BajaNomad

Ensenada truck route

mtnpop - 10-20-2014 at 01:14 PM

As you are coming from Tecate and entering Ensenada on Hwy 3 at the end of the four lane on the left there is a new highway going up over the mountain that I was told is to be a truck bypass around Ensenada..
Is that fact or fiction and if fact does anyone know the particulars....
How far along is it?? where does it catch Hwy 1 on the south??????

It looked pretty far along last winter when we went by...

That would save bunches of time to get around town...

bajaguy - 10-20-2014 at 01:27 PM

Fact, not fiction

It's about to Ave Ruiz in Ensenada, nowhere near complete.

Closed to all traffic at this time

"Supposed" to rejoin Hwy 1 near Canyon Buena Vista, south of Manedearo

DENNIS - 10-20-2014 at 01:42 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by bajaguy

"Supposed" to rejoin Hwy 1 near Canyon Buena Vista, south of Manedearo



We should live so long. :lol:

bajaguy - 10-20-2014 at 01:46 PM

"They" never said when it would be completed.....

By the time the road gets to Manedearo, the part they completed will have to be rebuilt. Already visible erosion damage to embankments just south of Hwy 3
Quote:
Originally posted by DENNIS
Quote:
Originally posted by bajaguy

"Supposed" to rejoin Hwy 1 near Canyon Buena Vista, south of Manedearo



We should live so long. :lol:

Bob53 - 10-20-2014 at 01:53 PM

Will this be open to all traffic or just trucks?

bajaguy - 10-20-2014 at 02:12 PM

I don't know.

If I remember correctly the original plans called for only 4 exits/entrances to the truck route. Ruiz, Delante/Diamonte, someplace near COSTCO and someplace near Manedearo

bajadoc posted a map here:

http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=67146&pag...
Quote:
Originally posted by Bob53
Will this be open to all traffic or just trucks?


[Edited on 10-20-2014 by bajaguy]

Bob53 - 10-20-2014 at 02:30 PM

It would be nice to be able to bypass downtown Ensenada.

DENNIS - 10-20-2014 at 02:32 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by bajaguy
.

By the time the road gets to Manedearo, the part they completed will have to be rebuilt. Already visible erosion damage to embankments just south of Hwy 3




Job security. :biggrin:

DENNIS - 10-20-2014 at 02:34 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by bajaguy
I don't know.




I'm still wondering if it will be a toll road. Probably should be.





.

[Edited on 10-20-2014 by DENNIS]

Martyman - 10-20-2014 at 03:19 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Bob53
It would be nice to be able to bypass downtown Ensenada.


And miss Anthony's...no thanks!

mtnpop - 10-20-2014 at 04:34 PM

Never been to Anthony's so don't miss it... would love to miss all the mess getting thru town tho...
Guess at my age I will never have the chance to try it.... The other one would be great if they did the same thing at San Quintin....
But thats just asking way too much.... and yes I am spoiled .....

Bajahowodd - 10-20-2014 at 05:03 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Bob53
It would be nice to be able to bypass downtown Ensenada.


No matter how much this route might save in time, we have always enjoyed driving through Ensenada, simply because we have been going there and staying there since 1972. Call it nostalgia, if you will.

Even when our ultimate destination is Cabo, I enjoy driving through downtown Ensenada.

rts551 - 10-20-2014 at 05:10 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Quote:
Originally posted by Bob53
It would be nice to be able to bypass downtown Ensenada.


No matter how much this route might save in time, we have always enjoyed driving through Ensenada, simply because we have been going there and staying there since 1972. Call it nostalgia, if you will.

Even when our ultimate destination is Cabo, I enjoy driving through downtown Ensenada.


and Maneadero?

Udo - 10-21-2014 at 09:10 AM

Maneadero is a different story.

6 stop signs, where hardly anyone stops. Most of the locals take the dirt side road and just drive on without stopping.

bajaguy - 10-21-2014 at 09:34 AM

Plenty to see and do in Manedearo. You should park the car and walk around and explore.
Quote:
Originally posted by rts551
Quote:
Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Quote:
Originally posted by Bob53
It would be nice to be able to bypass downtown Ensenada.


No matter how much this route might save in time, we have always enjoyed driving through Ensenada, simply because we have been going there and staying there since 1972. Call it nostalgia, if you will.

Even when our ultimate destination is Cabo, I enjoy driving through downtown Ensenada.


and Maneadero?

bajaguy - 10-21-2014 at 09:37 AM

Just like the rest of Mexico
Quote:
Originally posted by Udo
Maneadero is a different story.

6 stop signs, where hardly anyone stops. Most of the locals take the dirt side road and just drive on without stopping.

DENNIS - 10-21-2014 at 09:41 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by bajaguy
Plenty to see and do in Manedearo. You should park the car and walk around and explore.



What have I been missing? :?:

bajaguy - 10-21-2014 at 09:42 AM

Not telling, you have to find those spots for yourself!!!
Quote:
Originally posted by DENNIS
Quote:
Originally posted by bajaguy
Plenty to see and do in Manedearo. You should park the car and walk around and explore.



What have I been missing? :?:

greengoes - 10-21-2014 at 09:50 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Bob53
Will this be open to all traffic or just trucks?


All vehicles some day. Cars have made on-ramps onto it (hahaha) and go from 3 to the reservoir. It's a real time saver for that part of the city. I have had the pleasure of using it.