eso es, como un periférico en México ;)

entonces si es eso??

[UrbanFanatic!]

Excellent pictures, thank you.

A couple of queries,
1. Driving from the US-border to say Mexico City: what would the total amount of toll cost come to?

2. Is the Highway(s) completely paved from the US border to the southern end (Belize?)?

3. Are there fuel stations on the toll roads, or does one have to turn off into the nearest town?

4. I drive a diesel powered car made in Mexico (VW Jetta). I suppose the availability of diesel is pretty good? What's the quality like?

As an aside, when I was in Toronto in 2003, I once saw a VW Jetta with Mexican plates. I thought to myself, 'now there was a well-traveled individual'.


1. The toll depends from the city you enter to Mexico. For example, from Matamoros, Tamaulipas to Mexico City (on motorway) the total $ is of 70 dlls, and the lenght is aprox. 1200 km. You can take toll-free roads, but they are more dangerous (not because of security reasons, the roads are sometimes not well maintaned, and they are narrow). You can know if the road is tolled (the best option), by watching a "D" under the road number, or when you find the word "CUOTA" or "VIA CORTA" on the signs.

2. Yes, paved roads exists from the north border to Guatemala and Belize.

3. Sometimes there are gas stations on the toll roads, specially in roads with traffic, but sometimes you will need to deviate to a town for fuel. Diesel is available in a lot of gas stations, and I don't really know a lot about their quality..

Usually the expressways are near to towns, so fuel won't be a problem.

You can check the km. distance, toll, etc.. here:

http://aplicaciones4.sct.gob.mx/sibuac_internet/ControllerUI?action=cmdEscogeRuta

I recommed you to buy an actualized road map in Mexico, since a lot of things will be easier to understand.

If you have more doubts, send me a PM..


To Jalisquillo20..

Bypass es un libramiento.. Beltway es un periférico.

[Chavito]

Excellent pictures, thank you.

A couple of queries,
1. Driving from the US-border to say Mexico City: what would the total amount of toll cost come to?

2. Is the Highway(s) completely paved from the US border to the southern end (Belize?)?

3. Are there fuel stations on the toll roads, or does one have to turn off into the nearest town?

4. I drive a diesel powered car made in Mexico (VW Jetta). I suppose the availability of diesel is pretty good? What's the quality like?

As an aside, when I was in Toronto in 2003, I once saw a VW Jetta with Mexican plates. I thought to myself, 'now there was a well-traveled individual'.

1. Let me check
2. Yes
3. You can find fuel stations on the toll roads, no need to turn off into towns
4. Diesel is not as easy to find as in other countries.

[elbart089]

WOW! :shocked: THOSE ROADS LOOK EXACTLY LIKE (UNITED STATES OF )AMERICAN ROADS! IM CONVINCED ONE DAY THAT MEXICO WILL BE AN EXACT REPLICA OF THE UNITED STATES! (minues the poeple, culture, etc, duh!)
I wouldn't like it if we were an exact replica of the US, but after all we're North Americans, it just seems logical that Mexico gets influenced by the States.

[Jalisquillo20]

1. The toll depends from the city you enter to Mexico. For example, from Matamoros, Tamaulipas to Mexico City (on motorway) the total $ is of 70 dlls, and the lenght is aprox. 1200 km. You can take toll-free roads, but they are more dangerous (not because of security reasons, the roads are sometimes not well maintaned, and they are narrow). You can know if the road is tolled (the best option), by watching a "D" under the road number, or when you find the word "CUOTA" or "VIA CORTA" on the signs.

2. Yes, paved roads exists from the north border to Guatemala and Belize.

3. Sometimes there are gas stations on the toll roads, specially in roads with traffic, but sometimes you will need to deviate to a town for fuel. Diesel is available in a lot of gas stations, and I don't really know a lot about their quality..

Usually the expressways are near to towns, so fuel won't be a problem.

You can check the km. distance, toll, etc.. here:

http://aplicaciones4.sct.gob.mx/sibuac_internet/ControllerUI?action=cmdEscogeRuta

I recommed you to buy an actualized road map in Mexico, since a lot of things will be easier to understand.

