Mexican Federal Highway 85

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Carretera Federal 85
South end:	Mexico City
Major junctions:	Pachuca Ciudad Valles Ciudad Victoria Monterrey
North end:	Nuevo Laredo
Mexican federal highways < Image:Mexico Federal Highway 84.png Hwy 84 Hwy 90 Image:Mexico Federal Highway 90.png >

Mexico's Federal Highway 85 (Carretera Federal 85) connects Mexico City with the U.S. border at Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. It is the original route of the Inter-American Highway, but has been largely replaced by the faster Highway 57 for through traffic.^[1]

Highway 85 runs through Monterrey, Nuevo León; Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas; Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosí; and Pachuca, Hidalgo. It ends at the intersection of Highway 95 in the San Pedro area of Mexico City.^{[citation needed]}

Highway 85 is the original route of the Pan-American Highway from the border to the capital. Through most of Tamaulipas and Nuevo León, it is a freeway and is essentially a southern continuation of U.S. Interstate 35.

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State	Location	Road(s)	Notes
Mexico	Ecatepec	South end of federal maintenance
		Image:Mexico Federal Highway 132.png Hwy 132 east (Carretera México-Tepexpan)

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