The Eje Central or Avenida Lázaro Cárdenas is an avenue in the
Cuauhtémoc
Cuauhtémoc (, ), also known as Cuauhtemotzín, Guatimozín, or Guatémoc, was the Aztec ruler ('' tlatoani'') of Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521, and the last Aztec Emperor. The name Cuauhtemōc means "one who has descended like an eagle", an ...
and
Gustavo A. Madero boroughs of
Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...
, Mexico. It is part of a system called
eje vial
The system of ejes viales (singular: ''eje vial'', lit. "road axis") in Mexico City is a large network of wide arterial roads with coordinated traffic signals. They are mainly directed in one-way with a single lane going in the opposite direction u ...
of roadways built by
Carlos Hank González to modernize Mexico City for improved traffic flow through the city. As its name indicates, it runs through the central zones of the city, starting at Río de los Remedios Avenue (in the limits of Mexico City and
Tlalnepantla
Tlalnepantla de Baz ( Otomi: ) is one of 125 municipalities of the state of Mexico, north of Mexico City. The municipal seat and largest city in the municipality is the city of Tlalnepantla. ''Tlalnepantla'' comes from the Náhuatl words ''tlall ...
, State of Mexico) and ending at Río Churubusco Avenue, near
Eje Central metro station.
Public transportation
Metro
Several
Mexico City Metro
The Mexico City Metro () is a rapid transit system that serves Greater Mexico City, the metropolitan area of Mexico City, including some municipalities in the State of Mexico. Operated by the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC), it is the Lis ...
stations are also located on Eje Central, most notably the
Eje Central station of
Line 12.
Line 8 runs under Eje Central on its stretch that crosses
downtown
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Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...
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;Metro stations
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Politécnico
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Autobuses del Norte
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Instituto del Petróleo
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La Raza
In Mexico, the Spanish expression ('the people'; literally: 'the race') has historically been used to refer to the mixed-race populations (primarily though not always exclusively in the Western Hemisphere), considered as an ethnic or racia ...
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Garibaldi / Lagunilla
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Bellas Artes
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San Juan de Letrán
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Salto del Agua
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Doctores
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Obrera
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Lázaro Cárdenas
Lázaro Cárdenas del Río (; 21 May 1895 – 19 October 1970) was a Mexican army officer and politician who served as president of Mexico from 1934 to 1940. Previously, he served as a general in the Constitutional Army during the Mexican Revo ...
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Eje Central
Trolleybus
Trolleybus
Line 1, also known as Corredor Cero Emisiones Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas (Zero Emissions Corridor), runs through Eje Central from the Northern Bus Station to the Southern Bus Station (near
Tasqueña metro station
Tasqueña (sometimes also spelled Taxqueña) is a metro station, station on List of Mexico City metro stations#Line 2: Cuatro Caminos .E2.80.93 Tasque.C3.B1a, Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Campestre Churubusco nei ...
).
See also
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Eje vial
The system of ejes viales (singular: ''eje vial'', lit. "road axis") in Mexico City is a large network of wide arterial roads with coordinated traffic signals. They are mainly directed in one-way with a single lane going in the opposite direction u ...
, the whole system
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References
External links
Streets in Mexico City
Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City
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