Distribuidor Vial
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The Distribuidor Vial is a Mexican freeway located at the west side of Mexico City called "Distribuidor Vial San Antonio" and at the east side of the city another one called "Distribuidor Vial Zaragoza". It was built under the mandate of the previous head of government, Andrés Manuel López Obrador between 2002 and May 14th 2006. It's called also "Segundo piso" (second floor).
[edit] Main purposes
The main purpose of the Distribuidor Vial is to solve traffic jams in the following avenues and roads:
- Anillo Periferico Sur (Exterior Circuit)
- Eje 5 Sur San Antonio Avenue(Main route 5 South)
- Eje 10 Sur San Jerónimo (Main route 10 South)
- Revolución Avenue (Interior Circuit)
- Viaducto Río Becerra (Viaducto Miguel Alemán)
- Eje 6 Sur Holbein Avenue (Main route 6 South)
- Las Flores Avenue
- Barranca del Muerto Avenue
- Rómulo O'Farril Avenue
[edit] Names
The Distribuidor Vial is named after the streets it crosses:
- San Antonio (East-South)(San Antonio Av.-Lomas de Plateros)
- San Jerónimo (South-East) (San Jerónimo Av.-Lomas de Plateros)
- Las Torres (South-East) (Las Torres Av.-San Antonio Av.)
- Las Flores (North-South) (Las Flores Av.-San Jerónimo Av.)
- Zaragoza (North-South-North) (Ignacio Zaragoza Road)
All those streets, except Zaragoza, belong to the same network of freeways.
