Mexico Federal Highway 45
Federal Highway 45 | ||||
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| Carretera federal 45 (Spanish) | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by SCT | ||||
| Length | 1,491.73 km[1][2][3][4][5] (926.92 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end | Panales, Hidalgo | |||
 Fed. 85 in Portezuelo
 Fed. 2 in Ciudad Juárez | ||||
| North end |  I-110 at the Mexico–US border at El Paso, TX, United States | |||
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| Country | Mexico | |||
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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, Hidalgo.[6]
It is operated under the management of the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation. Custody is the responsibility of "The Federal Highway Police", which in turn is part of the Federal Police (Mexico) (PF). Fed. 45 is part of the Pan-American Highway.[citation needed] Federal Highway 45D is the tolled part of the route; in some areas the two run in parallel with the tolled section being faster.
Route
The cities that are connected from north to south are Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua City, Durango City, Zacatecas City, San Francisco de los Romo, Aguascalientes City, León, Guanajuato, Irapuato, Celaya, Guanajuato, Salamanca, Guanajuato, Querétaro City, Portezuelo, and Panales.
Major intersections
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| State | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| Hidalgo | Portezuelo |  Fed. 85 – Zimapán, Nuevo Laredo, Pachuca, Mexico | Interchange | ||||
| | San Francisco, Alfajayucan | Interchange | |||||
| | Huichapan, Tecozautla (HGO 30) | Traffic circle | |||||
| |  SH 21 – Nopala | ||||||
| Querétaro | |  Fed. 57 – Mexico, Queretaro, San Juan del Río | interchange | ||||
| Gap in route | |||||||
| Queretaro | Fed. 57 – San Luis Potosi, Juriquilla, Queretaro Centro, Mexico, San Juan del Rio, Centro SCT QRO | interchange | |||||
| Club Campestre, Jardines de la Hacienda | interchange | ||||||
| Candiles, Prolongacion Zaragoza | interchange | ||||||
| | Tejeda, El Pueblito | interchange | |||||
| | El Pueblito, Los Olvera, Schoenstatt | interchange | |||||
| El Pueblito | Santa Barbara, Coroneo (SH 413) | interchange | |||||
| | To Libramiento Sur-Poniente / Fed. 57 – San Luis Potosí City | interchange | |||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||||
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References
- ^ "Datos Viales de Chihuahua" (PDF) (in Spanish). Dirección General de Servicios Técnicos, Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. 2011. pp. 4–7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ^ "Datos Viales de Durango" (PDF) (in Spanish). Dirección General de Servicios Técnicos, Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. 2011. pp. 4, 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ^ "Datos Viales de Zacatecas" (PDF) (in Spanish). Dirección General de Servicios Técnicos, Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. 2011. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ^ "Datos Viales de Guanajuato" (PDF) (in Spanish). Dirección General de Servicios Técnicos, Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. 2011. pp. 5, 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ^ "Datos Viales de Querétaro" (PDF) (in Spanish). Dirección General de Servicios Técnicos, Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. 2011. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ^ Mapa Nacional de Comunicaciones y Transportes Archived 2009-01-26 at the Wayback Machine