Federal Highway 180D is the toll highways paralleling Highway 180 in seven separate segments of highway. Three are in Veracruz:, the Libramiento de Cardel, the highway from Cardel to Veracruz, and the Nuevo Teapa-Cosoleacaque highway. Four segments exist beyond Veracruz: one between Agua Dulce and Cárdenas, Tabasco, facilitating a connection from the city of Coatzacoalcos in Veracruz; a bypass of Villahermosa; one connecting Champotón to Campeche City, Campeche; and another connecting the cities of Mérida, Yucatán, and Cancún, Quintana Roo. An additional segment, connecting the latter highway to Playa del Carmen, is officially part of Highway 180D, but is signed as Highway 305D.
Libramiento de Cardel
The bypass of José Cardel is considered part of Federal Highway 180D. This road connects two separate roads signaged as Highway 180, the Tamarindo-Cardel highway and the mainline between Poza Rica and the port of Veracruz. A significant portion of this bypass has been on hold since 2010, even though the Veracruz state government spent 154 million pesos on it between 2010 and 2015. In December 2016, the SCT announced it would attempt to resume the Libramiento de Cardel and other unfinished road projects with the goal of finishing them by December 1, 2018, the end of Enrique Peña Nieto's presidency.
Cardel-Veracruz
The highway between Cardel and the city of Veracruz, which opened on May 1, 1994, is operated by the Veracruz state government. The mainline toll is 55 pesos for cars; this segment does not have a free alternative.
Nuevo Teapa-Cosoleacaque
The Highway 180D designation is also applied to a toll road between Nuevo Teapa and Cosoleacaque in the southern portion of Veracruz. The road picks up where the Federal Highway 145D designation leaves off at Cosoleacaque and carries passengers to Highway 180 at Nuevo Teapa, crossing the Coatzacoalcos River on the , which opened to traffic in 1984. One toll plaza booth exists on the road, to the east of the bridge; it charges cars a toll of 19 pesos.
Coatzacoalcos-Cárdenas
The only segment signaged Highway 180D in Tabasco begins almost immediately after crossing from Veracruz, at Agua Dulce. The Sánchez Magallanes toll plaza booth is located at one area where Highway 180 crosses the road, the only junction on the highway. Highway 180 transitions back into Highway 180D, ending the toll road, due west of Cárdenas. Cars are charged 65 pesos to travel the entire roadway and 32 pesos to travel either half.
The CAPUFE-operated road opened in mid-1996 and has a length of . In 2014, a spill of some 80,000 liters of oil prompted the closure of the toll road.
Libramiento de Villahermosa
The Libramiento de Villahermosa, bypassing Tabasco's largest city, opened on November 25, 2016. It is operated by Operadora de Autopistas de Villahermosa, S.A. de C.V. Cars are charged 52 pesos to use the entirety of the road.
Champotón-Campeche
The Champotón-Campeche highway is operated by Caminos y Puentes Federales (CAPUFE) and has a total length of . Cars are tolled 63 pesos to travel the entire route, 26 for the Villa Madero-Seybaplaya segment and 38 for the Seybaplaya-Campeche segment.
Route description
Highway 180D begins south of Campeche City, absorbing the local road Maestros Campechanos and immediately intersecting the Campeche Beltway (Periférico Pablo García y Montilla) with a full cloverleaf. Proceeding southwest, the next interchange is at Seybaplaya and is immediately followed by a toll plaza booth, the only one on the road. The road ends south of Villa Madero, and traffic proceeds down Highway 180 to Champotón.
History
In 2015, one lane of a toll plaza booth was rendered inoperable after a trailer's brakes failed.
Mérida-Cancún
Federal Highway 180D, also known in this stretch as the Autopista Mérida-Cancún or the Autovía del Mayab, is operated by Consorcio del Mayab, a unit of Empresas ICA which is also the concessionaire for Federal Highway 305D, a spur route to Playa del Carmen. 8,000 cars a day use the toll road.