Highway 130D begins in the north with the Puente Tuxpan, crossing the Pantepec River.

It is a toll bridge, combined with the 37.5-kilometre (23.3 mi) highway; users pay 37 pesos just before meeting the interchange to Gutiérrez Zamora.

[2] Travelers can continue south to the Tihuatlán interchange with Mexican Federal Highway 180, where the designation changes to Mexican Federal Highway 132D,[1] or turn off toward Gutiérrez Zamora.

The 47.296 kilometres (29.388 mi) Tuxpan-Gutiérrez Zamora segment serves as a northeastern bypass of Poza Rica, ending at Highway 180 between Papantla de Olarte and Gutiérrez Zamora.

At the southern terminus, a CAPUFE toll plaza at Totomoxtle charges users 37 pesos.