Mexican Federal Highway 3
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Federal Highway 3 (Spanish: Carretera Federal 3, Fed. 3 ) is a tollfree part of the federal highway corridors (Spanish: los corredores carreteros federales).[1][2][3] One segment[clarification needed] connects Tecate (and California State Route 188 on the US-Mexico border) to Ensenada in Baja California. This segment ends at its junction with Fed. 1 at El Sauzal Rodriguez, just a little north of Ensenada. This segment of the highway is 112 kilometers (70 mi) long.
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Federal Highway 3 | ||||
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Carretera federal 3 | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by Secretariat of Communications and Transportation | ||||
Major junctions | ||||
North end | SR 188 at the US-Mexico border | |||
Major intersections | Fed. 2 in Tecate, Baja California Fed. 1 in Ensenada | |||
South end | Fed. 5 in El Chinero, Baja California | |||
Location | ||||
Country | Mexico | |||
State | Baja California | |||
Highway system | ||||
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This segment of the highway is important because it shortens the distance between the Baja California peninsula and the interior of the country by providing a link with Fed. 2 bypassing Tijuana. It also connects Valle de Guadalupe, San Antonio de las Minas and Valle de Las Palmas.
A second segment of the highway, 196 kilometres (122 mi), begins at Fed. 1 in Ensenada and links Ensenada with Fed. 5 near the east coast of the Baja California peninsula. Their junction in the town of El Chinero is 55 kilometres (34 mi) north of San Felipe, Baja California. There is a military inspection station just south of the junction, where all passing vehicles in both directions are subject to search.