Before 2015, the road network of the state of Michoacán was 15,498 km long. In recent years, the entity has achieved a development of its infrastructure that enables the transport of goods and people.

The network is distributed as follows:
• Federal paved road network: 2,350 km
• State paved road network: 4,500 km
• Coated rural road network: 3,320 km
• Gap type road network: 3,730 km
• Current network without an entity responsible for its conservation: 1,598 km
• Total: 15,498 kilometers

Main access to the city
Morelia constitutes the main road nucleus of the state of Michoacán, and the main roads it has are the following:

• Morelia-Salamanca Road (federal 43):
It starts towards the north and connects the city with the state of Guanajuato. It has 4 lanes to the junction with the Mexico-Guadalajara highway and 2 lanes from there to Salamanca city.

• Morelia-Salamanca Freeway:
Part towards the north as a continuation of the Morelia-Salamanca road at the junction with Santa Ana Maya´s Town. It has 2 lanes until the junction with the Salamanca-Celaya-Querétaro road. Actually it has several toll booths located at La Cinta (junction to Santa Ana Maya), also at the exit to Valle de Santiago, at the exit to Salamanca and junction to the Salamanca-Celaya-Querétaro road.

• Morelia-Guadalajara Road (federal 15):
Part towards the west and connects with Guadalajara City, wich is the second most important city in the country, passing through Quiroga, Zacapu, Zamora de Hidalgo and Ocotlán. It has two lanes all the way through Michoacán, and four lanes in some parts of the state of Jalisco.

• Mexico-Morelia-Guadalajara Freeway (15D fee):
Although it does not pass through the city of Morelia, it pass very close to (25 km north) and actually connects Morelia with the two main cities of the country. It has at least four lanes throughout the road.

• Morelia - Zitácuaro - Toluca – Mexico City Road (federal 15):
Part towards the east direction. The old road named "Mil Cumbres", connects Morelia with Mexico City, crossing some of the most highland parts of Michoacán. This road is almost in disuse.

• Morelia-Maravatío-Atlacomulco-Toluca Highway:
Part towards the east-northeast. It has free sections (without payment) with two lanes until Maravatío, and a four-lane freeway after Maravatío. It crosses by the panoramic highland of Morelia.

• Morelia-Pátzcuaro-Uruapan-Nueva Italia-Lázaro Cárdenas Road (federal 37):
Part towards the southwest of the city, it has four lanes until Pátzcuaro, and after that only two lanes (although there is a project to expand it), dividing it into the free route (federal 37) and the freeway (Quota 37D).

State Highways
• The road network in the State of Michoacán consists of 13,148 kilometers or 21,172 miles (latest data from INEGI, 2015)
• State paved highway network 4,500 kilometers or 7,246 miles.
*National Institute of Statistic and Geography (INEGI, by its acronym in Spanish)

Federal Highways
Federal paved highway network 2,350 kilometers or 3,784 miles

Rural roads
• Coated rural road network 3,320 kilometers or 5,346 miles.
• Gap-type Highway Network 3,730 kilometers or 6,006 miles.
• Current network without a responsible entity for its conservation 1,598 kilometers or 2, 573 miles.

Michoacán has a Harbor Industrial Park: the Lázaro Cárdenas industrial and commercial port, that has a leading international ocean access in the Mexican Pacific Ocean. The position of Port Lázaro Cárdenas allows access to the nations of the Pacific Basin and allows participating in the most developed international maritime transport chains.

The geographical location of the Port of Lázaro Cárdenas is a productive micro zone also known as the Balsas delta, where a great deal of port, commercial and industrial activity takes place, and which also has an attractive tourist port just 45 minutes away, that of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo; all of these are ports that make up an ideal complement for business and relaxation.

The micro zone of the Balsas delta, where the Lázaro Cárdenas port is situated, is also located in a strongly economic region, made up of the states of Michoacán, Guerrero, Querétaro, Mexico, Distrito Federal and Morelos. It is home to 33 percent of the country's total population and accounts for 42 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product and 49 percent of its manufacturing industry. The region has 31,581 kilometers of roads and 36,576 kilometers of railroads. There are three international and seven local airports, one of which is only 15 minutes away from Puerto Lázaro Cárdenas, while another international airport is only one hour away.

These terminals have the capacity to handle the equivalent of the total movement of the national port system, which in 2019 was 7.1 million TEU's (containers) Specialized Vehicle Terminal SSA
First place in vehicle management in the Mexican Pacific
Static Capacity: 14,000 cars.
Rotary capacity: 660 thousand units.

One of the port's strategic projects is the specialized automobile terminal, the first of its kind in Mexico, with a capacity of 660,000 units per year. This makes Lázaro Cárdenas the Mexican Pacific Port with the greatest movement of vehicles of the main automotive brands worldwide.
Static capacity, 14 000 cars, and its total capacity is 660 thousand cars per year, which makes it even more competitive.