Mexican Federal Highway 49

{{Short description|Highway in Mexico}}

{{Infobox road

|country=MEX

|type=FH

|route=49

|maint=Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation

|length_km=689.68

|length_ref=

|alternate_name=

|established=

|section1=North segment

|length_km1=526.7

|length_ref1={{cite web|publisher=Dirección General de Servicios Técnicos, Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes|title=Datos Viales de Chihuahua|url=http://dgst.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/Viales_2011/08_CHIHUAHUA.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316132600/http://dgst.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/Viales_2011/08_CHIHUAHUA.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-03-16|format=PDF|year=2011|language=es|page=6|access-date=2012-02-02}}{{cite web|publisher=Dirección General de Servicios Técnicos, Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes|title=Datos Viales de Durango|url=http://dgst.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/Viales_2011/10_DURANGO.pdf|format=PDF|year=2011|language=es|page=6|access-date=2012-02-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514181857/http://dgst.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/Viales_2011/10_DURANGO.pdf|archive-date=2012-05-14}}

|direction_a1=North

|terminus_a1={{jct|state=CHH|FH|45|FH|45D}} in Ciudad Jiménez{{cite web|publisher=Dirección General de Servicios Técnicos, Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes|title=Datos Viales de Chihuahua|url=http://dgst.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/Viales_2011/08_CHIHUAHUA.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316132600/http://dgst.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/Viales_2011/08_CHIHUAHUA.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-03-16|format=PDF|year=2011|language=es|page=2-3|access-date=2012-02-13}}

|junction1={{jct|state=CHH|FH|49D}} in San Rafael, Chihuahua

{{jct|state=DUR|FH|49D}} in Bermejillo, Chihuahua

{{jct|state=DUR|FH|40D}} east of La Torreña

{{jct|state=DUR|FH|40}} in Gómez Palacio

{{jct|state=DUR|FH|34}} near Pedriceña

{{jct|state=DUR|FH|40}} in Cuencamé

|direction_b1=South

|terminus_b1={{jct|state=ZAC|FH|45}} in Las Palmas, Zacatecas

|section2=South segment

|length_km2=162.98

|length_ref2={{cite web|publisher=Dirección General de Servicios Técnicos, Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes|title=Datos Viales de Zacatecas|url=http://dgst.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/Viales_2011/32_ZACATECAS.pdf|format=PDF|year=2011|language=es|page=10|access-date=2012-02-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514181752/http://dgst.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/Viales_2011/32_ZACATECAS.pdf|archive-date=2012-05-14}}

|direction_a2=North

|terminus_a2={{jct|state=ZAC|FH|45}} in Las Arcinas

|junction2={{jct|state=SLP|FH|63}} in Mexquitic{{cite web|publisher=Dirección General de Servicios Técnicos, Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes|title=Datos Viales de San Luis Potosí|url=http://dgst.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/Viales_2011/24_SAN_LUIS_POTOSI.pdf|format=PDF|year=2011|language=es|page=2-3|access-date=2012-02-17|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514180541/http://dgst.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/Viales_2011/24_SAN_LUIS_POTOSI.pdf|archive-date=2012-05-14}}

|direction_b2=South

|terminus_b2=San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí

|cities=

|previous_type=FH

|previous_route=45

|next_type=FH

|next_route=51

}}

Federal Highway 49 ( La Carretera Federal 49 ) (Fed. 49) is a toll-free (libre) part of the federal highways corridors of Mexico.{{cite web|url=http://dgp.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/Atlas/turis2008.pdf|title=Mapa Nacional de Comunicaciones y Transportes|publisher=Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes de Mexico|access-date=December 11, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126160054/http://dgp.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/Atlas/turis2008.pdf|archive-date=January 26, 2009}} The highway runs northwest-southeast in the western regions of the Mexican Plateau.

Fed. 49 has two separate improved segments: The first segment runs from Ciudad Jiménez, Chihuahua to just northwest of Fresnillo, Zacatecas. The highway is co-signed with Fed. 40 for 104.6 km (65 mi) from Gómez Palacio to Cuencamé.{{cite web|publisher=Dirección General de Servicios Técnicos, Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes|title=Datos Viales de Durango|url=http://dgst.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/Viales_2011/10_DURANGO.pdf|format=PDF|year=2011|language=es|page=5, 6|access-date=2012-02-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514181857/http://dgst.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/Viales_2011/10_DURANGO.pdf|archive-date=2012-05-14}}

The second segment runs from Las Arcinas, Zacatecas to San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí.