Eje vial

The system of ejes viales (singular: eje vial, lit. "road axis") in Mexico City is a large network of wide arterial roads with coordinated traffic signals. They are mainly directed in one-way with a single lane going in the opposite direction used exclusively by public transportation. The network was a project of Mexico City mayor Carlos Hank González and the first part of the network, after extensive construction and demolition of buildings and removal of trees, opened in 1979.^[1] With the exception of the Eje Central, a south-to-north eje passing through the historic center of Mexico City, the ejes are numbered with cardinal directions, for example going north from the center: Eje 1 Norte, then Eje 2 Norte, and so forth. In addition to the Eje number and directional, the streets retain their individual names, with one eje thus consisting of multiple sequential individually named streets.

(Mostly south-to-north with counterflow lane)

• Avenida Aztecas (From Av. Antonio Delfín Madrigal to Eje 10 Sur (Av. Pedro Henríquez Ureña))
• Monserrat (Norte - Sur) & Candelaria (Sur - Norte)(From Eje 10 Sur to División del Norte)
• División del Norte (To Circuito Interior Río Churubusco, No es parte del Eje Central)
• Ajusco (From Circuito Interior to Lázaro Cárdenas)
• Lázaro Cárdenas (From Ajusco to Paganini / Circuito Interior Rio Consulado)
• Av. de los 100 Metros (From Circuito Interior to Anillo Periférico Acueducto de Tenayuca)

(Mostly west-to-east with counterflow)

• José Antonio Alzate (From Circuito Interior Paseo de las Jacarandas to Insurgentes)
• Mosqueta (De Insurgentes a Paseo de la Reforma and Eje Central)
• Ignacio López Rayón / Avenida Héroe de Granaditas (De Eje Central to Eje 1 Ote (Vidal Alcocer))
• Av. del Trabajo (De Eje 1 Ote a Eje 2 Ote (Congreso de la Unión))
• Albañiles (De Eje 2 Ote to Oceanía)
• Norte 17 (From Oceanía to Circuito Interior Blvd. Puerto Aéreo)
• Hangares Aviación / Fuerza Aérea Mexicana (From Circuito Interior to Av. Santos Dumont)
• Manuel Lebrija (From Santos Dumont to Eje 4 Ote (Canal de Churubusco))
• Talleres Gráficos (From Canal de Churubusco to Calle 4)
• Avenida Xochimilco (De Calle 4 a Anillo Periférico Calle 7)
• Avenida Pantitlán (Not considered part of the Eje Vial, in Nezahualcóyotl and Los Reyes, State of Mexico)

(East-to-west with counterflow lane)

• Transvaal (De Circuito Interior Rio Consulado a Oceanía and Oceanía to Gran Canal)
• Canal del Norte (De Gran Canal to Paseo de la Reforma)
• Manuel González (From Paseo de la Reforma to Insurgentes)
• Profr. Eulalia Guzmán (De Insurgentes a Calzada de Camarones)
• Biólogo Maximino Martínez (No longer considered Eje Vial, from Camarones To Av. Cuitláhuac (Two-way))

(Mostly two-way)

• Super-Avenida Lomas Verdes / Hacienda de la Guaracha / La Cima (Not considered Eje Vial, from La Cúspide Lomas Verdes to Calzada de las Armas, in the State of Mexico)
• Calz. San Isidro Tecpatl (From Las Armas to Av. Tezozómoc)
• Tochtli (Pte - Ote)(From Tezozómoc to Aquiles Serdán)
• Manuel Acuña / 16 de Septiembre (Ote - Pte) (From Aquiles Serdán to Av. 22 de febrero)
• Calzada Camarones (From Aquiles Serdán to Av. de las Granjas / Glorieta de Camarones)
• Avenida Cuitláhuac (From Av. de las Granjas to Insurgentes and Eje Central)
• Alfredo Robles Domínguez (From Eje Central to Calzada de Guadalupe)
• Noé (From Calz. de Guadalupe to Eje 1 Ote Ferrocarril Hidalgo)
• Ángel Albino Corzo / Oriente 101 (From Eje 1 Ote to Gran Canal / Avenida 503)
• Avenida 506 (From Avenida 503 to Avenida 608, Vialidad Poniente - Oriente, assisted by Av. 508 (Par Vial) Oriente – Poniente)
• Avenida 602 / Texcoco / Vía Tapo (From Oceanía to Anillo Periférico Río de los Remedios, no longer considered an Eje Vial.

