Eje vial explained

The system of ejes viales (singular: eje vial, lit. "road axis") in Mexico City is a large network of wide arterial roads with coordinated traffic signals. They are mainly directed in one-way with a single lane going in the opposite direction used exclusively by public transportation. The network was a project of Mexico City mayor Carlos Hank González and the first part of the network, after extensive construction and demolition of buildings and removal of trees, opened in 1979.[1] With the exception of the Eje Central, a south-to-north eje passing through the historic center of Mexico City, the ejes are numbered with cardinal directions, for example going north from the center: Eje 1 Norte, then Eje 2 Norte, and so forth. In addition to the Eje number and directional, the streets retain their individual names, with one eje thus consisting of multiple sequential individually named streets.

List of Ejes Viales

Central

Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas

See main article: Eje Central. (Mostly south-to-north with counterflow lane)

North (“Norte”)

Eje 1 Norte

(Mostly west-to-east with counterflow)

Eje 2 Norte

(East-to-west with counterflow lane)

Eje 3 Norte

(Mostly two-way)

Eje 4 Norte

(Two-way and west-to-east)

Eje 5 Norte

(Mostly east-to-west with counterflow lane, Metrobús line 6 (planned))

Eje 6 Norte

(Partially two-way)

South (“Sur”)

Eje 1 and 1A Sur

(Two-way)

Eje 2 and 2A Sur

(West-to-east with counterflow lane)

Juan Escutia (From Circuito Interior José Vasconselos to Av. Tamaulipas)

Eje 2A Sur

Eje 3 Sur

(East-to-west with counterflow lane)

Eje 4 Sur

(West-to-east artery with counterflow lane and Metrobús line 2)

Eje 5 Sur

(East-to-west with reversible lane)

Eje 6 Sur

(West-to-east with reversible lane(s))

Eje 7 Sur

(mostly east-to-west with two-way on Zapata)

Eje 7A SurMunicipio Libre' (From Av. Universidad to Circuito Interior Rio Churubusco)

Eje 8 Sur

(West-to-east and two-way)

Eje 9 Sur

(Fragmented two-way)

Eje 10 Sur

(East-to-west artery and two-way)

East (“Oriente”)

Eje 1 Oriente

(Mostly north-to-south)

Eje 2 Oriente

(Mostly south-to-north)

Eje 3 Oriente

(Two-way, Metrobús line 5 planned)

Eje Troncal Metropolitano

Eje 3 Oriente forms part of the “Eje Troncal Metropolitano” connecting Ecatepec with Xochimilco in southeast Mexico City, along:

Eje 4 Oriente

(Two-way)

Eje 5 Oriente

(Two-way)

Eje 6 Oriente

(North-to-south, non-continuous)

Eje 7 Oriente

(Two-way)

West (“Poniente”)

Eje 1 Poniente

(North-to-south with counterflow lane and Metrobús line 3)

Eje 2 Poniente

(South-to-north)

Eje 3 Poniente

(North-to-south)

Eje 4 Poniente

(Two-way)

El tramo Revolución tiene sentido Norte - Sur de Benjamin Franklin a Circuito Interior Río Mixcoac, and posteriormente two-way.

Eje 4-A Poniente

Eje 5 Poniente

(Two-way)

(Sur 128 funge como su vialidad auxiliar sentido Norte - Sur)

Eje 6 Poniente

(Non-continuous two-way)

Eje 7 Poniente

(Two-way)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Las noticias más importantes en todo momento. Univision Noticias. 17 November 2022.