BajaNomad

Otay Mesa Sentri Lanes

bigboy - 12-23-2006 at 12:43 PM

I recently got my sentri pass and would like to know where are the sentri lanes at the Otay border crossing. I know how to get to the Otay crossing and I assume the sentri lanes are to the right like the crossing at SY.
Last week we crossed Otay on Sunday morning and spent three hours in line. The traffic was so bad that I couldn't look for the sentri lanes!

elgatoloco - 12-23-2006 at 01:18 PM

The Sentri lanes are in fact at the eastern of right side of the regular lanes. They can not be accessed from the regular lanes as they are seperated by k rail.

The best way to access them is to follow the border/airport road thru TJ. Head past the airport then follow the signs that say Garita Otay, make the first left, head thru a couple of stop signs then you will go UNDER the regular lanes and make a left onto a frontage type road that has some small stores and shops of various nature. It starts out as a two way road then at the end of the shops it turns into a one-way ride to the Sentri booths. If you have someone riding with you that is not Sentri authorized you can easily drop them at the curb and they can walk across and you can pick them up a otro lado.