Mexican Federal Highway 2

Federal Highway 2 shield

Federal Highway 2
Carretera Federal 2
Route information
Maintained by Secretariat of Communications and Transportation
Length 1,987.34 km[1][2][3][4][5][6] (1,234.88 mi)
Western segment
Length 1,343.14 km[1][2][3] (834.59 mi)
West end Fed. 1 in Tijuana
Major
junctions
East end FM 1088 in Fort Hancock – El Porvenir International Bridge, Fort Hancock
Eastern segment
Length 644.20 km[4][5][6] (400.29 mi)
West end Spur 349 in Del Rio
Major
junctions
East end Playa Lauro Villar at the Gulf of Mexico
Location
States Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas
Highway system

Mexican Federal Highways
List • Autopistas

← Fed. 1DFed. 2D →

Federal Highway 2 (Spanish: Carretera Federal 2, Fed. 2) is a free part of the federal highway corridors (los corredores carreteros federales) that runs along the Mexico–United States border. The highway is in two separate improved segments, starting in the west at Tijuana, Baja California, on the Pacific coast and ending in the east in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, on the Gulf of Mexico. Fed. 2 passes through the border states of Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas. It has a total length of 1,963 kilometres (1,220 mi); 1,319 kilometres (820 mi) in the west and 644 kilometres (400 mi) in the east.

Fed. 2 has a connection to all official ports of entry into the United States, with the exception of the international bridge between Ojinaga, Chihuahua, and Presidio, Texas, which is between the two highway segments. These ports of entry allow road access to the four border states of the United States: California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. As a result, customs inspection stations are common along some stretches of the highway.

Both segments of Fed. 2 are located entirely within the "Hassle Free Zone", which is the zone where a temporary import permit is not required for foreign vehicles. Tourist cards are only required to be obtained by tourists traveling on Fed. 2 between Sonoyta, Sonora, and Cananea, Sonora. The rest of Fed. 2 can be traveled without obtaining a tourist card as long as the stay does not last longer than 72 consecutive hours.

Route description

Lengths
 km[1][2][3][4][5][6]mi
Western segment
B.C. 244.03 151.63
Son. 745.79 463.41
Chih. 353.32 219.54
Segment
total		 1,343.14 834.59
Eastern segment
Coah. 204.02 126.77
N.L. 24.00 14.91
Tamps. 416.18 258.60
Segment
total		 644.20 400.29
Total 1,987.34 1,234.88

Fed. 2 is divided into two discontinuous segments. The western segment begins in Tijuana, Baja California, and terminates at El Porvenir, Chihuahua, near Ciudad Juárez. The eastern segment begins at Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, and continues to the Gulf of Mexico at Playa Lauro Villar, Tamaulipas, near Matamoros.

Between Tijuana and Mexicali in Baja California, and again between Reynosa and Matamoros in Tamaulipas, the route is bypassed by Fed. 2D, a four-lane controlled-access toll road referred to in Mexico as an autopista. It is advised that drivers use pesos when paying tolls as US dollars may be accepted at a rate disadvantageous to the driver. Fed. 2 is considered to be part of Pacific Coastal Highway from Tijuana to Fed. 15 in Sonora.

Fed. 2 passes through the border states of Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas. The highway also has connecting access to every official port of entry into the United States with the exception of the international bridge between Ojinaga, Chihuahua, and Presidio, Texas, which is within the gap between the two highway segments. These ports of entry enable access from the highway to all four United States border states: California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. As a result, customs inspection stations are common along some sections of the highway.

The joining of the separate improved segments would not decrease travel time as the route follows the course of the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte) around the Big Bend region of Texas. The gap between the two is more directly crossed by traveling along Interstate 10 and U.S. Highway 90 in the United States.

Major intersections

Colorado Bridge, a toll bridge over the Colorado River connecting the states of Baja California and Sonora

Western segment

Eastern segment

The eastern terminus of this segment is at Playa Lauro Villar on the Gulf of Mexico.


See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Datos Viales de Baja California" (PDF) (in Spanish). Dirección General de Servicios Técnicos, Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. 2011. pp. 5–7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
  2. 1 2 3 "Datos Viales de Sonora" (PDF) (in Spanish). Dirección General de Servicios Técnicos, Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. 2011. pp. 4–6, 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
  3. 1 2 3 "Datos Viales de Chihuahua" (PDF) (in Spanish). Dirección General de Servicios Técnicos, Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. 2011. pp. 4, 7–8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
  4. 1 2 3 "Datos Viales de Coahuila" (PDF) (in Spanish). Dirección General de Servicios Técnicos, Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. 2011. pp. 8, 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
  5. 1 2 3 "Datos Viales de Nuevo León" (PDF) (in Spanish). Dirección General de Servicios Técnicos, Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. 2011. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-17. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
  6. 1 2 3 "Datos Viales de Tamaulipas" (PDF) (in Spanish). Dirección General de Servicios Técnicos, Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. 2011. pp. 8–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
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