If you have more doubts, send me a PM..


To Jalisquillo20..

Bypass es un libramiento.. Beltway es un periférico.

cual es la diferencia??

[UrbanFanatic!]

El libramiento no rodea completamente la ciudad, y el periférico sí lo hace. Como ejemplo y si creo que los conozcas.. el libramiento de Querétaro, y el periférico del DF.

Other pictures..

Guadalajara-Tepic


http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l270/blue_man100/autopistas/100_4785-Copy.jpg


http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l270/blue_man100/autopistas/100_4784-Copy.jpg

From blue_man!

[Jalisquillo20]

fotos de blue_man100

Estas son mias de la autopista Saltillo - Monterrey


http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l270/blue_man100/100_5246.jpg


http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l270/blue_man100/100_5242.jpg


http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l270/blue_man100/100_5244.jpg


http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l270/blue_man100/100_5248.jpg


http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l270/blue_man100/100_5245.jpg

[Jalisquillo20]

more pics...

No se si ya habian posteado estas fotos, pero aqui van...


Autopista Toluca - Ciudad de Mexico


http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l270/blue_man100/autopistas/df54yykjyd.jpg


Esta creo que es la de Cuernavaca, no estoy seguro:


http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l270/blue_man100/autopistas/dftoluca.jpg


http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l270/blue_man100/autopistas/dfcerca.jpg

[Nikkodemo]

Wonderful thread!!!

Until I visit this section of the forum!!!

I'm gonna present some of my pics about Mexico's Southeast!!!

[ChrisZwolle]

I was checking out Google Earth in Mexico, but it seems to me a lot of "autopista"-type of road in GE seems to be ordinary roads in reality. Mistake by GE? Seems to be a lot in northern Mexico.

[UrbanFanatic!]

What did u see to make u thing that they are ordinary roads?? And in which part??
:wave:

[Tom 958]

What did u see to make u thing that they are ordinary roads?? And in which part??
:wave:

I've spent hours checking out Mexican roads on Google Earth, and I've seen the same thing. Often it appears that instead of building a proper motorway, they add a second roadway adjacent to an existing one and separate them with an impenetrable median. There appears to be direct right-turn access to intersecting roads and even abutting properties, but no opportunity to make direct left turns onto or of of the road. Motorists have to drive until they reach an interchange or an overpass, then turn around.

It's late here how, but tomorrow I'll post a Google Earth screenshot that, well, you'll see.

[ChrisZwolle]

What did u see to make u thing that they are ordinary roads?? And in which part??
:wave:

For instance Mexican Highway 2, running from Mexicali parallel to the US border. It is shown on Google Earth as an expressway/motorway, but's it's just a one lane highway. And Mexican Highway 45, running through Ciudad Juárez, is shown as a motorway, but has 2x2 lanes, but also grade intersections.

But then again, the whole Indian national highway network is also shown as motorways, while that is certainly not true.

[axxeloc79]

this one near Puebla:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1173/1068279380_09942a7622.jpg

[Protteus]

For instance Mexican Highway 2, running from Mexicali parallel to the US border. It is shown on Google Earth as an expressway/motorway, but's it's just a one lane highway. And Mexican Highway 45, running through Ciudad Juárez, is shown as a motorway, but has 2x2 lanes, but also grade intersections.

But then again, the whole Indian national highway network is also shown as motorways, while that is certainly not true.

In which seccion did you see that?, if it's the part of Tijuana/Mexicali
i think you are confusing the toll motorway with the normal road, there
are two ways to arrive to Mexicali, but if you talk about the
"san luis rio colorado-altar" in the stade of Sonora there's no motorway, is
just a normal road. We'll have to take a look in a picture what are you talking
about.:)

[Nikkodemo]

This is the highway Córdoba - Veracruz.

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/2822/dscf0612md1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Between two towns: Cuitláhuac and Yanga...
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/1442/dscf0613qv5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9250/dscf0614ui1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/5571/dscf0617ai2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/7350/dscf0618ag7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Nikkodemo]

The highway to the Mexican Southeast..

