Mexican Federal Highway 1

Federal Highway 1
Federal Highway 1
Carretera federal 1
Benito Juarez Transpeninsular Highway; Carretera Transpeninsular Benito Juarez
Route information
	Maintained by Secretariat of Communications and Transportation
Length	1,711 km (1,063 mi)
Major junctions
North end	I-5 at Mexico–United States border near Tijuana
	Fed. 1D in Tijuana; Fed. 1D in Rosarito Beach; Fed. 1D in La Misión; Fed. 3 in El Sauzal; Fed. 3 in Ensenada; Fed. 5 in Chapala; Fed. 12 in Punta Prieta; Fed. 22 in Ciudad Constitución; Fed. 11 in La Paz; Fed. 19 in San Pedro;
South end	Fed. 19 in Cabo San Lucas
Location
Country	Mexico
States	Baja California, Baja California Sur
Highway system
	Mexican Federal Highways; List; Autopistas;

The Av. Aquiles Serdan/Fed. 1 intersection

Federal Highway 1 (Spanish: Carretera Federal 1, Fed. 1) is a free (libre) part of the federal highway corridors (los corredores carreteros federales) of Mexico, and the highway follows the length of the Baja California Peninsula from Tijuana, Baja California, in the north to Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, in the south. The road connects with Via Rapida, which merges into the American Interstate 5 (I-5) at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, which crosses the international border south of San Ysidro, California.

Fed. 1 is often called the Carretera Transpeninsular (Transpeninsular Highway) and runs a length of 1,711 kilometres (1,063 mi) from Tijuana to Cabo San Lucas. Most of its course, particularly south of Ensenada, is as a two-lane rural highway. Completed in 1973, Fed. 1's official name is the Benito Juárez Transpeninsular Highway (Carretera Transpeninsular Benito Juarez), named in honor of Mexico's president during the country's 1860s invasion by France.

Route description

The road begins in the border city of Tijuana, where it continues northward as Interstate 5 at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. It is bypassed from here to Ensenada by Fed. 1D, a toll road. Then, the road continues south past Maneadero. Much of it follows or passes near the route of Portola's march from Loreto to San Diego during the establishment of the Spanish missions in Baja California.

Federal highway corridors 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, Fed. 1, due to its proximity to the Pacific Ocean, has the lowest possible odd number designation, and intersecting east–west federal highway corridors usually conform to this pattern.

Kilometer markers track the distance along Fed. 1 through Baja California in four separate improved segments. The first of these is the 109-kilometre (68 mi) length from Tijuana to Ensenada, which is known informally as Mex 1 Libre to distinguish it from Fed. 1D, the parallel toll road. The second portion of signed road runs 196 kilometres (122 mi) from Ensenada to San Quintín. The third segment comprises 128 kilometres (80 mi) from San Quintín to the Parador Punta Prieta junction. A final segment stretches 128 kilometres (80 mi) from Punta Prieta to the border of the state of Baja California Sur near Guerrero Negro. The total route of Fed. 1 in Baja California is 713 km (443 mi).

Continuing south into the two Mexican states that comprise the Baja California peninsula, Guerrero Negro is the nearest community to the point where Fed. 1 meets the 28th parallel north. Afterward Fed. 1 leaves the western coast and crosses to the eastern coast at Santa Rosalía. The route continues southward past Puerto Escondido and gains altitude at Sierra de la Giganta, then veers southwest and through agricultural lands and Ciudad Constitución. After crossing a desert the route encounters La Paz on the eastern coast. The route continues along the gulf side of the peninsula through San José del Cabo to its terminus at Cabo San Lucas.

After crossing state lines the kilometer markers progress in the opposite direction. Baja California signage count from north to south, but Baja California Sur signage count from south to north. So in opposite order from the road signage, a progressive route southward would span 221 kilometres (137 mi) from Guerrero Negro to Santa Rosalía, 197 kilometres (122 mi) from Santa Rosalía to Loreto, 120 kilometres (75 mi) from Loreto to Ciudad Insurgentes, 240 kilometres (150 mi) from Ciudad Insurgentes to La Paz, and 224 kilometres (139 mi) from La Paz to Cabo San Lucas.

This highway also goes under the Cross Border Xpress terminal in Tijuana.

Major intersections

Baja California

Baja California Sur

References

v t e Mexican federal highways
Highways	1 2 3 5 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 19 22 23 24 25 29 30 34 35 36 37 39 (Legal only) 40 41 43 44 45 49 51 53 54 55 57 58 61 62 63 66 (Legal only) 68 69 70 71 72 74 76 80 81 83 84 85 87 90 93 95 97 98 101 102 103 105 106 107 110 111 113 114 115 117 119 120 121 123 125 126 127 129 130 131 132 134 135 136 138 140 142 144 145 147 150 160 162 166 172 175 176 178 179 180 182 184 185 186 187 188 190 193 195 196 198 199 200 203 211 221 225 259 261 281 293 295 305 307
Toll roads	1D 2D 14D 15D 37D 40D 43D 45D 47D 49D 54D 57D 68D 70D 76D 80D 85D 90D 91D 92D 93D 95D 110D 115D 117D 119D 130D 132D 134D 135D 136D 140D 145D 150D 160D 180D 185D 187D 190D 200D 305D 307D I-20D M40D S30 GUA 10D
Former highways	20 27 31 33 38 47 52 64 78 82 100 116 128 143 202 217 220 247 254 263 265 269 126D 184D 193D