Existed: 1991 – present South end: MonterreyMexico City Constructed 1991 | North end: Nuevo LaredoPachuca Length 169 km | |
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Mexican Federal Highway 85D is a pair of toll routes (autopistas), one from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, to Monterrey, Nuevo León, known as Autopista Monterrey–Nuevo Laredo and the other from Pachuca, Hidalgo, to Mexico City, known as Autopista Pachuca–Ciudad de México. Both toll routes run parallel to their free alternative, Mexican Federal Highway 85. Highway 85D has wider lanes offers a more direct route and is continuously being repaired and repaved unlike the free route.
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Autopista Monterrey–Nuevo Laredo
MFH85D in Nuevo Laredo starts at the World Trade International Bridge and ends near Del Norte International Airport in Apodaca, a suburb of northern Monterrey, where the toll highway merges onto Mexican Federal Highway 85. The route from Nuevo Laredo to Monterrey is a four lane divided highway that is 123.1 kilometers long and charges a toll of MXN$177. Autopista 85D passes through several cities and small towns including:
Autopista Pachuca–Ciudad de México
The route from Pachuca to Mexico City is 45.8 kilometers long and charges a toll of MXN$33. Autopista Pachuca–Ciudad de México starts near El Dorado, Hidalgo where MFH85 splits into MFH85 and MFH85D and ends in Ecatepec de Morelos, a Mexico City suburb, where it merges onto MFH85. Autopista 85D passes through several cities and small towns including:
2013 road accident
On 7 May 2013, the gas tanker of a tanker truck exploded after it crashed into a guardrail, killing 26 people and injuring 36.