Distribuidor Vial

View along the Distribuidor Vial San Antonio

The Distribuidor Vial is a Mexican freeway located at the west side of Mexico City called "Distribuidor Vial San Antonio" and at the east side of the city another one called "Distribuidor Vial Zaragoza". It was built under the mandate of the previous head of government, Andrés Manuel López Obrador between 2002 and May 14th 2006. It's called also "Segundo piso" (second floor). The "Distribuidor Vial" is part of a much more ambitious project (los "Segundos Pisos" more than 180 km all over the city). A series of roads elevated, all over existing roads, to solve some of the problems of traffic of Mexico City.

Years after its construction, traffic problems have not been alleviated, as the freeway is jammed during rush hours of morning and evening and only allows saving of time during non rush hours. Also, it is used by a minimum percentage of the population and does not solves any of the many public transportation issues in the city.

Main purposes

The main purpose of the Distribuidor Vial is to solve traffic jams in the following avenues and roads:

• Anillo Periferico Sur (Exterior Circuit)
• Eje 5 Sur San Antonio(Main route 5 South)
• Eje 10 Sur San Jerónimo (Main route 10 South)
• Revolución (Interior Circuit)
• Viaducto Río Becerra (Viaducto Miguel Alemán)
• Eje 6 Sur Holbein (Main route 6 South)
• Las Flores
• Barranca del Muerto
• Rómulo O'Farrill

Names

The Distribuidor Vial is named after the streets it crosses:

• San Antonio (East-South)(San Antonio Av.-Lomas de Plateros)
• San Jerónimo (South-East) (San Jerónimo Av.-Lomas de Plateros)
• Las Torres (South-East) (Las Torres Av.-San Antonio Av.)
• Las Flores (North-South) (Las Flores Av.-San Jerónimo Av.)
• Zaragoza (North-South-North) (Ignacio Zaragoza Road)

All those streets, except Zaragoza, belong to the same network of freeways.