Mexican Federal Highway 140D Explained

Country:MEX
Type:FH
Route:140D
Alternate Name:Autopista Amozoc-Perote, Libramiento de Perote, Autopista Perote-Banderilla, Libramiento de Xalapa, Libramiento de Plan del Río
Length Km:195
Length Ref:[1] [2]
Direction A:West
Direction B:East
Terminus A: at Puebla City
Junction: at Zitlaltepec, Tlaxcala
near Libres, Puebla
near Libres, Puebla
east of Xalapa, Veracruz (partial overlap)
Terminus B: east of Plan del Río, Veracruz

Federal Highway 140D (La Carretera Federal 14d) is a toll (quota) part of the federal highways corridors (los corredores carreteros federales) that connects Puebla City to Xalapa.

Route description

Fed. 140D begins east of Puebla City near Amozoc de Mota and proceeds northeast through Puebla and Tlaxcala, with notable interchanges at Zitlaltepec, Cuapiaxtla, Libres and Tepeyahualco; this segment was built by OHL and costs 127 pesos to travel in its entirety.[3] It enters Veracruz near Perote, after which maintenance is taken over by Copexa. Copexa charges a toll of 139 pesos per car for the segment between Perote and Banderilla,[4] which passes through Las Vigas de Ramírez, and another 139 pesos for the following segment, the Libramiento de Xalapa, which bypasses the city altogether. For a short portion east of Xalapa, Fed. 140D and Fed. 140 share the same routing, though Fed. 140D returns to bypass Plan del Río, a tolled 12km (07miles) segment that charges users 40 pesos[5] and is operated by Concesiones y Promociones Malibrán, S.A. de C.V.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/DireccionesGrales/DGST/Datos-Viales-2017/21_PUEBLA.pdf Datos Viales - Puebla
  2. http://www.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/DireccionesGrales/DGST/Datos-Viales-2017/30_VERACRUZ.pdf Datos Viales - Veracruz
  3. http://app.sct.gob.mx/sibuac_internet/ControllerUI?action=cmdDatosOperRepDet&idVia=196 SCT - Tarifas - Amozoc-Perote y Libramiento de Perote
  4. http://www.copexa.com/tarifas.html Copexa - Tarifas
  5. News: Incrementan peaje en la caseta de Plan del Río; de 38 a 40 pesos. Veracruz en Red. 28 February 2015.