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The Glorieta de las Mujeres Libres opened to traffic on May 25, ending more than a year of detours around one of San Jose del Cabo’s busiest intersections.
The multi-level interchange replaces the old Fonatur roundabout on the Transpeninsular Highway, where authorities report more than 62,000 vehicles a day along the corridor linking the airport, downtown, and Cabo San Lucas.
For residents who still call it the Fonatur roundabout, the redevelopment targeted one of the municipality’s worst bottlenecks: the stretch where airport-bound traffic, local commuters, and tourist coaches all converged on a single circle.
What the New Configuration Does
Crews dismantled the original roundabout over the course of 2025 and built a roadway that separates through traffic from local circulation.
The completed interchange now includes an elevated overpass, lower-level circulation lanes, pedestrian crossings, bike infrastructure, and redesigned access points intended to reduce wait times through the intersection.
The purpose of the rebuild is to reduce wait times: earlier updates indicated significant decreases in delay between the airport and the tourist corridor once traffic was no longer directed through the old circle.
By early 2026, municipal updates had put the work at roughly 70 percent complete, with structural building largely finished and crews turning to paving, drainage, and lighting in the final months.
A Year of Disruption
The construction reshaped daily commuting across central San Jose del Cabo. Closures spilled into secondary streets and slowed the run between the two cities for much of the year, a fixture of the route for anyone traveling between San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas.
Officials pitched the project as a long-term answer to the region’s population and tourism growth and called the finished interchange one of the municipality’s most significant road improvements in years.
The corridor it sits on remains among Los Cabos’ most heavily used, threading residential neighborhoods, hotel zones, and the airport into a single line of traffic.
Whether the design can cope with peak demand will be answered by the upcoming high season.