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| Carretera Federal 2 | |
| West North end: |
Tijuana, Baja California Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila |
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| East South end: |
Porvenir, Chihuahua Matamoros, Tamaulipas |
Mexican Federal Highway (carretera federal) No. 2 runs along the United States-Mexico border.
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Route description
The highway is divided into two discontinuous segments. The western segment begins in Tijuana, Baja California, and terminates at 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 Mexican Federal Highway 2D, a four lane controlled access toll road referred to in Mexico as an autopista. It is advised that you use pesos when paying tolls as fair currency exchange is not always given for the US dollar.
The highway 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 allow 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.
Even if the highway were to be extended to join the two segments, the gap between the two is more directly crossed by traveling along Interstate 10 and U.S. Highway 90 in the United States because of the course of the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte) around the Big Bend region of Texas.
Federal highways in Mexico are generally designated with even numbers for East-West routes and odd numbers for North-South routes. Numerical designations usually ascend southward away from the U.S. border for East-West routes, and usually ascend eastward away from the Pacific Ocean for North-South routes. Therefore, Federal Highway 2, due to its proximity to the border, has the lowest possible even number designation, and intersecting North-South federal routes usually conform to this pattern.
Baja California
Between Mexicali and the Sonora state line, the route is a four lane divided highway. Elsewhere, it is a two lane roadway. The route includes a spur road to the airport at Mexicali.
- Tijuana – intersects Mexican Federal Highway 1 – connects to border at San Diego, California, and Interstate 5
- Tijuana – connection to San Diego and State Route 905 at Otay Mesa
- Tecate – intersects Mexican Federal Highway 3 – connects to Tecate, California, and State Route 188
- Luis Echeverría
- La Rumorosa
- Mexicali – intersects Mexican Federal Highway 5 – connects to border at Calexico, California, and State Route 111
- Ej. Puebla – intersects Baja California State Highway 2
- Ej. Pólvora – intersects Baja California State Highway 1
- Benito Juárez – connection to border between Los Algodones, Baja California and Andrade, California, at State Route 186
- Ej. Hermosillo– connection to border between Los Algodones and Andrade at State Route 186
Sonora
The route is a four lane divided highway between the Baja California state line and San Luís Río Colorado and again between Santa Ana and Imuris where the route is concurrent with Mexican Federal Highway 15. It is a two lane roadway elsewhere.
- San Luis Río Colorado – intersects Sonora State Highway 40
- San Luis Río Colorado – connection to border at Yuma, Arizona, and U.S. Highway 95
- Sonoyta – intersects Mexican Federal Highway 8 – connection to border at Lukeville, Arizona, and Arizona State Route 85
- Caborca
- Pitiquito
- Altar – intersects Sonora State Highway 64 – connection to border between Sásabe, Sonora and Sasabe, Arizona, at Arizona State Route 286
- Santa Ana – intersects and merges with Mexican Federal Highway 15
- Magdalena de Kino – remains concurrent with Mexican Federal Highway 15
- Imuris – intersects and ends concurrency with Mexican Federal Highway 15 – connection to border between Nogales, Sonora, and Nogales, Arizona, at Interstate 19
- Cananea – intersects Mexican Federal Highway 2 spur road into town center
- Cuauhtémoc – intersects Mexican Federal Highway 2 spur road – connects to border between Naco, Sonora, and Naco, Arizona
- Agua Prieta – intersects Mexican Federal Highway 17 – connection to border at Douglas and Arizona State Route 80
Chihuahua
The route is a two lane roadway throughout the state.
- Los Mimbres – nearby connection to border between El Berrendo and Adobe Wells, New Mexico at New Mexico State Road 81
- Janos – intersects Mexican Federal Highway 10
- Ascención
- Los Tríos – intersects Mexican Federal Highway 2 spur route – connection to border between Palomas and Columbus, New Mexico at New Mexico State Road 11
- Jerónimo – intersects Mexican Federal Highway 2 spur route – connection to border at Santa Teresa, New Mexico and New Mexico State Road 136
- Ciudad Juárez – intersects Mexican Federal Highway 45 – connection with border at El Paso, Texas and U.S. Highway 62 via Paso del Norte Bridge (southbound) and Stanton Street Bridge (northbound)
- Ciudad Juárez – connection with border at El Paso and U.S. Highway 54 and unsigned Interstate 110 via Bridge of the Americas/Córdova Bridge
- Zaragoza – connection with border at El Paso and Texas Farm to Market Road 659 via Zaragoza Bridge
- Guadalupe – intersects Mexican Federal Highway 2 spur route – connection with border near Tornillo, Texas and Fabens, Texas at Farm to Market Road 1109 via Porfirio Parra Bridge
- Praxedis G. Guerrero
- Porvenir – intersects Mexican Federal Highway 2 spur route – connection with border at Fort Hancock and Farm to Market Road 1088 via Porvenir Bridge
Coahuila
The route is a four lane divided highway for a short portion outside Piedras Negras where the route is concurrent with Mexican Federal Highway 57. Elsewhere, it is a two lane road. The route includes short spur roads to the Ciudad Acuña airport and to a scenic overlook.
