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Federal Highway 8 (Spanish: Carretera Federal 8, Fed. 8) is a free part of the federal highways corridors (Spanish: los corredores carreteros federales) in Sonora. It is connected to the roadway that transitions from the border post at Lukeville, Arizona where it connects with Arizona State Route 85, proceeds south through Puerto Peñasco with Sonoyta, Sonora, and intersects with Fed. 2. It continues through the El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve until ending at Puerto Peñasco, a length of 100 km (62 mi).
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| Carretera federal 8 | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Board of Highways of the State of Sonora | ||||
| Length | 103.70 km[1] (64.44 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end | Puerto Peñasco, Son. | |||
 SH 3 near Puerto Peñasco Fed. 2 in Sonoyta | ||||
| East end |  SR 85 between Sonoyta and Lukeville, AZ | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Mexico | |||
| State | Sonora | |||
| Highway system | ||||
| State Highways in Sonora | ||||
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Major intersections
edit| Municipality | Location[2] | km[3] | mi | Roads intersected | Notes |
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| Puerto Peñasco | Puerto Peñasco | 0 | 0 | 1 de Junio | Western terminus |
| 9.9 | 6.2 | SH 3 – Golfo de Santa Clara, Sahuaro
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| Plutarco Elías Calles | Sonoyta | 100 | 62 | Fed. 2 east – Santa Ana, Caborca
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Begin overlay of Fed. 2 |
| 101 | 63 | Fed. 2 west – San Luis Río Colorado, Mexicali
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End overlay of Fed. 2 | ||
| 104 | 65 |  SR 85 north – Lukeville
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Eastern terminus at Mexico-U.S. border proceeding into Pima County, AZ | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Datos Viales de Sonora" (PDF) (in Spanish). Dirección General de Servicios Técnicos, Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. 2011. pp. 5–6. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 16, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ^ Sonora (PDF) (Map) (2008–2009 ed.). 1:770,000 (in Spanish). Cartography by Subdirección de Cartografía de la Dirección de Estadística y Cartografía. Dirección General de Planeación, Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 16, 2010. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
- ^ "Route of Fed. 8" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
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