Circuito Interior
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The Circuito Interior Bicentenario ("Bicentennial Inner Loop") or more commonly, Circuito Interior or even more simply Circuito, is a {{convert|42|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} urban freeway (in parts) and at-grade boulevard (in others), forming a loop around the central neighborhoods of Mexico City. It was built starting in 1961.{{cite news|url=http://www.excelsior.com.mx/index.php?m=nota&id_nota=742136 |title=Circuito Interior una arteria que cumple hoy 50 años |trans-title=Circuito Interior, an artery that is 50 years old today|accessdate=September 11, 2011|author=Arturo Páramo |date=June 3, 2011 |newspaper=Excélsior |language=Spanish }} The Circuito Interior received the appellation Bicentenario (Bicentennial) after a renovation that took place in 2010, Mexico's bicentennial year.
History
In 1951, {{convert|8|km|mi|abbr=on}} of the Río Consulado river's course between the Monumento a la Raza and Mexico City Airport was put underground and the route was opened as a highway. Regent Ernesto P. Uruchurtu decided upon the routing underground of more stretches of the rivers Río Consulado, Río Churubusco and Río de la Piedad. An {{convert|18|km|mi|abbr=on|adj=on}} route was completed in 1961. In 1974, the Circuito was extended to the south and west, which according to sources at the time resolved 50% of the intersections with severe traffic congestion, with the support of the additional controlled-access roads Río San Joaquin and Parque Vía, together with the construction of the feeder roads Tacuba, Los Hongos and Chapultepec.{{cite book|author=Espinosa López, Enrique|title=Ciudad de México, compendio de su desarrollo urbano, 1521-2000|trans-title=Mexico City, Compendium of its Urban Development, 1521-2000|location=México, D.F.|publisher=Direccion General de Publicaciones IPN|isbn=970-36-0065-4}} Its eastern and western parts were finished in 1976.
Section names
Along its course, each section of the Circuito has a specific name:
- Boulevard Puerto Aéreo (from Norte 184 to Avenida Fray Servando Teresa de Mier)
- Avenida Río Consulado (from Norte 184 to Insurgentes Norte)
- Paseo de las Jacarandas (from Insurgentes Norte to Ricardo Flores Magón)
- Avenida Instituto Técnico Industrial (from Ricardo Flores Magón to Ribera de San Cosme)
- Calzada Melchor Ocampo (from Ribera de San Cosme to Paseo de la Reforma)
- Maestro José Vasconcelos (from Paseo de la Reforma to Eje 4 Sur Benjamín Franklin)
- Avenida Revolución (southbound) and Avenida Patriotismo (northbound) (from Eje 4 Sur Benjamín Franklin to Molinos)
- Avenida Río Mixcoac (from Molinos to Insurgentes Sur)
- Avenida Río Churubusco (from Insurgentes Sur to Viaducto Río de la Piedad)
- Avenida Jesús Galindo y Villa (from Viaducto Río de la Piedad to the junction with Avenida Fray Servando Teresa de Mier)
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