Mexican Federal Highway 2

Federal Highway 2
Carretera federal 2
Route information
Maintained by Secretariat of Communications and Transportation
Length	1,987.34 km[1][2][3][4][5][6] (1,234.88 mi)
Western segment
Length	1,343.14 km[1][2][3] (834.59 mi)
West end	Fed. 1 in Tijuana
Major intersections	Fed. 15 in Santa Ana Fed. 15 in Imuris Fed. 45 in Ciudad Juárez
East end	FM 1088 at the Fort Hancock – El Porvenir International Bridge
Eastern segment
Length	644.20 km[4][5][6] (400.29 mi)
West end	Spur 349 at the Lake Amistad Dam International Crossing
Major intersections	Fed. 57 in Piedras Negras Fed. 85 in Nuevo Laredo Fed. 30 in Nueva Ciudad Guerrero Fed. 54 in Ciudad Mier Fed. 40 in Reynosa Fed. 101 / Fed. 180 in Matamoros
East end	Playa Lauro Villar at the Gulf of Mexico
Location
Country	Mexico
States	Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas
Highway system
Mexican Federal Highways List Autopistas
← Fed. 1D → Fed. 2D

Federal Highway 2 (Spanish: Carretera Federal 2, Fed. 2) is a free part of the Mexican federal highway corridors (los corredores carreteros federales) that runs along the U.S. border. The highway is in two separate improved segments, starting in the west at Tijuana, Baja California, on the Pacific coast and ending in the east in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, on the Gulf of Mexico. Fed. 2 passes through the border states of Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas. It has a total length of 1,987 kilometres (1,235 mi); 1,343 kilometres (835 mi) in the west and 644 kilometres (400 mi) in the east.

Fed. 2 has a connection to all official ports of entry into the United States, with the exception of the international bridge between Ojinaga, Chihuahua, and Presidio, Texas, which is between the two highway segments. These ports of entry allow road access to the four border states of the United States: California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. As a result, customs inspection stations are common along some stretches of the highway.

Both segments of Fed. 2 are located entirely within the "Hassle Free Zone",^{[clarification needed]} which is the zone where a temporary import permit is not required for foreign vehicles. Tourist cards are only required to be obtained by tourists traveling on Fed. 2 between Sonoyta, Sonora, and Cananea, Sonora. The rest of Fed. 2 can be traveled without obtaining a tourist card as long as the stay does not last longer than 72 consecutive hours.