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/5489/dscf0620gn1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/2700/dscf0622za8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/9136/dscf0623qk5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/4971/dscf0626uz9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/9492/dscf0628wc6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/3661/dscf0629qs4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Watch out!!.....
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/8093/dscf0630li4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/6504/dscf0631mh7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/8971/dscf0632bz4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Nikkodemo]

More pics about this highway...
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/3971/dscf0651uy6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/4397/dscf0652tf0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/3479/dscf0653nc4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/6043/dscf0654dj2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Looking back...
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/2804/dscf0658va4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Nikkodemo]

The Puebla - Orizaba Highway
Location: Northern of Puebla City.

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/1492/dscf5250os8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/9228/dscf5251gg2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/8789/dscf5252nw7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Leaving the city...
http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/8819/dscf5263xg4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/9379/dscf5267xi5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Nikkodemo]

The Amozoc - Perote Highway.

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/2561/dscf5274pz3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3754/dscf5275ou0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/9693/dscf5276vh6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/8135/dscf5277qm0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Nikkodemo]

That's all for today.

Coming up: more pics about mexican highways, specially near the state of Tabasco.

Greetings.

[Latin l0cO]

Good looking highways, too bad the tolls are ridiculously high. What Mexico needs to invest in is true inner city highways rather then a motorway turning into an avenue once entering city limits. The only Mexican City which truly has an excellent inner highway network is Queretaro and perhaps San Luis Potosi.

[Nikkodemo]

The only Mexican City which truly has an excellent inner highway network is Queretaro and perhaps San Luis Potosi.

The Queretaro's geographic location is very estrategic.

The highway to Northern of Mexico and the highway to Western of Mexico (Specially to the region of Bajío) are passed through Queretaro City.

[Tom 958]

I've spent hours checking out Mexican roads on Google Earth, and I've seen the same thing. Often it appears that instead of building a proper motorway, they add a second roadway adjacent to an existing one and separate them with an impenetrable median. There appears to be direct right-turn access to intersecting roads and even abutting properties, but no opportunity to make direct left turns onto or of of the road. Motorists have to drive until they reach an interchange or an overpass, then turn around.

It's late here how, but tomorrow I'll post a Google Earth screenshot that, well, you'll see.

OK, here it is. IIRC this is on Hwy 57, prolly north of San Luis. This highway crossing bridge ended up in someone's back yard:
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7457/likewhateverbridgemexicpp4.jpg

[Latin l0cO]

^^ Is that the freeroad? It probably runs paralell to the toll road which would be Highway 57D.

[ChrisZwolle]

Hello, Mexicans!

I have a short question. How do you guys call a motorway by it's number?

Like "A15" or more like "Mexican Highway 15", or "carretera de [insert city name] a [insert city name]?

Like in Europe, we say "A4" or "S4" or "D4", or "E4". Some countries only mention the name of the motorway "Hemus" for instance in Bulgaria. How's that in Mexico?

[Tom 958]

^^ Is that the freeroad? It probably runs paralell to the toll road which would be Highway 57D.

Yes, it is, though I somehow didn't notice 57D before, prolly because 57D ends in a trumpet with 57 as the priority route. And I was looking in Google Earth-- no route numbers.

I've still seen the same type of thing throughout Mexico, though this overpass is by far the most interesting. :)

Here's the Google Maps link: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Laguna+Seca,+Mexico&sll=36.58037,-121.751812&sspn=0.315396,0.617981&ie=UTF8&ll=22.269767,-100.862882&spn=0.00284,0.004828&t=h&z=17&om=0

Scrolling southward on 57D I found this: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Laguna+Seca,+Mexico&sll=36.58037,-121.751812&sspn=0.315396,0.617981&ie=UTF8&ll=22.130112,-100.824687&spn=0.005685,0.009656&t=h&z=16&om=0 . It appears that traffic from the truck terminal is allowed to make left turns across the median!

