Are you looking forward to spend your holidays to Mexico? If so, you are going to go and see interesting sites around Mexico, not just in its capital Mexico City. Well, that is already taken cared of. Going around the country is relatively easy thanks to its extensive roadway network.

Mexico’s roads cover virtually all areas in the country, reaching out into its interior and central parts. In fact, Mexico has 366,095 kilometers of road of which 116,802 kilometers are paved. There are 10,474 kilometers of multi-lane expressways: 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 segregated by the types of access and the number of lanes. Undivided or divided two-lane highways, which outnumber multi-lane highways, are called carreteras. Speeds in carreteras are usually limited depending on terrain conditions.

Freeways that comprise four or more lanes, with restricted or unrestricted access, are called autopistas. They connect the major cities in Mexico—Mexico City, Monterrey, and Guadalajara. In autopistas, motorists can drive speeds up to 110 kilometers per hour. Buses and trucks, which are bigger and slower, reach speeds around 95 kilometers per hour. Autopistas are generally toll-roads where you need to pay a certain fee, or toll. The toll includes some type of traveler’s insurance in case an accident happens within the freeway. Toll expressways typically have phone booths, water wells, and emergency braking ramps at short intervals for people to use.

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

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