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Gribblenación México; Jalisco State Highway 404 to Teocuitatlán de Corona


Jalisco State Highway 404 is an approximately 18.7 Kilometer highway located between Zacoalco de Torres and Ciudad Guzmán.  The highway begins at Jalisco State Highway 401 near El Zapote and terminates to the east in the heart of the town of Teocuitatlán de Corona.  The construction of Jalisco State Highway 404 appears to have been built concurrent with that of Federal Highway 54D in southern Jalisco during the late 1980s.  




A drive on Jalisco State Highway 404

What is now Teocuitatlán de Corona (originally Teocuitatlán) was located in the foothills of the Sierra del Tigre which were home to the Tzaullan.  The area was visited by Spanish Captain Juan Alavarez in 1521 and community was officially annexed by 1523.  The community was listed among the many free towns listed when a census was taken by the then new State of Jalisco in 1825 (the State was founded in 1823).  The Teocuitatlán town council was established in October 1844.  Later in 1890 the community would be officially renamed as Teocuitatlán de Corona in honor of Mexican General Ramón Corona. 

The Teocuitatlán de Corona Municipality is spread out over an area of 334.4 square Kilometers.  The Municipality includes the neighboring community outside of the Teocuitatlán de Corona town site. 


Prior to the Jalisco State Highway System, the town of Teocuitatlán de Corona appears to have been fairly isolated.  The community is shown to be primary connected to Zacoalco de Torres by a road through El Crucero de San Isidro on the 1922 Direccion de Estudios Geografícos y Climatologicos map of Jalisco


As presently configured Jalisco State Highway 404 is 18.7 Kilometers in length.  The highway begins at Jalisco State Highway 401 near El Zapote and ends at approximately at 63 Calle Guerrero in Teocuitatlán de Corona.  The construction of Jalisco State Highway 404 appears to have been built concurrent with that of Federal Highway 54D.  


Jalisco State Highway 404 appears on the 2006 Mapa de carreteras y caminos en el estado de Jalisco


Eastbound Jalisco State Highway 404 splits from Jalisco State Highway 401 near El Zapote. 



Eastbound Jalisco State Highway 404 bypasses much of El Zapote and intersects Federal Highway 54D.  The State Highway interacts with the Autopista interchange via two roundabouts.





As Jalisco State Highway 404 emergences from the roundabout east of Federal Highway 54D the community of Teocuitatlán de Corona is signed as 15 Kilometers away.  


Jalisco State Route 404 intersects Ramul Tehuantepec which provides access to the community of Tehuantepec.  



Jalisco State Highway 404 enters Teocuitatlán de Corona and intersects Jalisco State Highway 446.  The latter highway provides access Federal Highway 15 (via Jalisco State Highway 405) at the southern shore of Lake Chapala. 



Jalisco State Highway 404 terminates at approximately 63 Calle Guerrero in Teocuitatlán de Corona.




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