[Nikkodemo]

Hello, Mexicans!

I have a short question. How do you guys call a motorway by it's number?

Like "A15" or more like "Mexican Highway 15", or "carretera de [insert city name] a [insert city name]?

Like in Europe, we say "A4" or "S4" or "D4", or "E4". Some countries only mention the name of the motorway "Hemus" for instance in Bulgaria. How's that in Mexico?

Hi Chriszwolle.

Well, the mexican highways are numbered for example:

The Mexico - Queretaro highway is the number 57-D.

The letter D means you are in the highway.

The federal road has a simple number firstly México then the number. For example the road between Matamoros to Cancún is the number 180. This road is almost parallel to Gulf of Mexico

The road 200 is parallel to the Pacific Ocean, beggins in Tepic and finishes in Tapachula, nearly the border line with Guatemala.

The road 1 stars in Tijuana and finishes in Los Cabos, is the most important road in Baja Peninsula.

The road 2 is almost parallel to US - Mexico border line.

The principal highways of Mexico City are:

The Mexico - Queretaro highway (57D)
The Mexico - Puebla - Veracruz highway (150D)
The Mexico - Cuernavaca - Acapulco (95D)
The Mexico - Pachuca (85D)
And The Mexico - Toluca - Guadalajara highway (15D)

[Nikkodemo]

And I forgot something:

The Panamerican Road in Mexico is numbered 190.

Beggings in Chiapas and ends in Juarez City, Chihuahua.

Is one of the most important roads in all Mexico.

[ChrisZwolle]

It doesn't seem a very logical road numbering system to me. Not really a grid nor a radiating one.

[Billpa]

This is the Mexico City map from my Rand McNally atlas from 2006....RM uses green for toll roads.


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2016/2247334052_b054926159_b.jpg

[Jalisquillo20]

more pics...

Autopista QUERETARO - IRAPUATO a su paso por la ciudad de CELAYA, Gto.


http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/5883/imagen241co9.jpg


http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/8530/imagen239xa4.jpg



LIBRAMIENTO SUR de la Ciudad de CELAYA, Gto.


http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/7229/26dici05yes2052kc3.jpg


http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/1383/26dici05yes2048rl5.jpg



http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/4251/imagen186pu0.jpg


http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/2478/imagen185ms3.jpg


Creditos:
fotos de "kike_gu"

[Nikkodemo]

Thanks for sharing those pics Jalisquillo!!

It's time to continue with more pics about Mexican Highways...:D:D

[MetroMEX]

Hello, Mexicans!

I have a short question. How do you guys call a motorway by it's number?

Like "A15" or more like "Mexican Highway 15", or "carretera de [insert city name] a [insert city name]?

Like in Europe, we say "A4" or "S4" or "D4", or "E4". Some countries only mention the name of the motorway "Hemus" for instance in Bulgaria. How's that in Mexico?

Here's my contribution to answer your question, as well as enrichening Nikkodemo's explanation.

Most Mexican highways, at least the national highway system, have a number designation. For example, MEXICO15 refers to the Mexico City-Nogales Hwy, MEX190 refers to the Mexico City-Cd. Cuauhtémoc Hwy (Panamerican Hwy bound to Guatemala). There are also roads maintained by each mexican state, but many of them remain unnumbered or it is barely known even by local authorities. For example: MEX5 belongs to the State of Mexico and goes from Tlalnepantla to El Oro.

On the other side, there is a "free" network and a "toll" network. The "free" (libre) network comprises 7m wide, 2 lane roads, maintained by federal or state authorities; some of them even have dual carriageway or even expressway standards (such as the MEXICO57 Hwy in the state of Queretaro).
The "toll" (cuota in Mexican Spanish; other countries use the word peaje) network comprises all the controled access highways, either 4-lane autopistas, or 2-lane supercarreteras (which are actually "super 2" controlled access roads). Such roads are identified by adding the suffix "D" to distinguish them from their free counterparts (by the way, the "D" stands for directo as in direct road).

