The Roads Of Mexico

Are you looking forward to spend your holidays to Mexico? Definitely, you are going to want to drop by interesting sites around Mexico, not just in its capital Mexico City. Well, that is already taken cared of. Going around the country is quite easy thanks to its extensive roadway network.

Mexico's roads cover virtually all populated places in the country, reaching out into its interior and central parts. In fact, the country has 366,095 kilometers of road of which 116,802 kilometers are paved. There are 10,474 kilometers of multi-lane freeways: 9,544 kilometers of it are highways with four lines while the rest have 6 or more lanes. This road network is the most extensive in Latin America.

To make it easier for motorists to drive to places, the highways of Mexico are classified by the types of access and the number of lanes. Undivided or divided two-lane highways, which make up most of the network, are called carreteras. Speed limits in carretas are determined by terrain conditions.

Freeways that comprise four or more lanes, with restricted or unrestricted access, are named autopistas. These long and large roads link the major cities in Mexico---Mexico City, Monterrey, and Guadalajara. In autopistas, people can drive speeds up to 110 kilometers per hour. Buses and trucks, which are bigger and slower, coast around at 95 kilometers per hour. Autopistas are often toll-roads where you are expected to pay a certain fee, or toll. The toll includes some sort of traveler's insurance in the event of an accident occurring within the freeway. Toll expressways often have phone booths, water wells, and emergency braking ramps at short intervals for drivers to use.

Just like in many nations with a freeway system, Mexican highways are identified by 1 to 3-digit numbers. North-to-south highways are labelled with odd numbers while east-to-west highways are labelled with even numbers. Toll expressways typically run parallel to a free road, therefore, they are assigned with the same number the free road is identified with, with the addition of a letter "D." For instance, the two-lane highway that connects Mexico City to Puebla is labelled as MX 150 while the 6-lane toll expressway beside it is MX 150D.

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