Caminos y Puentes Federales

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Federal Roads and Bridges and Related Services
Caminos y Puentes Federales de Ingresos y Servicios Conexos
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Agency overview
FormedJuly 31, 1958 (government agency)
Preceding agency
  • Compañía Constructora del Sur, S.A. de C.V.
Jurisdiction Secretariat of Communications and Transportation
HeadquartersCalzada de los Reyes 24, Cuernavaca, Morelos
Employees8,000 (2013) [1]
Annual budget MXN2.643 billion (2013) [2]
Agency executive
  • Benito Neme Sastré, Director General
Website capufe.gob.mx

Caminos y Puentes Federales de Ingresos y Servicios Conexos (Federal Roads and Bridges and Related Services, CAPUFE) is a federal government agency of Mexico that operates and maintains federally owned roads and bridges. It is part of the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (SCT) and has offices located in Cuernavaca, Morelos.

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History

On October 14, 1949, Compañía Constructora del Sur, S.A. de C.V. was formed as a subsidiary of Nacional Financiera (México)  [ es ] with the goal of creating high-quality roads. Upon the opening of the first two toll roads in Mexico, the Mexico-Cuernavaca highway and the Amacuzac-Iguala highway, their administration and operation was awarded to CCS, which changed its name to Caminos Federales de Ingresos, S.A. de C.V. On July 31, 1958, by presidential decree, Caminos Federales de Ingresos became a government agency, part of the Secretariat of Communications and Public Works. It now administered additional highways, such as the construction of the Mexico-Querétaro highway that opened that October.

In 1959, the Secretariat of Communications and Public Works became the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation, and the new Secretariat of Public Works was created. The name changed on June 3, 1959 to Caminos y Puentes Federales de Ingresos upon the opening of the Sinaloa River toll bridge. It began operating ferries between Zacatal and Ciudad del Carmen in Campeche in 1960, and in 1963, a related agency was established to rent heavy equipment for construction purposes, prompting one final name change to Caminos y Puentes Federales de Ingresos y Servicios Conexos. The scope of CAPUFE expanded at this time: in 1964, a pavement factory was opened at Irapuato in Guanajuato, with a second facility created in 1971 at Chontalpa, Tabasco.

The National Control Center at CAPUFE's headquarters in Cuernavaca CAPUFE - Centro Nacional de Control.jpg
The National Control Center at CAPUFE's headquarters in Cuernavaca

After the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, CAPUFE's offices moved to Cuernavaca, making it the first government agency to relocate away from the capital following the earthquake. [1] After establishing itself at various locations in the city, CAPUFE's current offices were completed in 1993. In the 1990s, CAPUFE modernized and reformed itself; it began improving its toll systems, and it received from BANOBRAS a series of 23 highway concessions that had been rescued, expanding its network.

Highway network

The San Marcos toll booth on Mexican Federal Highway 150D (Mexico City-Puebla) Caseta San Marcos (Mexico-Puebla).jpg
The San Marcos toll booth on Mexican Federal Highway 150D (Mexico City-Puebla)

Three types of toll highways are operated by CAPUFE:

In total, CAPUFE operates 4,069 of the 8,459 kilometers of toll roads in Mexico. [3]

Bridges

In 2013, CAPUFE administered 18 national and 17 international bridges. [1]

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Federal Highway 160D is a toll highway primarily located in Morelos. It functions as a spur of Mexican Federal Highway 95D to the city of Cuautla. The road is operated by Caminos y Puentes Federales, which charges a toll of 54 pesos per car to travel Highway 160D.

Federal Highway 187D is a toll highway connecting Las Choapas, Veracruz to Ocozocuautla, Chiapas. The road is operated by Caminos y Puentes Federales, which charges 195 pesos for the entire course of route.

Federal Highway 92D is a toll highway in Guerrero, with contiguous segments connecting Taxco to Rancho Viejo and Rancho Viejo to Zacapalco. The road is operated by Caminos y Puentes Federales, which charges 42 pesos per car to travel Highway 92D.

Federal Highway 91D is a toll highway between Puente de Ixtla, Morelos and Iguala, Guerrero. The road is operated by Caminos y Puentes Federales. The toll is 70 pesos per car to travel Highway 91D.

Federal Highway 80D is the designation for toll highways paralleling Mexican Federal Highway 80. There are two such roads, one between Zapotlanejo and Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco and the other connecting Lagos de Moreno to San Luis Potosí City.

Federal Highway 145D is a toll highway in the state of Veracruz. It connects southern Veracruz to Mexican Federal Highway 150D, continuing the other road's east-west trajectory. The road is operated by Caminos y Puentes Federales, who charges a toll of 183 pesos per car to travel Highway 145D.

Federal Highway 135D is a toll highway connecting Cuacnopalan, Puebla to Oaxaca City and bypassing Tehuacán, Puebla. The road is operated by Caminos y Puentes Federales, which charges a toll of 200 pesos per car to travel Highway 135D.

Federal Highway 49D is the designation for toll highways paralleling the free Federal Highway 49. Only one highway is designated 49D, though the 49 number extends beyond the official designation.

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Federal Highway 40D is the designation for toll highways paralleling Mexican Federal Highway 40. Highway 40D connects Mazatlán, Sinaloa to Reynosa, Tamaulipas. It forms most of the highway corridor between Mazatlán and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, one of 14 major highway corridors in the country.

Federal Highway 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.

Federal Highway 130D is a toll highway connecting Tuxpan, Veracruz to Gutiérrez Zamora, Veracruz. Its northern portion serves as the northern terminus of the México-Tuxpan highway corridor. The route is maintained and operated by Caminos y Puentes Federales.

Federal Highway 132D is the designation for toll highways paralleling Mexican Federal Highway 132. Highway 132D forms most of the Mexico City-Tuxpan highway corridor, with contiguous segments in the State of Mexico and from Tulancingo, Hidalgo to Tihuatlán, Veracruz.

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