Mexican Federal Highway 1

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The Av. Aquiles Serdan/Fed. 1 intersection
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A sign on the Fed. 1 displaying how to get to San Diego (2007)
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"Bienvenidos a Baja California" state entrance road sign

Federal Highway 1 (Template:Langx, Fed. 1) is a toll-free (libre) part of the federal highway corridors (Script error: No such module "Lang".) of Mexico, and the highway follows the length of the Baja California Peninsula from Tijuana, Baja California, in the north to Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, in the south. The road connects with Via Rapida, which merges into the American Interstate 5 (I-5) at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, which crosses the international border south of San Ysidro, California.

Fed. 1 is often called the Carretera Transpeninsular (Transpeninsular Highway) and runs a length of Script error: No such module "convert". from Tijuana to Cabo San Lucas. Most of its course, particularly south of Ensenada, is as a two-lane rural highway. Completed in 1973, Fed. 1's official name is the Benito Juárez Transpeninsular Highway (Script error: No such module "Lang".), named in honor of Mexico's president during the country's 1860s invasion by France.[1]

Route description

Federal highway corridors in Mexico are generally designated with even numbers for east–west routes and odd numbers for north–south routes. Numerical designations usually ascend southward away from the U.S. border for east–west routes and usually ascend eastward away from the Pacific Ocean for north–south routes. Therefore, Fed. 1, due to its proximity to the Pacific Ocean, has the lowest possible odd number designation, and intersecting east–west federal highway corridors usually conform to this pattern.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

The road begins in the border city of Tijuana, where it continues northward as Interstate 5 at the San Ysidro Port of Entry.[2] This highway also goes under the Cross Border Xpress terminal in Tijuana.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It is bypassed from here to Ensenada by Fed. 1D, a toll road.[1] 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 establishment of the Spanish missions in Baja California.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Kilometer markers track the distance along Fed. 1 through Baja California in four separate improved segments. The first of these is the Script error: No such module "convert". length from Tijuana to Ensenada, which is known informally as Mex 1 Libre to distinguish it from Fed. 1D, the parallel toll road. The second portion of signed road runs Script error: No such module "convert". from Ensenada to San Quintín. The third segment comprises Script error: No such module "convert". from San Quintín to the Parador Punta Prieta junction. A final segment stretches Script error: No such module "convert". from Punta Prieta to the border of the state of Baja California Sur near Guerrero Negro. The total route of Fed. 1 in Baja California is Script error: No such module "convert"..

Continuing south into the two Mexican states that comprise the Baja California peninsula, Guerrero Negro is the nearest community to the point where Fed. 1 meets the 28th parallel north. Afterward Fed. 1 leaves the western coast and crosses to the eastern coast at Santa Rosalía. The route continues southward past Puerto Escondido and gains altitude at Sierra de la Giganta, then veers southwest and through agricultural lands and Ciudad Constitución. After crossing a desert the route encounters La Paz on the eastern coast. The route continues along the gulf side of the peninsula through San José del Cabo to its terminus at Cabo San Lucas.

After crossing state lines the kilometer markers progress in the opposite direction. Baja California signage count from north to south, but Baja California Sur signage count from south to north. So in opposite order from the road signage, a progressive route southward would span Script error: No such module "convert". from Guerrero Negro to Santa Rosalía, Script error: No such module "convert". from Santa Rosalía to Loreto, Script error: No such module "convert". from Loreto to Ciudad Insurgentes, Script error: No such module "convert". from Ciudad Insurgentes to La Paz, and Script error: No such module "convert". from La Paz to Cabo San Lucas.[3]

Major intersections

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Baja California

Baja California Sur

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Mexican Federal Highway 1 Junction in San Ignacio, Baja California Sur.

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