Mexican Federal Highway 45D Explained

Country:MEX
Type:FH
Route:45D

Federal Highway 45D (Spanish; Castilian: Carretera Federal 45D, Fed. 45D) is a toll part of the paralleling Fed. 45. Eleven separate tolled segments exist of Fed. 45D between Querétaro City and Villa Ahumada in Chihuahua, between Chihuahua City and Ciudad Juárez.

Querétaro-Irapuato

Country:MEX
Type:FH
Route:45D
Autopista Querétaro-Irapuato
Length Km:104.7
Length Ref:[1]
Location: in Querétaro City to in Irapuato, Guanajuato

The toll road between Querétaro and Irapuato is the oldest to bear the Fed. 45D designation, opening on February 12, 1962. It is operated by Caminos y Puentes Federales, which charges cars 136 pesos to travel the full length of Fed. 45D. East of Salamanca, it meets an interchange that marks the northern terminus of Fed. 43D (Morelia-Salamanca) and the southern terminus of the Salamanca-León highway, also designated Fed. 45D.

Salamanca-León

Country:MEX
Type:FH
Route:45D
Autopista Salamanca–León
Length Km:79
Location: in Cerro Gordo, Guanajuato to León, Guanajuato

The Salamanca-León highway picks up where Fed. 43D leaves off at the interchange with the Querétaro-Irapuato highway east of Salamanca; a toll plaza, called Cerro Gordo, sits in the northeast corner of the interchange. It proceeds northwest past a toll plaza at Mendoza and toward another interchange with Fed. 45 north of the city of Irapuato, quickly followed by another with the city's Northwest Bypass, Fed. 20D. A portion of the routing of Fed. 43D here coincides with that originally built for Fed. I-20D. After this, the road veers back northwest, with one partially built spur immediately preceding the Puerta Interior toll plaza, before ending at Fed. 45D on the southeast edge of the León metro. A connection into the León metropolitan street system at Bulevar Delta was under construction and expected to open in early 2017.

The 79km (49miles) Salamanca-León segment formally opened on September 21, 2015 with a dedication ceremony by President Enrique Peña Nieto. It cost 3.45 billion pesos and is estimated to carry 9,450 cars a day. It is maintained by Grupo México subsidiary[2] Concesionaria Infraestructura del Bajío, S.A. de C.V. and costs cars 43 pesos to drive.[3] [4]

Segments of the Salamanca-León highway to be built include urban access to León and a spur to Puerta Interior.[5]

León-Aguascalientes

Country:MEX
Type:FH
Route:45D
Autopista León–Aguascalientes
Length Km:129.38
Location: in León, Guanajuato to in Encarnación de Díaz, Jalisco

The Autopista León-Aguascalientes, which opened on September 30, 1992, is operated by Red de Carreteras de Occidente (RCO) along with other highways in the Bajío region. RCO charges a toll of 267 peso for cars to use the entirety of the road.[6]

Cuauhtémoc-Osiris

Country:MEX
Type:FH
Route:45D
Autopista Cuauhtémoc-Osiris
Length Km:58.11
Length Ref:[7] [8]
Location: in Cosío, Aguascalientes to in Guadalupe, Zacatecas

The only segment in Zacatecas not operated by the state government, CAPUFE charges 38 pesos to use the highway from Cuauhtémoc to Osiris, which provides much of the route between Aguascalientes and Zacatecas City.[9]

Libramiento de Víctor Rosales

Country:MEX
Type:FH
Route:45D
Libramiento de Víctor Rosales
Length Km:12.2
Location: in Víctor Rosales to in Enrique Estrada

The Libramiento de Víctor Rosales, which opened on October 8, 1991, bypasses the towns of Víctor Rosales and Enrique Estrada. Its concession is held by Infraestructura Concesionada de Irapuato, S.A. de C.V., but operations are managed by the state government, which charges a toll of 20 pesos.[10]

Libramiento de Fresnillo

Country:MEX
Type:FH
Route:45D
Libramiento de Fresnillo
Length Km:20.05
Location: south of Fresnillo to north of Fresnillo

The bypass of Fresnillo is owned and operated by the government of Zacatecas, with a toll of 35 pesos for cars; it opened on March 8, 1993.[11]

Autopista Jiménez-Camargo

Country:MEX
Type:FH
Route:45D
Autopista Jiménez-Camargo
Length Km:68.98
Length Ref:[12]
Location: in Jiménez to in Camargo

The state government of Chihuahua operates the Autopista Jiménez-Camargo, with its free alternative being Highway 69, and opened on May 15, 1990. A toll of 85 pesos is charged for cars to use the road.[13]

Autopista Camargo-Delicias

Country:MEX
Type:FH
Route:45D
Autopista Camargo-Delicias
Length Km:69.02
Location: north of Camargo to in Delicias

The Autopista Camargo-Delicias is also owned and operated by the Chihuahua state government, which charges cars a toll of 124 pesos over two toll booths, at Altavista and Saucillo.[14]

Libramiento Oriente de Chihuahua

Country:MEX
Type:FH
Route:45D
Libramiento Oriente de Chihuahua
Length Km:42.2
Location: southeast of Chihuahua City to near Sacramento

The Chihuahua Eastern Bypass, providing an alternative to Fed. 45 through Chihuahua City, opened at 12:01am on April 16, 2015.[15] It ends at Fed. 45D (Chihuahua-Sacramento).