(Two-way and west-to-east)

• Av. Ahuehuetes / Esperanza / Refinería Azcapotzalco (From Aquiles Serdán to Av. Azcapotzalco)
• Antigua Calzada de Guadalupe (From Av. Azcapotzalco to Ceylan)
• Av. Azcapotzalco - La Villa (From Ceylan to Norte 35)
• Poniente 128 (From Norte 35 to Eje Central Av. de los 100 Metros)
• Fortuna (From Eje Central to Insurgentes)
• Euzkaro (From Insurgentes to Calzada de Guadalupe)
• Talismán (From Calz. de Guadalupe to Gran Canal)
• Avenida 510 (From Gran Canal to Eje 5 Nte Avenida 412)

(Mostly east-to-west with counterflow lane, Metrobús line 6 (planned))

• Avenida 412 (From Av. Central / 608 to José Loreto Fabela)
• Río de Guadalupe (De Loreto Fabela to Calle Emiliano Zapata)
• Calz. San Juan de Aragón / Calz. de Aragón (From Emiliano Zapata to 5 de Febrero)
• Cantera (From 5 de Febrero/ Av. Gral. Martin Carrera to Misterios)
• Montevideo (From Misterios to Eje Central Av. de los 100 Metros)
• Poniente 140 (From Eje Central to Ceylán / Arena Ciudad de México)
• Deportivo Reynosa (From Ceylán to Andrés Henestrosa / Av. Ixtacala)
• Andrés Henestrosa (From Deportivo Reynosa to Av. de las Culturas)
• Avenida de las Culturas (From Ixtacala to Calz. de las Armas / Aquiles Serdán)

(Partially two-way)

• Cultura Romana (From Cultura Norte to Av. Maravillas)
• Poniente 152 (From Av. Maravillas to Eje 1 Pte Calz. Vallejo)
• Othón de Mendizábal / Las Torres (From Vallejo to Miguel Bernard)
• Miguel Bernard (From Othón de Mendizábal to Juan de Dios Bátiz)
• Juan de Dios Bátiz (From Miguel Bernard to Calzada Ticoman)
• Calzada Ticomán (From Juan de Dios Bátiz to Misterios / Cantera)
• Fray Sebastián de Aparicio (From Eje 1 and 2 Ote Av. Centenario to Eje 3 Ote Eduardo Molina)
• Avenida 306 (From Eje 3 Ote to Gran Canal)
• Villa de Ayala (From Gran Canal to Dolores Hidalgo)
• Francisco Villa (From Dolores Hidalgo to Avenida Central Carlos Hank González)

(Two-way)

• Avenida Chapultepec (From Circuito Interior Melchor Ocampo to Eje 1 Pte Cuauhtémoc)
• Fray Servando Teresa de Mier (From Eje 1 Pte to Circuito Interior Blvd. Puerto Aéreo)
• Avenida 8 (From Blvd. Puerto Aéreo to Nezahualcóyotl, Estado de México)
• San Pablo (Oriente - Poniente) (From Eje 1 Ote Anillo de Circunvalación to Av. Pino Suárez)
• José María Izazaga (Oriente - Poniente) (From Pino Suárez to Eje Central)
• Arcos de Belén (From Eje Central to Eje 1 Pte Bucareli)

(West-to-east with counterflow lane)

Juan Escutia (From Circuito Interior José Vasconselos to Av. Tamaulipas)

• 'Av. Nuevo León' (From Av. Tamaulipas to Eje 3 Pte Salamanca, not part of the Eje Vial)
• 'Álvaro Obregón' (From Salamanca to Av. Yucatán)
• Yucatán (From Álvaro Obregón to Insurgentes / Medellín (This section serves as both Eje 2 Sur and Eje 3 Poniente)
• Querétaro (From Insurgentes to Eje 1 Pte Cuauhtémoc)
• Doctor Olvera (From Eje 1 Pte to Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas)
• Manuel José Othón (From Eje Central to José Tomás Cuellar)
• Av. José Tomás Cuellar (From Manuel José Othón to Calz. San Antonio Abad)
• Av. del Taller (From Calzada San Antonio Abad to Av. Genaro García)

