Mexican Federal Highway 3

Federal Highway 3 (Spanish: Carretera Federal 3, Fed. 3 ) is a tollfree part of the federal highway corridors (Spanish: los corredores carreteros federales). One segment 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.

Federal Highway 3
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
Mexican Federal Highways List Autopistas
← Fed. 2D → Fed. 5

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.