From 2015 to 2017, it was operated by the state government, but it lost the concession with Banobras and, in the midst of a gubernatorial transition, could not hold on. On February 16, 2017, operations were taken over by Banobras, making it Chihuahua's only toll road not administered by the state government.[16] Banobras currently charges 58 pesos to use the road over two toll booths, one at either terminus.[17]

Chihuahua-Sacramento

Country:MEX
Type:FH
Route:45D
Autopista Chihuahua-Sacramento
Length Km:13.18
Location: near Chihuahua City to in Sacramento

The highway from Chihuahua to Sacramento is operated by the state government, with a toll of 62 pesos for cars.[18]

El Sueco-Villa Ahumada

Country:MEX
Type:FH
Route:45D
Autopista El Sueco-Villa Ahumada
Length Km:83.63
Location: in El Sueco to in Villa Ahumada

The Chihuahua state government operates the toll road between El Sueco and Villa Ahumada, the last on northbound Fed. 45 to Ciudad Juárez, and charges a toll of 164 pesos for its use.[19]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/DireccionesGrales/DGST/Datos-Viales-2017/11_GUANAJUATO.pdf Datos Viales - Guanajuato
  2. News: Noticieros en Línea. Entronque con autopista León – Salamanca estaría listo en 2017. 9 June 2016. Rita. Zamora. 15 February 2017.
  3. http://app.sct.gob.mx/sibuac_internet/ControllerUI?action=CmdTarifaRep1&countVias=144&radioTipoIva=2&radioSel=1&selectVia=242 Tarifas Vigentes
  4. News: Inauguran la autopista Salamanca-León. El Financiero. 21 September 2015. Adriana. Rodríguez Canales. 15 February 2017.
  5. News: ‘Olvidan’ acceso a León en la nueva autopista. AM Querétaro. José. Trinidad Méndez. 21 August 2015. 15 February 2017.
  6. http://app.sct.gob.mx/sibuac_internet/ControllerUI?action=cmdDatosOperRepDet&idVia=36 SCT: Datos Operativos de las Vías - León-Aguascalientes
  7. http://www.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/DireccionesGrales/UE/2015/Marco_normativo/AVISO_por_el_que_se_modifica_la_clasificaci%C3%B3n_de_las_carreteras__previstas_en_el_Ap%C3%A9ndice_referido_en_el_art%C3%ADculo_6o..pdf "AVISO por el que se modifica la clasificación de las carreteras, previstas en el Apéndice referido en el artículo 6o. del Reglamento sobre el Peso, Dimensiones y Capacidad de los Vehículos de Autotransporte que Transitan en los Caminos y Puentes de Jurisdicción Federal, publicado el 26 de enero de 1994 y sus respectivas modificaciones.", DOF June 12, 2015
  8. http://www.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/DireccionesGrales/DGST/Datos-Viales-2017/32_ZACATECAS.pdf Datos Viales - Zacatecas
  9. http://www.capufe.gob.mx/portal/wwwCapufe/ParaViajar/Tarifas/Tarifas-31-01-2017.pdf CAPUFE: Tarifas Vigentes
  10. http://app.sct.gob.mx/sibuac_internet/ControllerUI?action=cmdDatosOperRepDet&idVia=48 SCT: Datos Operativos de las Vías - Libramiento de Víctor Rosales
  11. http://app.sct.gob.mx/sibuac_internet/ControllerUI?action=cmdDatosOperRepDet&idVia=37 SCT: Datos Operativos de las Vías - Libramiento de Fresnillo
  12. http://www.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/DireccionesGrales/DGST/Datos-Viales-2017/08_CHIHUAHUA.pdf Datos Viales - Chihuahua
  13. http://app.sct.gob.mx/sibuac_internet/ControllerUI?action=cmdDatosOperRepDet&idVia=6 SCT: Datos Operativos de las Vías - Autopista Jiménez-Camargo
  14. http://app.sct.gob.mx/sibuac_internet/ControllerUI?action=cmdDatosOperRepDet&idVia=19 SCT: Datos Operativos de las Vías - Autopista Camargo-Delicias
  15. News: Fijan costo de peaje para el libramiento Oriente. La Opción. 16 April 2015. 6 April 2017.
  16. News: Pierde Gobierno del Estado concesión de 450 mdp para el Libramiento Oriente. 12 February 2017. David. Piñón. El Heraldo de Chihuahua. 6 April 2017.
  17. http://www.telepeajebanobras.com.mx/Content/Tarifas/Tarifas.pdf Tarifas: Banobras/Libramiento Oriente de Chihuahua
  18. http://carreteras.chihuahua.gob.mx/Tarifas.html Carreteras Chihuahua - Tarifas
  19. http://app.sct.gob.mx/sibuac_internet/ControllerUI?action=cmdDatosOperRepDet&idVia=23 SCT: Datos Operativos de las Vías - Autopista El Sueco-Villa Ahumada