Eje vial

Ejes viales (singular: eje vial, lit. "road axis") are a vast network of wide arterial roads in Mexico City with coordinated traffic signals. They are mostly one-way with one lane going in the opposite direction for the exclusive use of public transportation. The network was set up during the presidency of José López Portillo in the 1970s.[1] With the exception of the Eje Central, a south-to-north eje passing through the Historic center of Mexico City, the ejes are numbered with cardinal directions, for example going north from the center: Eje 1 Norte, then Eje 2 Norte, and so forth. In addition to the Eje number and directional, the streets retain their individual names, with one eje thus consisting of multiple sequential individually named streets.

First proposal for system of ejes viales, showing some connecting sections that were never built
Current state of ejes viales, showing incomplete and partially complete sections.

List of Ejes Viales

Eje Central

Central

Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas

(Mostly south-to-north with counterflow lane)

North (‘’Norte’’)

Eje 1 Norte Av. Mosqueta

Eje 1 Norte

(Mostly west-to-east with counterflow)

Eje 2 Norte Av. Manuel González.

Eje 2 Norte

(East-to-west with counterflow lane)

Eje 3 Norte Av. Alfredo Robles Domínguez.

Eje 3 Norte

(Mostly two-way)


Eje 4 Norte Av. Euzkaro

Eje 4 Norte

(Two-way and west-to-east)

Eje 5 Norte Av. Montevideo

Eje 5 Norte

(Mostly east-to-west with counterflow lane, Metrobús line 6 (planned))

Eje 6 Norte

(Partially two-way)

South (‘’Sur’’)

Eje 1 and 1A Sur

(Two-way)

Eje 2 and 2A Sur

(West-to-east with counterflow lane)

Juan Escutia (From Circuito Interior José Vasconselos to Av. Tamaulipas)

Eje 2A Sur
Eje 3 Sur Av. Baja California

Eje 3 Sur

(East-to-west with counterflow lane)

Eje 4 Sur Av. Rafael Dondé

Eje 4 Sur

(West-to-east artery with counterflow lane and Metrobús line 2)

Eje 5 Sur

(East-to-west with reversible lane)

Eje 6 Sur

(West-to-east with reversible lane(s))

Eje 7 Sur Av. Felix Cuevas.

Eje 7 Sur

(mostly east-to-west with two-way on Zapata)

Eje 7A Sur

Municipio Libre' (From Av. Universidad to Circuito Interior Rio Churubusco)

Eje 8 Sur

(West-to-east and two-way)

Eje 9 Sur

(Fragmented two-way)

Eje 10 Sur Av. Tláhuac.

Eje 10 Sur

(East-to-west artery and two-way)

East (‘’Oriente’’)

Eje 1 Oriente

(Mostly north-to-south)

Eje 2 Oriente

Eje 2 Oriente Av. Congreso de la Unión.

(Mostly south-to-north)

Eje 3 Oriente Av. Ingeniero Eduardo Molina.

Eje 3 Oriente

(Two-way, Metrobús line 5 planned)

Eje Troncal Metropolitano

Eje 3 Oriente forms part of the “Eje Troncal Metropolitano” connecting Ecatepec with Xochimilco in southeast Mexico City, along:

Eje 4 Oriente

(Two-way)

Eje 5 Oriente

(Two-way)

Eje 6 Oriente

(North-to-south, non-continuous)

Eje 7 Oriente

(Two-way)

West (‘’Poniente’’)

Eje 1 Poniente Av. Cuauhtémoc.

Eje 1 Poniente

(North-to-south with counterflow lane and Metrobús line 3)

Eje 2 Poniente Av. Gabriel Mancera

Eje 2 Poniente

(South-to-north)

Eje 3 Poniente Av. Coyoacán

Eje 3 Poniente

(North-to-south)

Eje 4 Poniente Av. Revolución

Eje 4 Poniente

(Two-way)

El tramo Revolución tiene sentido Norte - Sur de Benjamin Franklin a Circuito Interior Río Mixcoac, and posteriormente two-way.

Eje 4-A Poniente

Eje 5 Poniente Av. Alta Tensión.

Eje 5 Poniente

(Two-way)

(Sur 128 funge como su vialidad auxiliar sentido Norte - Sur)

Eje 6 Poniente

(Non-continuous two-way)

Eje 7 Poniente

(Two-way)

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