Eje 2A Sur

• San Luis Potosí (De Insurgentes to Eje 1 Pte Cuauhtémoc)
• Doctor Balmis (From Eje 1 Pte to Eje Central)
• Manuel Payno (From Eje Central to José Tomás Cuellar)

(East-to-west with counterflow lane)

• Canal de Tezontle (From Anillo Periférico Canal de San Juan to Eje 5 Ote Javier Rojo Gómez. Considered to be Eje 3 and 4 Sur)
• Ferrocarril de Río Frio (From Eje 5 Ote to Circuito Interior Rio Churubusco)
• Vainilla (From Circuito Interior to Av. Canela)
• Añil (From Canela to Eje 3 Ote Azúcar)
• Morelos (From Eje 3 Ote to Eje 1 Ote La Viga)
• Calzada Chabacano (From Eje 1 Ote to Calz. San Antonio Abad)
• José Peón Contreras (From San Antonio Abad to Eje Central)
• Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto (From Eje Central to Eje 1 Pte Cuauhtémoc)
• Baja California (From Eje 1 Pte to Benjamin Franklin)
• Benjamin Franklin (From Baja California to Circuito Interior Revolución. This section is considered also to be Eje 3 and 4 Sur)

(West-to-east artery with counterflow lane and Metrobús line 2)

• Benjamin Franklin (From Circuito Interior Revolución to Av. Nuevo León)
• Tehuantepec (From Nuevo León to Viaducto Miguel Alemán)
• Chilpancingo (From Insurgentes to Av. Coyoacán)
• Rafael Dondé (From Insurgentes to Xola)
• Xola (From Insurgentes to Calzada de Tlalpan)
• Napoleón (From Calzada de Tlalpan to Av. Presidente Plutarco Elías Calles)
• Av. Presidente Plutarco Elías Calles (From Av. Napoleón to Circuito Interior Rio Churubusco)
• Avenida Té (From Circuito Interior to Eje 4 Ote Canal de Churubusco)
• San Rafael Atlixco (From Eje 4 Ote to Av. Río Mayo)
• Prolongación Plutarco Elías Calles (From Av. Río Mayo to Eje 5 Ote Javier Rojo Gómez)
• Canal de Tezontle (From Eje 5 Ote to Anillo Periférico Canal de San Juan)

(East-to-west with reversible lane)

• Av. Las Torres (From Autopista México - Puebla to Vicente Guerrero)
• Av. Circunvalación (From Vicente Guerrero to Eje 7 Ote Av. Guelatao)
• Marcelino Buendía (From Eje 7 Ote to Anillo Periférico Canal de San Juan)
• Leyes de Reforma (From Anillo Periférico to Cazuelas)
• Abarrotes and Víveres (From Cazuelas to Circuito Interior Rio Churubusco)
• Santa María La Purísima (From Circuito Interior to Eje 2 Ote Calz. de la Viga)
• Playa Villa del Mar (From Eje 2 Ote to Av. Presidente Plutarco Elías Calles)
• 1° de Mayo (From Plutarco Elías Calles to Calzada de Tlalpan)
• Ramos Millán (From Calz. de Tlalpan to Eje Central)
• Eugenia (From Eje Central to Av. Colonia del Valle)
• Av. Colonia del Valle (From Eugenia to Insurgentes)
• San Antonio (From Insurgentes to Anillo Periférico Adolfo López Mateos)
• Prolongación San Antonio (From Anillo Periférico to Eje 5 Pte Alta Tensión. Este tramo funge como el Eje 5 and 6 Sur)

(West-to-east with reversible lane(s))