Formally speaking the country uses a grid system in which north-south roads are odd and east-west roads are odd. Lower numbers are west and north of the country; higher numbers are located south and east of the country. However, given the shape of Mexico, there are particular situations in which the road system resembles more of a radial numbering. For instance, highway 15 follows an east-west path between Mexico City and Tepic, then turns north. Highway 85 starts in Nuevo Laredo goes all the way to Mexico City, follows Insurgentes Ave., and turns into Highway 95 all the way to Acapulco. And Hwy 54 between Reynosa and Colima follows a north-south path, despite being assinged an even number.

In normal speech, highways are commonly refered by the control cities (examples: Autopista México-Querétaro, la México-Pachuca), although the highway number is stated in signals. In some cases, some highways have names, and have entered common speech (examples: the Mexico-Cuernavaca-Acapulco expressway (95D) is nicknamed Autopista del Sol; the Mexico City-Guadalajara expressway (15D) is called Autopista de Occidente, and many cities which are part of the Panamerican Hwy bear that name instead of using the official designations MEXICO85 and MEXICO190: Carretera Panamericana).

Probably later this week I can upload some examples of signs that can enrich this explanation. Saludos desde México.

[ChrisZwolle]

^^ Thanks for the extensive answer :)

[UrbanFanatic!]

More pictures...!

From bdebaca (flickr)

Cd. de México

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1072/1045013547_8596670d15_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/212/456080102_b3572bfaf1_b.jpg

From blue_man!

Tepic-Guadalajara motorway..

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l270/blue_man100/autopistas/100_4945.jpg


http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l270/blue_man100/autopistas/100_4957.jpg


http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l270/blue_man100/autopistas/100_4947.jpg


http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l270/blue_man100/autopistas/100_4948.jpg


http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l270/blue_man100/autopistas/100_4949.jpg

Entrace to Queretaro from Cd. de México

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/5560538.jpg

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/6377892.jpg

Highway Veracruz-Villahermosa

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/8505/dscf0658dx7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/6995/dscf0659fj1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/896/dscf0672hq8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Nikkodemo]

Thanks Urban....^^

Coatzacoalcos II Brige in a rainy day....

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/4816/dscf0701bn6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/3879/dscf0702wx1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/8660/dscf0703be4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/4628/dscf0707bw9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Nikkodemo]

Goodbye Veracruz State....

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/4471/dscf0742pb5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Crossing the river....
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/2299/dscf0743bq6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Welcome to Tabasco (My Homeland)

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/7438/dscf0745gk1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[UrbanFanatic!]

More pictures.. (sorry for the size..)

In Mexico city (all are diferent bridges)..

http://www.mexpresa.com/images/obras/pellicer.jpg

http://www.mexpresa.com/images/obras/paz.jpg

http://www.mexpresa.com/images/obras/tarango.jpg

http://www.mexpresa.com/images/obras/lomascountry.jpg

Puebla-Orizaba highway

http://www.mexpresa.com/images/obras/maltrata.jpg

Acapulco-Mexico highway

http://www.mexpresa.com/images/obras/ejido.jpg

http://www.mexpresa.com/images/obras/papagayo.jpg

http://www.mexpresa.com/images/obras/barranca.jpg

Guadalajara-Colima highway

http://www.mexpresa.com/images/obras/atenquique2.jpg

Toluca-Mexico highway

http://www.mexpresa.com/images/obras/lamarquesa.jpg

[UrbanFanatic!]

Mexico-Toluca

From flickr user stereocity:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/204/460976093_6fccf32d53.jpg?v=0

[Alex Von Königsberg]

You can add the picture "Welcome to Tabasco" to long mileage signs thread :) I like the distance sign that says 1020 km to Cancun :lol:

[crieffite@comcast.ne]

I saw a mexican high way the other day walking around the desert stretch of the border the other day. all these people running in single file.
Dallasbrink. This is not the place to be mouthing off about the KC 45 tanker contract. Jingoism has no place in this international forum.

[Vegas Visitor]

More pictures...!

