Toll roads around Cancún, the Yucatán Peninsula, and Baja California: Autopista del Mayab and Tijuana–Ensenada (2026)

Mérida–Cancún: a private concession since 1990

The Kantunil–Cancún motorway, marketed as the Autopista del Mayab, is federal highway 180D. According to the Proyectos México record, the concession was signed on 5 December 1990 and expires on 4 December 2050; the holder is Consorcio del Mayab, with EXI and Operadora Quantum as associated companies, and the toll is the source of payment. The original title covered the 250-kilometre Kantunil–Cancún stretch of the Mérida–Cancún road; a 2011 amendment added the Cedral–Tintal spur of 10 kilometres and the Tintal–Playa del Carmen spur of 44.

The operator describes about 300 kilometres with five interchanges, Izamal, Pisté, Valladolid, Tintal with the spur to Playa del Carmen, and the 15-kilometre spur to Cancún airport, and two mainline plazas: Chichén Itzá at kilometre 115+500 and Tintal at kilometre 237+700, plus another mainline caseta on the Playa del Carmen spur. It has multimodal lanes for cash or tag, express lanes for tags only, civil-liability insurance, and roadside assistance on 800 QUANTUM. The first stretch from Mérida, as far as Kantunil, is free federal highway 180.

Autopista del Mayab 2026 tariffs: what is reported

Because it is not part of CAPUFE's network, this motorway is absent from the Tarifas Vigentes 2026, and the operator did not publish an accessible tariff page during our review. Two regional outlets reported consistently that from 13 April 2026, after a 4.6 percent increase, the full Kantunil–Cancún run costs $675 for a car and $337 for a motorcycle, with $248 at the Chichén Itzá caseta and $427 at Tintal. The figures are internally consistent, but they are press reports, not official: confirm at the booth or in the SICT's current-tariff report before budgeting.

Highway 307 to Playa del Carmen and Tulum

Federal highway 307 between Cancún, Playa del Carmen, and Tulum has no caseta in CAPUFE's table, and the only toll stretches in the area are the Mayab concession's spurs, in particular Tintal–Playa del Carmen. It is commonly described as a free road; no official page says so expressly, so we record it with that reservation. The spur to Cancún airport has existed since the concession's first stage; whether it charges its own toll is not published.

Baja California: the Tijuana–Ensenada scenic road

Highway 1D between Tijuana and Ensenada is CAPUFE's, within the Red FONADIN, and Tijuana is one of IAVE's 13 regional units. The official table, block 30, lists three casetas with tariffs in force from 13 April 2026.

The corridor header prints $76 for motorcycles although the rows add to $75, because each caseta is rounded. There is also an intermediate rate at the Popotla node, $45 for a car, for the La Misión–Corredor 2000 section. CAPUFE's user insurance and cash payment in multimodal lanes apply on this motorway.

What to carry

In both regions cash is the safe option: CAPUFE accepts it in multimodal lanes by official rule, and the Autopista del Mayab states that it has multimodal lanes for cash or tag. An IAVE tag works on CAPUFE's network and compatible stretches; the Mayab concession accepts tags, but which system and with what coverage is something only the operator can confirm. Our Tijuana → Ensenada route page shows the $152 total with its source.