• Prolongación San Antonio (From Eje 5 Pte Alta Tensión to Anillo Periférico Adolfo López Mateos)
• Tintoreto (From Anillo Periférico to Holbein)
• Holbein (From Circuito Interior Revolución to Insurgentes)
• Ángel Urraza (From Insurgentes to Eje Central)
• Av. Independencia (From Eje Central to Calzada de Tlalpan)
• Av. Morelos (From Calzada de Tlalpan to Av. Presidente Plutarco Elías Calles)
• Playa Pie de la Cuesta (From Av. Presidente Plutarco Elías Calles to Eje 2 Ote Calz. La Viga)
• Cardiólogos (From Eje 2 Ote to Trabajadoras Sociales)
• Trabajadoras Sociales (From Cardiólogos to Eje 5 Ote Javier Rojo Gómez)
• Av. Jalisco (From Eje 5 Ote to Albarrada)
• Luis Méndez (From Albarrada to Av. Circunvalación)
• Av. Las Torres (From Av. Circunvalación to la Autopista México-Puebla)

(mostly east-to-west with two-way on Zapata)

• Oriente 172 (From Circuito Interior Rio Churubusco to Calz. de Tlalpan)
• Zapata (From Calz. de Tlalpan to Av. Universidad)
• Félix Cuevas (From Av. Universidad to Insurgentes)
• Extremadura (From Insurgentes to Circuito Interior Revolución)

Eje 7A Sur

Municipio Libre' (From Av. Universidad to Circuito Interior Rio Churubusco)

(West-to-east and two-way)

• José María Rico (From Insurgentes / Circuito Interior Rio Mixcoac to Av. Universidad)
• Popocatépetl (From Av. Universidad to Calzada de Tlalpan)
• Calzada Ermita-Iztapalapa (From Calzada de Tlalpan to Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza / Carretera Federal México - Puebla)

(Fragmented two-way)

• Miguel Ángel de Quevedo (From Insurgentes to Calz. de Tlalpan)
• Taxqueña (From Calz. de Tlalpan to Canal Nacional)
• Av. Tláhuac (From Canal Nacional to Centro de Tláhuac. This section is considered Eje 9 and 10 Sur)
• Bilbao (From Miguel Hidalgo to Anillo Periférico Canal de Garay)

(East-to-west artery and two-way)

• Carretera Tlaltenco a la Mexico - Puebla (2 way)(From Carretera Federal México-Puebla to Calle 8)
• Calle 8 (From Carretera Tlatenco to Carretera a Santa Catarina)
• Carretera a Santa Catarina (From Calle 8 to Av. Pedro María Anaya)
• Independencia (From Carlos Vidal to Miguel Hidalgo)
• Av. Pedro María Anaya (Norte - Sur) & Monte de las Cordilleras (Sur - Norte) (From Carretera a Santa Catarina to Av. Ojo de Agua)
• Antonio Bejar (Pte - Ote) & Av. Ojo de Agua (Ote -Pte) (From Monte de las Cordilleras to Av. Tláhuac)
• Av. Miguel Hidalgo (From Av. Independencia to Av. Tláhuac)
• Av. Tláhuac (2 way)(From Av. Ojo de Agua to Calz. la Virgen)
• Calzada de la Virgen (2 way) (From Canal Nacional to Calz. de Tlalpan)
• Pedro Henríquez Ureña (2 way) (From Eje Central Avenida Aztecas to Antonio Delfín Madrigal)
• Copilco (2 way)(From Antonio Delfín Madrigal to Universidad. )
• Copilco (East - West) (From Universidad to Insurgentes)
• Rio de La Magdalena (East-West) (From Insurgentes to Fraternidad)
• Canoa (East-West) (From Fraternidad to Av. San Jerónimo)
• San Jerónimo (East-West) (From Canoa to Anillo Periférico Adolfo Ruiz Cortínez / Ruta de la Amistad)
• San Jerónimo (West-East) (From Anillo Periférico Adolfo Ruiz Cortínez / Ruta de la Amistad to Insurgentes)
• Universidad (East-West) (From Insurgentes to Copilco)

(Mostly north-to-south)