From bdebaca (flickr)

Cd. de México



http://farm1.static.flickr.com/212/456080102_b3572bfaf1_b.jpg



Whats the purpose of those steels?

[Protteus]

Corredor Tijuana-Rosarito
Mine.
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/8813/corredortijuanarosaritoic8.jpg



This isn't mine
El Progreso bridge.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Puente-el-Progreso---Jalisco-Mexico.jpg/800px-Puente-el-Progreso---Jalisco-Mexico.jpg

[UrbanFanatic!]

Whats the purpose of those steels?

It is probably for reducing the noise down the bridge. You can see some glass also..

[Lagunero]

More pics

Torreon -Saltillo

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/2780/113947480449b312cc60blt6.jpg

Mexico city
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/5023/21325717002fb47012ops4.jpg

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/4346/160588067906f7a54f4oum4.jpg

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/9654/186956716c74cc3dbbdbkk9.jpg

http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/2204/hpim2255large6zebx6.jpg

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/5778/peri7rvrx5.jpg

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/5966/14560817163fcd61137oya7.jpg

http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/452/perifericonortezw5.jpg

http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/2704/segundopisoit7.jpg

http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/1431/segundopiso2dr5.jpg

[Lagunero]

Autopista Gómez Palacio, Durango, - cd. de Chihuahua

tramo: Gomez Palacio- Cd. Jimenez

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/7687/a011ur4.jpg

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/3710/a021qn9.jpg

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/9797/a033iu9.jpg

Tramo Camargo

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/770/a041ou1.jpg

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/6880/a044zy3.jpg

Tramo Delicias

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/9126/a055nq7.jpg

Tramo Chihuahua

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/3712/a066mx6.jpg

[I-275westcoastfl]

Mexico really has some great highways.

[gabrielbabb]

Mexico - Puebla
by Lourdes Place in Flickr
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd297/gabrielbabb/1068279380_3bcc7a9c2d_o.jpg

Calzada de Tlalpan in Mexico City
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd297/gabrielbabb/2494271573_d03f7cc49f_b.jpg

Periferico
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd297/gabrielbabb/22718146_899c22e266_b.jpg

[JJC80]

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/9654/186956716c74cc3dbbdbkk9.jpg



Are those green poles giant street lights? I notice these in many pictures of Mexico city.

[Protteus]

^^^^
Yeah, they use them in many cities around Mexico to illuminate
roundabouts.

[54°26′S 3°24′E]

When I visited Mexico in the 90s I was actually quite impressed of its transport infrastructure, given the level of development in other areas.

Periferico
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd297/gabrielbabb/22718146_899c22e266_b.jpg
Notice the signage. Mexico seems to use some kind of mix between European and North-American signage. However, the seat-belt sign would mean that it's FORBIDDEN to use seat belt if you should follow the European standard....

[mcuri]

^^

This signage works like this in all Latin America. The dash on the circle means forbidden, instead " end of prohibition" as in Europe!! First time I've been in Europe found it some kind of weird, not so logical. But now I see each system has it's goods and bads.

[mcuri]

By the way, looks like in Mexico happens the same as in Brazil. The more we construct and widen our roads, much more cars invade them! Anyway, love that roads!!

[ChrisZwolle]

^^ It has to do with an increase of welfare or population growth.

Roads -> increase of welfare/pop. growth -> more cars -> more/wider roads needed

It's not like if you construct a road, and out of nowhere BAM! there are thousands of cars. ;) They come from somewhere you know.

[gabrielbabb]

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/1968/ptechiski2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6432/240320081486ue2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Lagunero]

New pics, highway in north of Mexico, in Chihuahua state.

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/9800/chihcuauh1mk1.jpg

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/8960/chihcuauh2co2.jpg

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/808/chihcuauh3rr2.jpg

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/3905/chihcuauh4ir9.jpg

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/3397/chihcuauh5il0.jpg

[UrbanFanatic!]

