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Mexican Federal Highway 45

Highway in Mexico

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Federal Highway 45
Carretera federal 45
Route information
Maintained by Secretariat of Communications and Transportation
Length	1,491.73 km[1][2][3][4][5] (926.92 mi)
Major junctions
South end	Panales, Hidalgo
Major intersections	Fed. 85inPortezuelo Fed. 57inPuerta de Palmillas Fed. 120inSan Juan del Río Fed. 71inSan Francisco de los Romo Fed. 49 in Troncoso, Las Palmas y Jiménez Fed. 54 in Zacatecas Fed. 40inDurango Fed. 23inDurango Fed. 34 in Conejo Fed. 24inHidalgo del Parral Fed. 16inChihuahua City Fed. 10 in El Sueco Fed. 2inCiudad Juárez
North end	I-110 at the Mexico–US borderatEl Paso, TX, United States
Location
Country	Mexico
Highway system
Mexican Federal Highways List Autopistas
← Fed. 44 → Fed. 49

Federal Highway 45 (La Carretera Federal 45) (Fed. 45) is the free (libre) part of the federal highways corridors (los corredores carreteros federales), and connects Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua through the Chihuahuan Desert to Panales, Hidalgo.^[6]

It is operated under the management of the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation. Custody is the responsibility of "The Federal Highway Police", which in turn is part of the Federal Police (PF). Fed. 45 is part of the Pan-American Highway. ^{[citation needed]} Federal Highway 45D is the tolled part of the route; in some areas the two run in parallel with the tolled section being faster.

Route[edit]

The cities that are connected from north to south are Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua City, Durango City, Zacatecas City, San Francisco de los Romo, Aguascalientes City, León, Guanajuato, Irapuato, Celaya, Guanajuato, Salamanca, Guanajuato, Querétaro City, Portezuelo, and Panales.

Major intersections[edit]

This section is missing kilometre posts for junctions. Please help by adding them.

State	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Hidalgo	Portezuelo			Fed. 85 – Zimapán, Nuevo Laredo, Pachuca, Mexico	Interchange
	​			San Francisco, Alfajayucan	Interchange
	​			Huichapan, Tecozautla (HGO 30)	Traffic circle
	​			SH 21 – Nopala
No State abbreviation given	​			Fed. 57 – Mexico, Queretaro, San Juan del Río	interchange
	Gap in route
	Queretaro			Fed. 57 – San Luis Potosi, Juriquilla, Queretaro Centro, Mexico, San Juan del Rio, Centro SCT QRO	interchange
				Club Campestre, Jardines de la Hacienda	interchange
				Candiles, Prolongacion Zaragoza	interchange
	​			Tejeda, El Pueblito	interchange
	​			El Pueblito, Los Olvera, Schoenstatt	interchange
	El Pueblito			Santa Barbara, Coroneo (SH 413)	interchange
	​			ToLibramiento Sur-Poniente / Fed. 57 – San Luis Potosí City	interchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (March 2016)

References[edit]

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