• Via Morelos (In Ecatepec, State of Mexico, not considered part of the Eje Vial)
• Av. Centenario (From Anillo Periférico Rio de los Remedios to Av. Martin Carrera (En este tramo, este es el Eje 1 and 2 Oriente))
• Ferrocarril Hidalgo (From Av. Martin Carrera to Circuito Interior Rio Consulado),
• Boleo (From Rio Consulado to Eje 2 Norte (Canal del Norte)),
• Av. del Trabajo (De Canal del Norte a Eje 1 Norte (Avenida Héroe de Granaditas)),
• Vidal Alcocer (From Eje 1 Norte to República de Guatemala),
• Anillo de Circunvalación (From República de Guatemala to Eje 1 Sur (Fray Servando)),
• Calzada de la Viga (From Fray Servando to Viaducto Rio de la Piedad),
• Av. Andrés Molina Enríquez (From Viaducto Rio de la Piedad to Circuito Interior Rio Churubusco),
• Av. Vía Láctea (Norte-Sur) / Cerro de las Torres (Sur-Norte) (From Rio Churubusco to Canal Nacional),
• Av. de las Torres (From Canal Nacional to Canal de Miramontes) y
• Canal de Miramontes (From Circuito Interior Rio Churubusco and Av. de las Torres to Anillo Periférico / Glorieta de Vaqueritos (From el tramo en el que Canal de Miramontes se une con Av. Escuela Naval Militar, se convierte en el Eje 1 and 2 Oriente)

(Mostly south-to-north)

• Canal de Miramontes (Eje 1 and 2 Oriente) (De Glorieta de Vaqueritos / Anillo Periférico a Escuela Naval Militar)
• Heroica Escuela Naval Militar (From Canal de Miramontes to Canal Nacional)
• Calzada de la Viga (From Canal Nacional to Eje 2 Sur (Av. del Taller)
• Congreso de la Unión / Inguarán (From Eje 4 Sur (Plutarco Elias Calles) to Eje 5 Norte (Calzada San Juan de Aragón))
• Av. Centenario (Eje 1 and 2 Oriente) (To Anillo Periférico Rio de los Remedios)

(Two-way, Metrobús line 5 planned)

• Av. Ing. Eduardo Molina (From Anillo Periférico Rio de los Remedios to Calz. Ignacio Zaragoza)
• Francisco del Paso and Troncoso (From Ignacio Zaragoza to Viaducto Rio de la Piedad)
• Azúcar (From Viaducto Rio de la Piedad to Eje 4 Sur (Plutarco Elías Calles))
• Francisco del Paso and Troncoso (From Eje 4 Sur to Eje 6 Sur (Trabajadoras Sociales))
• Geógrafos (From Eje 6 Sur a Circuito Interior Rio Churubusco)
• Avenida 5 (From Rio Churubusco to Eje 8 Sur (Calzada Ermita-Iztapalapa))
• Av. Arneses / Prolongación Arneses (From Eje 8 Sur to Canal Nacional / Eje 9 Sur (Taxqueña))
• Av. Carlota Armero (From Taxqueña to Calzada La Virgen / Eje 10 Sur)
• Av. Armada de México (From La Virgen a Rancho Vista Hermosa)
• Cafetales (From Rancho Vista Hermosa to Anillo Periférico Adolfo Ruiz Cortinez)

Eje 3 Oriente forms part of the “Eje Troncal Metropolitano” connecting Ecatepec with Xochimilco in southeast Mexico City, along:

• Avenida Central (Carlos Hank González, en el Estado de México (From Carretera Federal Lechería to Eje 5 Norte (Avenida 412))
• Avenida 608 (From Eje 5 Norte to Circuito Interior (Rio Consulado))
• Av. Oceanía (From Circuito Interior to incorporarse con el Eje 3 Oriente hacia el sur a partir de Francisco del Paso and Troncoso mediante el distribuidor vial Heriberto Castillo)

(Two-way)

• Av. Canal Río Churubusco (From Circuito Interior Rio Churubusco & Eje 6 Sur to Anillo Periférico Calle 7)
• Prolongación Río Churubusco (From Calle Prosperidad to Vía Express Tapo / Av. Bordo de Xochiaca)

(Two-way)

• Av. Central (From Eje 1 Norte (Talleres Gráficos) to Calz. Ignacio Zaragoza)
• Av. Javier Rojo Gómez (From Calz. Ignacio Zaragoza to Eje 8 Sur Calz. Ermita-Iztapalapa)

(North-to-south, non-continuous)