Another picture of the new bypass of Mexico City.

http://acm2.ohl.es/ACM2_upload/QuienesSomos/ObrasEmblemáticas/CircunvalacionMexico/circunvalacion_mexico_04.jpg

[gabrielbabb]

http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/2927/26667377242f8042da9fbcx2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Nikkodemo]

Impresionante esa última foto!!!

:eek:

[UrbanFanatic!]

More autopistas.

Tijuana-Mexicali

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/8382/autopistatijuanamexicaloq7.jpg

Tijuana-Ensenada

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/9881/carreteraescnicaensenadef3.jpg

http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/8087/carreteraescnicabajacalck7.jpg

Saltillo-Torreón

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/4831/autopistasaltillotorrenmk8.jpg

Matamoros-Reynosa

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/5295/autopistamatamorosreynoia9.jpg

Tepic-Guadalajara

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/905/autopistatepicguadalajagt8.jpg

Queretaro's bypass.

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/8199/libramientodelacddequrewo7.jpg

In Cancun!

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/6761/autopistaquintanaroocv8.jpg

[Duranguense]

En Durango
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u249/juandemecio/bienvenidos_dgo.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u249/juandemecio/P8234838.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u249/juandemecio/P8234845.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u249/juandemecio/P8245056.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u249/juandemecio/P8245195.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u249/juandemecio/P8245144.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u249/juandemecio/autopistadurango-gomez-torreon.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u249/juandemecio/distvialnortedgo5.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u249/juandemecio/distvialnortedgo2.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u249/juandemecio/otras_curvitas.jpg

[Magok]

¡¡¡Ooorale! se rayaron, que bonitas fotos Duranguense, UrbanFanatic!, Nikkodemo, gabrielbabb, Protteus.


Aquí un recorrido por la República Mexicana, ¡bajaaan!...

Tijuana-Ensenada:
http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/8154/tijuanaensenadanf7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Chihuahua,tramo de autopista camino a Cuauhtémoc
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/2336/tramodeautopistacaminoacg5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Panamericana, Coahuila
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/420/carreterapanamericanacold5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Nuevo León:
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/6173/sabinashidalgonuevolenjl0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Matamoros-Reynosa, Tamaulipas
http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/3452/autopistamatamorosreynozo0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Durango:
http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/1655/supercarreteradurangomath6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Mazatlán-Durango:
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/3400/mazatlnduragour0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Nayarit:
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/7308/nayarit3jq8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Guadalajara, via Morelia
http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/8687/guadalajaravamoreliajh5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Querétaro:
http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/3695/blvdbernardoquintanajq0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)



Toluca-Zitácuaro:
http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/7520/tolucazitcuaro4zn2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/451/tolucazitcuaro2ox4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/8237/autopistatolucazitacuarcy9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)



Guerrero:
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/3152/carreterasdemxicooc3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Guerrero:
http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/5514/autopistadeoccidente2dz6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Aguascalientes:
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/3800/aguascalienteson5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Autopista Circuito Exterior Mexiquense:
http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/2783/autopistacircuitoexterivq6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

México-Cuernavaca
http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/676/casetaylacarreteramxicouv4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


DF-Puebla
http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/9540/puebladfbyaxxeloc79deskqs2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Puebla:
http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/7181/puebla3bygugasoundsyl6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Puebla:
http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/9564/pueblabygugasoundsnu1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Puebla:
http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/3690/pueblabyubergerardvl8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Carretera a Xalapa:
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5125/carreteraaxalapayi2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Amozoc-Perote (Corredor del Antiplano):
http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/23/corredordelantiplanoamoss7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Veracruz-Poza Rica:
http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/4083/veracruzpozaricaentronqds2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Veracruz-Villahermosa:
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/9505/veracruzvillahermosa2uh0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Chiapas, Circuito Transístmico
http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/6004/circuitotransistmicolasvp8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Puente Chiapas
http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/8492/puentechiapas3bl9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


¡¡Saludos a todos!!:)

[gabrielbabb]

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l270/blue_man100/autopistas/autopmty-saltillo.jpg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l270/blue_man100/autopistas/autopmty-saltillo2.jpg

[Verso]

Carretera a Xalapa:
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5125/carreteraaxalapayi2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Reminds me of Europe. :)

[ChrisZwolle]

Yeah, could have been somewhere in Germany easily.

