Mexican Federal Highway 45

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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. 85 in Portezuelo Fed. 57 in Puerta de Palmillas Fed. 120 in San Juan del Río Fed. 71 in San Francisco de los Romo Fed. 49 in Troncoso, Las Palmas y Jiménez Fed. 54 in Zacatecas Fed. 40 in Durango Fed. 23 in Durango Fed. 34 in Conejo Fed. 24 in Hidalgo del Parral Fed. 16 in Chihuahua City Fed. 10 in El Sueco Fed. 2 in Ciudad Juárez
North end	I-110 at the Mexico–US border at El 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 National Guard (GN). 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.

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.

State	Municipality	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Hidalgo	Tasquillo	Portezuelo			Fed. 85 – Zimapán, Nuevo Laredo, Pachuca, Mexico	Interchange
	Alfajayucan				San Francisco, Alfajayucan	Interchange
	Huichapan				Huichapan, El Cajon	Dual interchange
		Huichapan			Huichapan, Tecozautla (HGO 30)	Traffic circle
	Huichapan–Nopala de Villagrán boundary				SH 21 – Nopala
Querétaro	San Juan del Río	​			Fed. 57 – Mexico, Queretaro, San Juan del Río	interchange
	Gap in route
	Querétaro	Querétaro			Fed. 57 / Fed. 45D – San Luis Potosí, Juriquilla, Queretaro Centro, Mexico, San Juan del Rio, Centro SCT QRO	interchange
					Club Campestre, Jardines de la Hacienda	interchange
	Querétaro–Corregidora boundary				Candiles, Prolongacion Zaragoza	interchange
	Corregidora	​			Tejeda, El Pueblito	interchange
		​			El Pueblito, Los Olvera, Schoenstatt	interchange
		El Pueblito			Santa Barbara, Coroneo (SH 413)	interchange
		​			To Libramiento Sur-Poniente / Fed. 57 – San Luis Potosí	interchange
Guanajuato	Apaseo el Alto	No major junctions
	Apaseo el Grande	No major junctions
	Apaseo el Alto	San Isidro del Llanito			San Juan del Llanito	Interchange
	Apaseo el Grande	No major junctions
	Apaseo el Alto	No major junctions
	Apaseo el Grande	No major junctions
	Apaseo el Alto	​			Fed. 47D – Palmillas	Interchange
		​			SH 47 – Jerecuaro	Interchange
		Apaseo el Alto			SH 37	Interchange; northbound exit and entrance
					Apaseo el Alto	Interchange; no southbound entrance
	Apaseo el Grande	San José Agua Azul			S. J. Agua Azul	Interchange
		Apaseo el Grande			To Fed. 45D – Apaseo el Grande	Interchange
	Apaseo el Grande–Celaya boundary	​			San Miguel de Allende, Irapuato, Salvatierra (SH 45D)	Interchange
	Celaya	Celaya			Traffic circle	Interchange
					Avenida 2 de Abril – Jardines neighborhood	Interchange; direct southbound exit and northbound entrance
					Fed. 51 – Salvatierra, Morelia	Dual interchange with another road
					(unsigned)	Interchange
					(unsigned) – Pancho Villa monument	Interchange
		​			San Miguel de Allende	Interchange
		​			Salvatierra (SH 45D)	Interchange
		San Isidro de Crespo			To Captain Rogelio Castillo National Airport	Interchange
	Cortazar	La Fortaleza			Cortazar	Interchange
	Villagrán	Villagrán			Villagrán	Interchange
		Sarabia			Sarabia	Interchange
		Mexicanos			Mexicanos	Interchange
	Salamanca	Valtierrilla			Valtierrilla	Interchange
		​			Fed. 43D – Leon, Ixtapa	Interchange
		Salamanca			Salamanca downtown	Interchange
					Fed. 43 – Salamanca	Interchange
					(unsigned)	Interchange
					Salamanca	Interchange
					Salamanca downtown	Interchange
		​			To Mazda North American plant	Interchange
	Salamanca–Irapuato boundary	​			San Vicente, Loma de San Antonio	Interchange
	Irapuato	​			Irapuato industrial area	Interchange
		Irapuato			Fed. 45D – Guadalajara, La Piedad	Interchange; south end of Fed. 45D concurrency
					Fed. 45D – La Piedad	Interchange; north end of Fed. 45D concurrency
					Col Olivos Malvas	Interchange
					Irapuato downtown	Interchange; no northbound exit
		​			Fed. 43D to Fed. I20D – Morelia, Guadalajara, La Piedad	Interchange
		Taretan			Turnaround	Right-in/right-out interchange
		​			Castro del Rio industrial area	Interchange; no left-turn exits
		Aldama			Aldama	Interchange
	Guanajuato	Los Nicolases			Los Nicolases	Interchange
	Silao de la Victoria	​			Fed. 110 – Dolores	Interchange
		​			Fipasi industrial area	Interchange; no signage northbound
		Silao			Fed. 110D	Interchange
					SH 77 – Central Camionera, San Felipe	Interchange
					(unsigned)	Interchange
		Colonias Nuevo Mexico			To Guanajuato International Airport	Interchange
		​			Puerto Interior industrial area	Interchange
	León	Los Sauces			León-Comanjilla	Interchange
