Mexican Federal Highway 1

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Mexican Federal Highway 1
Carretera Federal
Length:	1711 km (1063 mi)
South end:	Cabo San Lucas
North end:	I-5 in Tijuana at U.S. border
Mexican Federal Highways < Image:Mexican Federal Highway 377.svg Federal Highway 377 Federal Highway 2 Image:Mexican Federal Highway 2.svg >

Mexican Federal Highway (carretera federal) No. 1 follows the length of the Baja California Peninsula from Cabo San Lucas at the southern end to Tijuana in the north. The road turns into Interstate 5 at the international border with the United States south of San Ysidro, California.

Highway 1 is often called the Carretera Transpeninsular or Transpeninsular Highway and runs a length of 1711 km (1056 miles) from Tijuana to Cabo San Lucas.

[edit] Route description

The road begins in the border city of Tijuana. It is bypassed from here to Ensenada by Mexican Federal Highway 1D, a toll road. Then, the road continues south past Maneadero.

[edit] Baja California (Norte)

• 32°23′32.09″N, 117°01′47.57″W United States–Mexico border (Tijuana)
• 32°22′18.57″N, 117°03′36.24″W Playas de Rosarito
• 31°52′12.01″N, 116°37′12.00″W Ensenada
• 30°31′26.78″N, 115°55′51.78″W San Quintín
• 30°03′13.01″N, 115°44′08.72″W El Rosario
• 29°43′42.71″N, 114°43′06.83″W Cataviña
• 29°02′43.12″N, 114°09′10.24″W Highway 12 to Bahía de los Ángeles
• 28°55′43.08″N, 114°09′24.96″W Punta Prieta
• 28°38′19.04″N, 114°01′16.34″W El Rosarito
• 28°16′51.93″N, 113°59′58.58″W Villa Jesús María and road to Sebastián Vizcaíno Bay
• 28°00′00.00″N, 114°00′43.88″W State Line (28th parallel north)

[edit] Baja California Sur

• 27°58′02.14″N, 114°00′51.85″W Guerrero Negro
• 27°18′05.50″N, 112°52′44.30″W San Ignacio, road to San Ignacio Lagoon
• 27°20′04.64″N, 112°15′55.38″W Santa Rosalía
• 26°53′33.27″N, 111°58′38.71″W Mulegé
• 26°00′27.09″N, 111°21′02.07″W Loreto
• 25°15′13.98″N, 111°46′31.60″W Ciudad Insurgentes
• 25°01′30.66″N, 111°40′11.23″W Ciudad Constitución
• 24°08′26.60″N, 110°18′42.46″W La Paz
• 23°55′28.89″N, 110°15′53.21″W San Pedro
• 23°53′57.76″N, 110°15′29.31″W Highway 19 to Todos Santos & El Pescadero; shortcut to Cabo San Lucas
• 23°48′33.82″N, 110°03′26.66″W San Antonio
• 23°32′30.37″N, 109°40′40.49″W Santiago
• 23°09′21.30″N, 109°42′29.64″W Los Cabos International Airport (at airport exit)
• 23°02′40.35″N, 109°42′21.06″W San José del Cabo - as Boulevard Mauricio Castro
• 22°57′54.44″N, 109°47′55.31″W Los Cabos Corridor (at transpeninsular monument)
• 22°52′58.15″N, 109°54′52.77″W Cabo San Lucas - as Boulevard Lázaro Cárdenas