page_title: Tegucigalpa
section_title: Arterial roads
hierarchical_section_title: Tegucigalpa / Transportation / Roads and highways / Arterial roads
caption_attribution_description: English: Westbound on Boulevard Fuerzas Armadas in Tegucigalpa, M.D.C, Honduras. Español: Via al oeste en el Boulevard Fuerzas Armadas en Tegucigalpa, M.D.C., Honduras.
context_page_description: Tegucigalpa, formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District, and colloquially referred to as Tegus or Teguz, is the capital and largest city of Honduras along with its twin sister, Comayagüela.
  Claimed on 29 September 1578 by the Spaniards, Tegucigalpa became the country's capital on October 30, 1880, under President Marco Aurelio Soto, when he moved the capital from Comayagua. The Constitution of Honduras, enacted in 1982, names the sister cities of Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela as a Central District to serve as the permanent national capital, under articles 8 and 295.
  After the dissolution of the Federal Republic of Central America in 1841, Honduras became an individual sovereign nation with Comayagua as its capital. The capital was moved to Tegucigalpa in 1880. On January 30, 1937, Article 179 of the 1936 Honduran Constitution was changed under Decree 53 to establish Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela as a Central District.
  Tegucigalpa is located in the southern-central highland region known as the department of Francisco Morazán of which it is also the departmental capital. It is situated in a valley, surrounded by mountains.
context_section_description: The Anillo Periférico (beltway or ring road) and Boulevard Fuerzas Armadas (Armed Forces Blvd) are the city's two expressways—equipped with center dividers, interchanges, overpasses and underpasses—allowing for controlled-access traffic.  These connect with the city's other major boulevards: Central America Blvd, Suyapa Blvd, European Community Blvd, and Kuwait Blvd—which are essentially limited-access roadways as they have been equipped with interchanges but may lack underpasses or overpasses to bypass crossing surface road traffic.
  Despite a network of major highways, none reach directly into the historic downtown, forcing drivers to rely heavily on surface streets.  Like in most Central American cities, orientation and driving may be difficult to first-time visitors due to the nature of how streets are named, insufficient road signage and the natives' driving behavior.  The city administration has green lit several road infrastructure projects to help reduce traffic congestion and improve the overall aspect of the city.
  List of major thoroughfares in the Central District, including urban core arteries and outskirt roads:
  
  
   
  International highways
  CA-5 Northern stretch
  CA-5 Southern stretch
  CA-6
   
  National highways
  15
  25
  33
  64
  79
   
  Rural highways
  717
  782
  816
  853
  873
  880
   
  City highways
  Anillo Periférico
  Blvd Fuerzas Armadas
  Blvd Centro América
  Blvd Suyapa
  Blvd Juan Pablo II
  Blvd Kuwait
  Blvd Comunidad Europea
   
  Major roads and streets
  Ave Los Próceres/Ave La Paz
  Blvd Morazán
  Blvd Norte
  Carretera Lepaterique/Carretera al Batallón
  Carretera a Col. Country Club
  Carretera a Col. Valle Los Laureles
caption: Heading westbound on Armed Forces Blvd near the Metro Mall interchange
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