Mexican Federal Highway 8

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).

Federal Highway 8
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 SH 36 in Sonoyta Fed. 2 in Sonoyta
East end	SR 85 between Sonoyta and Lukeville, AZ
Highway system
Mexican Federal Highways List • Autopistas ← Fed. 5 → Fed. 9

Major intersections

Municipality	Location[2]	km[3]	mi	Roads intersected	Notes
Puerto Peñasco	Puerto Peñasco	0	0	1 de Junio	Western terminus
		9.9	6.2	SH 3 – Golfo de Santa Clara, Sahuaro
Plutarco Elías Calles	Sonoyta	100	62	SH 36 – Pitiquito
		100	62	Fed. 2 east – Santa Ana, Caborca	Begin overlay of Fed. 2
		101	63	Fed. 2 west – San Luis Río Colorado, Mexicali	End overlay of Fed. 2
		104	65	SR 85 – Lukeville, AZ	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

1. "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.
2. 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.
3. Google (July 27, 2010). "Route of Fed. 8" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 27, 2010.