Mexican Federal Highway 80 (Carretera Federal 80) connects Tampico, Tamaulipas, to Barra de Navidad

Barra de Navidad

Barra de Navidad is a small town located on the western coast-line of the Mexican state of Jalisco.The town of Barra de Navidad with a population of 7000+ is a small farming and fishing community located on the east end of the Bahía de Navidad, 60 km north of Manzanillo...

, Jalisco

Jalisco

Jalisco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Guadalajara.It is one of the more important states...

. Federal Highway 80 also connects the city of Guadalajara

Guadalajara

Guadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco...

 to the south coast in Jalisco

Jalisco

Jalisco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Guadalajara.It is one of the more important states...

. The highway runs through the towns of Acatlán de Juárez

Acatlán de Juárez

Acatlán de Juárez is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 166.68 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 22,540.-History:...

, Villa Corona

Villa Corona

Villa Corona is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 179.37 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 15,196....

, Cocula

Cocula

Cocula is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco. It is located 35 miles southwest of Guadalajara, on Mexico Highway 80. It sits at an elevation of 4,460 ft . According to the 2010 census, the population of the municipality was 26,174 with 14,548 inhabitants living in city...

, Tecolotlán

Tecolotlán

Tecolotlán is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 795.55 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 14,984.-History:...

, Unión de Tula

Unión de Tula

Unión de Tula is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 323.34 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 13,133....

, Autlán, La Huerta

La Huerta

La Huerta, or Huerta de Mataquito is a village or small town near the north bank of the Mataquito River, in the Hualañé commune, in the Curicó Province, in the Maule Region, of Chile...

, Casimiro Castillo

Casimiro Castillo

Casimiro Castillo is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 455.13 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 18,913....

, Melaque and Barra de Navidad

Barra de Navidad

Barra de Navidad is a small town located on the western coast-line of the Mexican state of Jalisco.The town of Barra de Navidad with a population of 7000+ is a small farming and fishing community located on the east end of the Bahía de Navidad, 60 km north of Manzanillo...

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On Wednesday May 20, 2009 work began to expand the highway to four lanes in the Villa Corona-Cocula section. The expanding of the section is being constructed using a budget of 200 million pesos allocated by the Expenditure Budget of the Federation in December 2008 for t2009.