- Ciudad Acuña – intersects Mexican Federal Highway 2 spur route – connection to border at Lake Amistad and Amistad Dam and Texas State Highway Spur 349
- Ciudad Acuña – intersects Mexican Federal Highway 29 – connection to border at Del Rio, Texas and Texas State Highway Spur 239 via Ciudad Acuña-Del Rio International Bridge
- Jiménez
- Piedras Negras – intersects and briefly is concurrent with Mexican Federal Highway 57 – connects to border at Eagle Pass, Texas and U.S. Highway 57 via Camino Real International Bridge
- Piedras Negras – connection to border at Eagle Pass and Farm to Market Road 1021 via Eagle Pass-Piedras Negras International Bridge I
- Guerrero
Nuevo León
The route is a two lane roadway throughout the state.
- Colombia – intersects Nuevo Leon State Highway Spur 1 – connection to border near Laredo, Texas, at Texas State Highway 255 via Colombia Solidarity International Bridge
Tamaulipas
The route is a four lane divided highway between Reynosa and Ciudad Río Bravo as well as within Matamoros. It is a two lane roadway elsewhere. The route has a bypass route around Ciudad Camargo and airport spur routes at Nueva Ciudad Guerrero and Reynosa
- Nuevo Laredo – connection with border at Laredo, Texas, and Texas State Highway Loop 20 via World Trade International Bridge
- Nuevo Laredo – connection with border at Laredo via Gateway to the Americas International Bridge
- Nuevo Laredo – intersects Mexican Federal Highway 85 – connects to border at Laredo, Texas, and Interstate 35 Business Spur A via Juárez-Lincoln International Bridge
- Nueva Ciudad Guerrero – connection with border at Falcon Heights, Texas and Farm to Market Road 2098 via Falcon Dam
- Mier – intersects Mexican Federal Highway 54
- Ciudad Miguel Alemán – connection to border at Roma, Texas, via Roma-Ciudad Miguel Alemán International Bridge
- Ciudad Camargo – intersects Mexican Federal Highway 2 spur route – connects to border at Rio Grande City, Texas via Rio Grande City-Ciudad Camargo International Bridge
- Ciudad Gustavo Díaz Ordáz intersects Mexican Federal Highway 2 spur route – connects to border at Los Ebanos, Texas, and Farm to Market Road 886 via Los Ebanos-Díaz Ordáz Ferry
- Reynosa – intersects Mexican Federal Highway 40 – connects to border at Hidalgo, Texas via McAllen-Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge
- Reynosa – intersects Mexican Federal Highway 97
- Reynosa – connection to border near Pharr, Texas, and Texas State Highway Spur 600 via Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge
- Ciudad Río Bravo
- Nuevo Progreso – connection to border at Progreso, Texas, and Farm to Market Road 1015 via Progreso-Nuevo Progreso International Bridge
- Ramírez – nearby connection to border at Los Indios, Texas, via Free Trade Bridge
- Matamoros – connection to border at Brownsville via Brownsville & Matamoros International Bridge
- Matamoros – intersects Mexican Federal Highway 101 and Mexican Federal Highway 180 – connects to border at Brownsville and Texas State Highway 4 via Gateway International Bridge
- Matamoros – connection to border at Brownsville and U.S. Highway 77 and U.S. Highway 83 via Veteran's International Bridge
See also
- List of Mexican Federal Highways
- List of Mexican autopistas
- List of crossings of the Rio Grande
- List of highways numbered 2
External links
- Baja California road map PDF (1.01 MB)
- Sonora road map PDF (3.10 MB)
- Chihuahua road map PDF (3.81 MB)
- Coahuila road map PDF (2.50 MB)
- Nuevo León road map PDF (2.54 MB)
- Tamaulipas road map PDF (2.15 MB)
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