Mexican Federal Highway 1

Federal Highway 1 shield
Federal Highway 1
Carretera federal 1
Benito Juarez Transpeninsular Highway
Carretera Transpeninsular Benito Juarez
Route information
Maintained by Secretariat of Communications and Transportation
Length1,711 km (1,063 mi)
Major junctions
North end I-5 at Mexico–United States border near Tijuana
Major intersections
South end Fed. 19 in Cabo San Lucas
Location
CountryMexico
StatesBaja California, Baja California Sur
Highway system
Fed. 307 Fed. 1D
The Av. Aquiles Serdan/Fed. 1 intersection
A sign on the Fed. 1 displaying how to get to San Diego (2007)
"Bienvenidos a Baja California" state entrance road sign

Federal Highway 1 (Spanish: Carretera Federal 1, Fed. 1) is a free (libre) part of the federal highway corridors (los corredores carreteros federales) 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 1,711 kilometres (1,063 mi) 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 (Carretera Transpeninsular Benito Juarez), named in honor of Mexico's president during the country's 1860s invasion by France.