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 at U.S.-Mexico border near Tijuana

Mexican Federal Highways

A sign of the highway displaying how to get to San Diego.

The road runs the entire length of the Baja California Peninsula

Mexican Federal Highway (carretera federal) No. 1 follows the length of the Baja California Peninsula from Cabo San Lucas (BCS), at the southern end to Tijuana (BC) 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 (1063 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. Much of it follows or passes near the route of Portola's march from Loreto to San Diego during the foundation of Spanish missions in Baja California.