[Alex Von Königsberg]

Did they decide to save some yellow paint in Xalapa? :)

[runi]

Reminds me of Europe. :)

What really reminds me of Europe is this: :lol:

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u249/juandemecio/P8234845.jpg

Nice pics btw, I had the chance to drive in Mexico and it was a wonderful experience! :cheers:

[Magok]

For more information about Carretera a Xalapa: http://xalapamx.com/2007/como-llegar-a-xalapa-2/




All Lourdes_Place honors for his great photo:

On the road to Puebla

http://i33.tinypic.com/2eo9sea.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lourdes_place/1068279380/

A big salute to all!!

[Protteus]

Did they decide to save some yellow paint in Xalapa? :)

Well, in some cases, some states paint both lines white. I don't why,
even in the city.

[frozen]

What really reminds me of Europe is this: :lol:

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u249/juandemecio/P8234845.jpg

Nice pics btw, I had the chance to drive in Mexico and it was a wonderful experience! :cheers:


Of course, this bulls you can find in Spain too (are very traditional. It is the logo of a very important spanish wine mark )

[Alex Von Königsberg]

^^ There is a very similar bull on I-5 in Shasta region.

[UrbanFanatic!]

More pictures..

[UrbanFanatic!]

México - Cuernavaca

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/1045/157962autopistamexicoculy3.jpg

http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/5723/autopistamxicocuernavaccc0.jpg

México - Toluca

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/6946/142496autmextolmarquesaqm3.jpg

México - Querétaro

http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/1999/carreteraqronz2.jpg

In Monterrey:

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l270/blue_man100/monterrey/Mty1997109.jpg


http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l270/blue_man100/monterrey/mty7694909.jpg

[gabrielbabb]

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd297/gabrielbabb/imgp0627large4rgtd2mg9.jpg

[kosimodo]

Sorry, the artical is in danish...

But it is not something u expect on a motorway in Mexico:( The busdriver died (RIP) just as the Elephant. The picturre says enough..

http://images.bt.dk/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Avis=BT&Dato=20080923&Kategori=UTROLIGT&Lopenr=80923121&Ref=AR&MaxW=380&NoBorder

http://www.bt.dk/article/20080923/utroligt/80923121/

[Magok]

Lamentable noticia: elephant killed on motorway.

Michoacán:
http://i34.tinypic.com/2yyt7hi.jpg

Carretera Valles a Xilitla_By Lucy Nieto (flickr)
http://i36.tinypic.com/v79uhl.jpg

[guri_gdl]

Great pics!:cheers:

[ManRegio]

MONTERREY

Entrance to Airport Freeway
http://img305.imageshack.us/img305/5803/10013312vz.jpg

Constitución
http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/9130/10045042ig.jpg

National Highway
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/747/545sk1.jpg

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/1262/filef9vh0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Inner Ring 210.
Old Picture but I couldn't find other better.
http://img152.exs.cx/img152/5055/imss1eb.jpg
http://img99.exs.cx/img99/8793/monterrey2005parteii1583cy.jpg

Revolución and Garza Sada
http://img198.exs.cx/img198/8589/img23102vq.jpg

Loma Larga Tunnel
Entrance
http://img307.imageshack.us/img307/2241/img11723ph.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Exit to Ring 410. (Lázaro Cárdenas)
http://img307.imageshack.us/img307/5977/img11785qr.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Ring 410 (Lázaro Cárdenas)
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l270/blue_man100/autopistas/mty2061385557_af76525f79_b.jpg

[gabrielbabb]

^^ Incredible the Loma Larga Tunnel

[UrbanFanatic!]

Unknown location..

http://i36.tinypic.com/e98y9y.jpg

Texcapa bridge, in the México - Tuxpan highway.

http://i38.tinypic.com/2qbf09g.jpg

[ChrisZwolle]

That last viaduct seems like quite a wind-catcher...