Federal Highway 160 | ||||
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Carretera Federal 160 | ||||
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Maintained by Secretariat of Communications and Transportation | ||||
Length | 112.39 km [1] (69.84 mi) | |||
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Mexican Federal Highways
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Federal Highway 160 (Carretera Federal 160) is a Federal Highway of Mexico. [3] The highway travels from Cuernavaca, Morelos in the west to Izúcar de Matamoros, Puebla in the east. Federal Highway 160 is co-signed with Mexican Federal Highway 115 from Izúcar de Matamoros to north of Cuautla in Cuautlixco, Morelos. [4]
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Covering almost 2,000,000 square kilometres (770,000 sq mi), the nation is the fifth largest country in the Americas by total area and the 13th largest independent state in the world. With an estimated population of over 120 million people, the country is the eleventh most populous state and the most populous Spanish-speaking state in the world, while being the second most populous nation in Latin America after Brazil. Mexico is a federation comprising 31 states and Mexico City, a special federal entity that is also the capital city and its most populous city. Other metropolises in the state include Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puebla, Toluca, Tijuana and León.
Cuernavaca is the capital and largest city of the state of Morelos in Mexico. The city is located around a 90 min drive south of Mexico City using the Federal Highway 95D.
Morelos, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Morelos, is one of the 32 states, which comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 36 municipalities and its capital city is Cuernavaca.
Federal Highway 125(Carretera Federal No. 125) is a Federal Highway of Mexico that runs from Veracruz south across the Sierra Madre Oriental to just north of the Pacific Ocean in Oaxaca. Federal Highway 125 is split into three segments: the first segment travels from Conejos, Veracruz in the north to Fortín de las Flores in the south. The second segment travels from Tehuacán, Puebla in the north to Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca in the south. The third segment travels from Yucudaa, Oaxaca to Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca.
Federal Highway 15 is Mexico 15 International Highway or Mexico-Nogales Highway, is a primary north-south highway, and is a free part of the federal highways corridors of Mexico. The highway begins in the north at the Mexico–United States border at the Nogales Port of Entry in Nogales, Sonora, and terminates to the south in Mexico City.
Federal Highway 180 is a Mexican Federal Highway that follows Mexico's Gulf and Caribbean Coast from the Mexico-U.S. border at Brownsville, Texas, into Matamoros, Tamaulipas, to the resort city of Cancún, Quintana Roo, in the Yucatán Peninsula. Although the highway is numbered as a west-east route, it initially follows a north-south alignment through Tamaulipas and Veracruz.
Federal Highway 80 connects Tampico, Tamaulipas, to San Patricio, Jalisco. Federal Highway 80 also connects the city of Guadalajara to the south coast in Jalisco. The highway runs through the towns of Acatlán de Juárez, Villa Corona, Cocula, Tecolotlán, Unión de Tula, Autlán, La Huerta, Casimiro Castillo, and San Patricio (Melaque).
Federal Highway 120 connects La Placita de Morelos, Michoacán, to Mexican Federal Highway 85 in San Luis Potosí. Federal Highway 120 is split into two segments: the first segment runs from Xilitla, San Luis Potosí in the north to San José, Michoacán in the south. The second segment travels from Quiroga, Michoacán in the north to Tepalcatepec in the south.
Federal Highway 45 (Fed. 45) is the free (libre) part of the federal highways corridors, and connects Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua through the Chihuahuan Desert to Panales, Hidalgo.
Federal Highway 49 (Fed. 49) is a free (libre) part of the federal highways corridors of Mexico. The highway runs northwest-southeast in the western regions of the Mexican Plateau.
Federal Highway 57 (Fed. 57) is a free (libre) part of the federal highways corridors of Mexico.
Federal Highway 106 is a Federal Highway of Mexico. The highway is a short connector route that links Tres Marias, Morelos in the east to Santa Martha, State of Mexico in the west.
Federal Highway 110 is a Federal Highway of Mexico.
Federal Highway 113 is a Federal Highway of Mexico. The highway travels from Mexico City in the north to Oaxtepec, Morelos in the south.
Federal Highway 115 is a Federal Highway of Mexico. The highway travels from Ixtapaluca, State of Mexico in the north to Izúcar de Matamoros, Puebla in the south. Federal Highway 115 is co-signed with Mexican Federal Highway 160 from Izúcar de Matamoros to north of Cuautla in Cuautlixco, Morelos.
Federal Highway 131 is a Federal Highway of Mexico. Federal Highway 131 is split into two segments: the first segment travels from Teziutlán, Puebla in the north to Perote, Veracruz in the south. The second segment, entirely within Oaxaca, travels from south of Oaxaca de Juárez in the north to Puerto Escondido in the south.
Federal Highway 136 is a Federal Highway of Mexico. The highway travels from Zacatepec, Puebla in the east to Los Reyes Acaquilpan, State of Mexico in the west.
Federal Highway 140 is a Federal Highway of Mexico. The highway travels from Veracruz, Veracruz in the east to Tepeaca, Puebla in the west.
Federal Highway 150 is a Federal Highway of Mexico. The highway travels from Mexico City in the west to Veracruz, Veracruz in the east. Federal Highway 150 is one of five Mexican Federal Highways that terminate in Mexico's capital city.
Federal Highway 166 is a Federal Highway of Mexico. The highway travels from north of Axixintla, Guerrero near Grutas de Cacahuamilpa National Park in the west to Alpuyeca, Morelos in the east.
Federal Highway 190 is a Federal Highway of Mexico. Federal Highway 190 is split into two segments: the first segment travels from Tehuantepec, Oaxaca in the east to Puebla City, Puebla in the west. The second segment travels from La Ventosa, Juchitán de Zaragoza Municipality, Oaxaca in the west eastward to Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chiapas. Fed. Highway 190's eastern segment ends at a Guatemala-Mexico border crossing at Ciudad Cuauhtémoc. The Pan-American Highway route in southern Mexico continues into Guatemala as Central American Highway 1 (CA-1).
Federal Highway 103 is a Federal Highway of Mexico. The highway connects Michapa, Morelos at Mexican Federal Highway 166 in the north to Amacuzac, Morelos at Mexican Federal Highway 95 in the south.
Federal Highway 162 is a Federal Highway of Mexico. The highway travels from Tepoztlán, Morelos in the east to Cuernavaca in the west. In Tepoztlán, the highway continues south to Yautepec as a Morelos state highway. Federal Highway 162 is an important connector route from Cuernavaca to El Tepozteco National Park and Tepoztlán, itself a popular tourist destination in Morelos that is an official Pueblo Mágico as designated by the federal government.
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