		León			Santa Ana del Conde	Interchange
					Fed. 45D – Guadalajara, Aguascalientes, Lagos de Moreno	Interchange
					(unsigned)	Interchange
					Museo de la Ciudad	Interchange
					Lagos de Moreno, San Felipe, Aguascalientes	Interchange
					Boulevard la Luz	Interchange
					Boulevard Vicente Valtierra / Boulevard Vertiz Campero	Interchange
					Boulevard Juan Alonso de Torres	Interchange
					Boulevard Téllez Cruces	Interchange
					Boulevard Hilario Medina	Interchange
					Boulevard Antonio Madrazo	Interchange
					Boulevard Ibarrilla	Interchange
				Boulevard Hidalgo (SH 87)	Interchange
				Avenida Transportistas	Interchange
				Central León	Dual interchange
				Cataluña, Cartagena, Cordillera	Traffic circle
				Boulevard San Juan Bosco	Interchange
​				(unsigned)	Interchange
Jalisco	Lagos de Moreno	​			(SH 537)
		Lagos de Moreno			Fed. 80 / Fed. 80D – Guadalajara, Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosí	Interchange; south end of Fed. 80 concurrency
					SH 302
					Fed. 80 – Guadalajara	Interchange; north end of Fed. 80 concurrency
	Encarnación de Díaz	​			SH 214 – Bajío de San José
		Encarnación de Díaz			(SH 307)
					(SH 212)
		​			Fed. 45D – Encarnación de Díaz	Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance
		​			SH 214 – Nochistlan, Teocaltiche, Mexticacan
Aguascalientes	Aguascalientes	Peñuelas			SH 2 – Aguascalientes International Airport	Interchange
		​			SH 69 – San Bartolo, León	Interchange
		​			Fed. 45D – Zacatecas, Calvillo	Interchange
		Aguascalientes			SH 110 – Ojuelos, Los Arellano, Planta Jatco	Interchange
					León	Interchange
					Avenida Aguascalientes	Interchange
					Fed. 70	Interchange; south end of Fed. 70 concurrency
					Fed. 70 – San Luis Potosí, Alberca Olimpica	Interchange; north end of Fed. 70 concurrency
					(unsigned)	Interchange
					Avenida Nazario Ortiz Garza / Avenida Gabriela Mistral (SH 60)	Dual interchange
					(unsigned)	Interchange
					Avenida Aguascalientes	Interchange
					Altaria commercial area / Boulevard Luis Donaldo Colosio	Interchange
	Aguascalientes–Jesús María boundary				Avenida Siglo XXI	Partial diverging stack interchange
	Aguascalientes–Jesús María–San Francisco de los Romo boundary	​			Fed. 25 – Asientos, Pueblo Magico	Interchange
	Jesús María–San Francisco de los Romo boundary	​			SH 65 – La Guayana, Zacatecas	Interchange
	Jesús María	Jesús Gómez Portugal			(SH 28)	No access northbound
		​			(SH 131)	No access northbound
		​			(SH 45)	No access northbound
		​			Fed. 45D – León, Guadalajara	Interchange
	Jesús María–San Francisco de los Romo boundary	​			(SH 32)	No access southbound
					(SH 97)	No access northbound
	San Francisco de los Romo	​			San Francisco de los Romo	Interchange
		San Francisco de los Romo			(SH 73)	Northbound exit and entrance
	San Francisco de los Romo–Pabellón de Arteaga boundary	​			San Francisco de los Romo	Interchange
	Pabellón de Arteaga	​			(SH 18)	No access northbound
		​			(SH 27)	Northbound exit and entrance
		​			(SH 46)	No access northbound
	Pabellón de Arteaga–Rincón de Romos boundary	Pabellón de Arteaga			SH 20 – Pabellón de Arteaga Hospital	Interchange
		​			Pabellón de Hidalgo (SH 19)	Southbound exit and entrance
	Rincón de Romos	El Salitrillo			Fed. 45D – Zacatecas	Interchange
		Rincón de Romos			Fed. 22 – Tepezala, Pueblo Magico
					(SH 54)
		El Bajío			SH 70 – La Boquilla
		​			Fed. 45D – Aguascalientes	Interchange
	Cosío	La Puenta			SH 26 – Valle de las Delicias	Interchange
		Cosío			SH 25 – La Providencia	Northbound exit and entrance
					SH 64 – Cosío	Interchange
		​			National Guard checkpoint
		​			Fed. 45D – Zacatecas	Interchange
		Soledad de Abajo			SH 39 – Zacatequillas	Interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance
					SH 62 – Soledad de Abajo	Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance
Zacatecas	Luis Moya	Luis Moya			Fed. 71 – Loreta
		Esteban san Castorena			SH 210 – Cuauhtémoc
	Ojocaliente	​			SH 144 – Pinos, General Pánfilo Natera
	Trancoso	​			Fed. 49 – San Luis Potosí	Interchange; no southbound entrance
		​			Trancoso	Interchange; no northbound exit
	Guadalupe	​			SH 175 – Saltillo, Pozo de Gamboa, Tacoaleche	Interchange
		​			Fed. 45D – Zacatecas	Interchange
		Martínez Domínguez			Villas de Guadalupe	Interchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access        Tolled

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