Getting there & around
The main highways running south from the Texas border are: Hwy 57, bypassing most mountainous areas from Piedras Negras to Saltillo and eventually reaching Mexico City; Hwy 85, also known as the Pan-American Hwy, beginning at Nuevo Laredo and passing through Monterrey and Ciudad Victoria; and Hwy 40, running southwest from Reynosa to Monterrey, Saltillo, Durango and eventually Mazatlán on the Pacific coast. Smaller Hwys 101 and 180 go south from Matamoros down the Gulf coast through Tampico and Veracruz. Hwy 2, the Carretera Ribereña, parallels the Río Bravo between Ciudad Acuña and Matamoros.
Very frequent buses leave the cities on the Mexican side of the border to virtually every town in the region and most major destinations further afield. Numerous international airlines service Monterrey.
Northeast Mexico
- Northeast Mexico Overview
- Places in Northeast Mexico
- When to go & weather
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Getting there & around
- History