• Calle 4 (From Av. Prosperidad to Calz. Ignacio Zaragoza)
• Oriente 253 (From Calz. Ignacio Zaragoza to Eje 3 Sur Ferrocarril de Río Frío)
• Guerra de Reforma (From Eje 4 Sur (Canal de Tezontle) to Canal del Moral)

(Two-way)

• Av. Adolfo López Mateos / Av. Juan Crisóstomo Bonilla (From Av. Bordo de Xochiaca to Calz. Ignacio Zaragoza, in Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico, not considered an Eje Vial)
• Av. Guelatao (From Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza to Av. Santa Cruz Meyehualco)
• Calle 39 (From Av. Santa Cruz Meyehualco to Eje 8 Sur Calz. Ermita-Iztapalapa)

(North-to-south with counterflow lane and Metrobús line 3)

• Calzada Vallejo (From Anillo Periférico Acueducto de Tenayuca to Circuito Interior Rio Consulado)
• Guerrero (From Circuito Interior to México - Tenochtitlan)
• Rosales (From México - Tenochtitlan to Paseo de la Reforma)
• Bucareli (From Paseo de la Reforma to Eje 1 Sur (Av. Chapultepec)
• Cuauhtémoc (from Av. Chapultepec to Eje 8 Sur (Popocatépetl))
• Av. México-Coyoacán (From Popocatépetl to Circuito Interior Rio Churubusco)

(South-to-north)

• Gabriel Mancera (From Av. Universidad to Viaducto Miguel Alemán)
• Monterrey (From Viaducto Miguel Alemán to Eje 1 Sur (Av. Chapultepec))
• Florencia (From Av. Chapultepec to Paseo de la Reforma)
• Rio Tíber (From Paseo de la Reforma to Circuito Interior Melchor Ocampo)

(North-to-south)

• Thiers (From Ejercito Nacional Mexicano to Circuito Interior Melchor Ocampo)
• Rio Mississippi (From Circuito Interior to Paseo de la Reforma)
• Sevilla (From Paseo de la Reforma to Eje 1 Sur (Av. Chapultepec))
• Salamanca (From Av. Chapultepec to Álvaro Obregón)
• Yucatán (From Av. Álvaro Obregón to Insurgentes, este tramo funge como el Eje 3 Poniente and Eje 2 Sur)
• Medellín (From Eje 1 Sur (Av. Chapultepec) to Av. Obrero Mundial),
• Amores (From Av. Obrero Mundial to División del Norte / Glorieta de Riviera)
• Av. Coyoacán (From Av. Colonia del Valle to Circuito Interior Rio Churubusco)

(Two-way)

• Calzada Gral. Mariano Escobedo (From Ejercito Nacional Mexicano to Circuito Interior Melchor Ocampo / Paseo de la Reforma)
• Circuito Interior José Vasconcelos (From Paseo de la Reforma to Eje 3 and 4 Sur (Benjamín Franklin))
• Revolución (From Eje 3 and 4 Sur (Benjamín Franklin) to Via Escolar C.U.)

El tramo Revolución tiene sentido Norte - Sur de Benjamin Franklin a Circuito Interior Río Mixcoac, and posteriormente two-way.

• Patriotismo (Sur - Norte) (From Circuito Interior Rio Mixcoac to Circuito Interior José Vasconcelos)

(Two-way)

• Camino de los Toros (Sur - Norte) (From Constituyentes to Av. Observatorio)

(Sur 128 funge como su vialidad auxiliar sentido Norte - Sur)

• Sur 122 (From Av. Observatorio to Av. Camino Real a Toluca)
• Escuadrón 201 (From Av. Camino Real a Toluca to Av. Central)
• Av. Central (From Av. Escuadrón 201 to Eje 5 and 6 Sur (Prolongación San Antonio))
• Alta Tensión (From Prolongación San Antonio to Av. Centenario)
• Av. Alfonso Caso Andrade (From Av. Centenario to Rómulo O'Farril)

(Non-continuous two-way)

• San Pedro Xalpa (From Eje 6 Norte (Av. Cultura Romana) to Av. Miguel Hidalgo)
• 22 de Febrero (From Eje 4 Norte (Calz. Azcapotzalzo-La Villa) to Eje 3 Norte (Calz. Camarones))

(Two-way)

• Puente de Guerra (From Av. El Rosario to Zempoaltecas)