Mexican Federal Highway 187D

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Federal Highway 187D
Carretera Federal 187D
Autopista Las Choapas-Ocozocuautla
Route information
Maintained by Caminos y Puentes Federales
Length197.5 km [1] (122.7 mi)
Major junctions
West endCarretera federal 180.svg Fed. 180 northwest of Las Choapas, Veracruz
East endCarretera federal 190.svg Fed. 190 at Ocozocuautla, Chiapas
Highway system
Mexican Federal Highways
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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. [2]

Las Choapas is a city and its surrounding municipality in the southeastern extremes of the state of Veracruz in Mexico. It is bordered by the municipalities of Uxpanapa, Minatitlán, Moloacán, and Agua Dulce in Veracruz, Huimanguillo in Tabasco, Cintalapa and Tecpatán in Chiapas, and Santa María Chimalapa in Oaxaca. Its major products are cattle breeding, corn, oil, fruit, sugar, and rubber. In the past it had a rice miller. It is one of the largest municipalities in Veracruz, with an area of 2,851.2 km². At the 2005 census the city had a population of 40,773 inhabitants, while the municipality had a population of 70,092. It is a very hot place, as temperature reaches up to 40 degrees Celsius. It has had some tornadoes in the past. It is connected to the communities of Raudales-Ocozocoautla in Chiapas through the Chiapas bridge.

Caminos y Puentes Federales

Caminos y Puentes Federales de Ingresos y Servicios Conexos 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.

Mexican peso currency of Mexico

The Mexican peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 10th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded currency from the Americas, and the most traded currency from Latin America.

While the road is officially Highway 187D, it is signed as Federal Highway 145D, reflecting the indirect connection that can be made from the highway's northern terminus to the federal highway that leads through southern and central Veracruz to Mexico 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.

Route description

The Chiapas Bridge Puente CHIAPAS Mexico.jpg
The Chiapas Bridge

Highway 187D begins at Highway 180 halfway between Las Choapas and Coatzacoalcos. In Veracruz, exits provide service to Las Choapas and Nuevo Sacrificio. 80 kilometres (50 mi) after passing the first toll plaza at Las Choapas, the road briefly enters the state of Tabasco, where it has one exit, at Malpasito, and a toll plaza. Highway 187D then crosses into Chiapas, with interchanges at Mexico Federal Highway 187 and a road to Raudales Malpaso, and it traverses the 1,208-metre (3,963 ft) Chiapas Bridge, which spans the Malpaso Dam.[ clarification needed ]

Coatzacoalcos City and municipality in Veracruz, Mexico

Coatzacoalcos is a major port city in the northern part of the Mexican state of Veracruz, mostly on the western side of the Coatzacoalcos River estuary, on the Bay of Campeche, on the southern Gulf of Mexico coast. The city serves as the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name.

Federal Highway 187 is a Federal Highway of Mexico. The highway travels from El Bellote, Centla Municipality, Tabasco in the north to Raudales Malpaso, Tecpatán Municipality, Chiapas in the south. Federal Highway 187 is one of two major north-south highway corridors in Tabasco. Federal Highway 187 route numbering continues as the Federal Highway 187D toll road from Raudales Malpaso south to Mexican Federal Highway 190 east of Ocozocoautla de Espinosa.

Chiapas Bridge

The Chiapas Bridge is a steel bridge over a kilometer in length which spans the Nezahualcoyotl or Malpaso Dam in northern Chiapas, Mexico. Construction of the bridge began in 2002 and finished fourteen months later, voted the best infrastructure project in Mexico in 2004. The bridge and the highway it is part of cuts driving time from Mexico City to the state capital by 3.5 hours and makes the rural area in northern Chiapas more accessible and open to ecotourism.

After the bridge, Highway 187D proceeds southeast, with interchanges at Apic-Pac and Ocuilapa de Juárez, as well as one final toll plaza before it transitions into Highway 190 between Ocozocuautla and Tuxtla Gutiérrez.

Tuxtla Gutiérrez City & municipality in Chiapas, Mexico

Tuxtla Gutiérrez is the capital and the largest city of the Mexican southeast state of Chiapas. It is the most developed, populated and therefore the state's most important municipality. A busy government, commercial and services-oriented city, Tuxtla had one of the fastest growing rates in Mexico in the last 40 years. Unlike many other areas in Chiapas, it is not a tourist attraction, but a transportation hub for tourists coming into the state, with a major airport and a bus terminal.

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References

  1. Datos Viales - Chiapas, SCT, 2016
  2. Tarifas Vigentes, CAPUFE, 31 January 2017