Mexican Federal Highway 305D

Federal Highway 305D shield

Federal Highway 305D
Carretera Federal 305D
Autopista El Tintal-Playa del Carmen
Autopista Nuevo Xcan-Playa del Carmen
Route information
Maintained by Consorcio del Mayab, S.A. de C.V.
Length: 44 km[1] (27 mi)
Existed: 2014 – present
Major junctions
North end: Fed. 180D at El Tintal, Q. Roo
South end: Av. Luis Donaldo Colosio in Playa del Carmen, Q. Roo
Highway system
Mexican Federal Highways
List • Autopistas

Mexican Federal Highway 305D is a toll highway in the state of Quintana Roo. It serves as a spur of Mexican Federal Highway 180D (Mérida-Cancún) to Playa del Carmen, creating a direct connection between the state of Yucatán and Playa del Carmen and avoiding detours through Cancún or Tulúm.

Federal Highway 305D was built and operated by Consorcio del Mayab, a unit of Empresas ICA which is also the concessionaire for Federal Highway 180D. The toll on the road is 75 pesos.[2]

Highway 305D is signed as such through its entire route but legally considered part of Highway 180D.[3]

Route description

Highway 305D begins at a junction along Highway 180D at El Tintal, between Ignacio Zaragoza and Valladolid Nuevo in Lázaro Cárdenas Municipality, absorbing a toll road connecting the route to Quintana Roo State Route 5. It then proceeds southeast to Playa del Carmen, becoming the local street Avenida Luis Donaldo Colosio.[1] This local street connects to Highway 307, allowing access to other communities along the Riviera Maya.

The speed limit on Highway 305D is 110 kilometers per hour.[2]

History

Consorcio del Mayab, which had built Federal Highway 180D, had a provision in its concession for that highway allowing it to build a spur to Playa del Carmen.[4] Construction of a road covering this route had been proposed in 2000 but the Inter-American Development Bank denied a request for credit.[4] A new proposal was made in 2010 though delays occurred due to environmental delays imposed by SEMARNAT.[4]

The project cost 1.283 billion pesos[2] and was formally inaugurated by President Enrique Peña Nieto on November 26, 2014.[5] The project also included a tolled extension north of Highway 180D, not part of the federal highway, to Cedral; this 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) portion improves the connection to Quintana Roo State Route 5, which ends at Holbox. The toll for this segment is 17 pesos.[2]

In August 2015, a collapse of the Highway 307 near the IberoStar hotel cut off transit between Cancún and Playa del Carmen. This prompted Autobuses de Oriente to reroute its intercity buses covering that route through the new Highway 305D, and the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation temporarily suspended tolls on the road until Highway 307 was repaired.[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 "AUMENTAN PEAJE EN LA AUTOPISTA DEL MAYAB: SIN PREVIO AVISO, INCREMENTAN COSTO EN LA VÍA CANCÚN-VALLADOLID-MÉRIDA". Noticaribe. 4 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Más cerca de la Riviera". Diario de Yucatán. 24 December 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Datos Viales: Quintana Roo, SCT, 2017
  4. 1 2 3 "PLAYA DEL CARMEN QUEDARÁ A 2.5 HORAS DE MÉRIDA POR CARRETERA". Línea Recta. 28 December 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  5. ↑ Galicia, Alejandra (27 November 2014). "Nueva carretera impulsa el comercio: Peña Nieto". Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Ado anuncia vía alterna para Playa del Carmen; autopista será gratuita". Cancún Mío. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  7. ↑ Águila Arreola, Carlos (28 August 2015). "Reabren carretera Cancún-Playa del Carmen tras socavón". La Jornada. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
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