Looking for updated information on the road south of Puertecitos to Gonzaga. Have they opened anyway more paved road this summer, does it look like
they will have more done by mid November? What is the current travel time? ThanksDavid K - 8-15-2011 at 05:54 PM
Yes, after 12 months of hard work, they got FIVE whole miles added to where it ended last summer!
If you go to the Nomad Trip Reports forum, see the latest... Photos as well... Here is Part 2 of my trip report: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=53923
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Here is the road log I made:
The following road log was made on the July 4th weekend, 2011.
MILE / KM. Marker
0.0 San Felipe (Traffic Circle by Pemex stations, south turn)
0.8 Pemex station and market on south side of town
6.0 Left Turn off Airport Road, Km. 0
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(add 6.0 miles to following for distance from traffic circle)
The next 45 miles are well paved, but many short, steep and unmarked dips will require reduced speed to avoid damage.
0.0 / Km. 0 Airport Road/ Puertecitos Road Jcn.
12.5 / Km. 20-21 Rancho Percebu Road
15.7 / Km. 26+ Shell Island Road
18.6 / Km. 31 Bahia Santa Maria Road
19.3 / Km. 32+ Nuevo Mazatlan Road
21.5 / Km. 35.5 Colonia Delicias (markets/ restaurants)
29.6 / Km. 49 El Coloradito Road
32.8 / Km. 54 Campo Cristina Road
35.4 / Km. 58.5 Los Olivos Road
36.1 / Km. 60 Arroyo Matomi
36.3 Rancho San Rafael (well)
43.4 / Km. 72 Playa Destiny
44.9 / Km. 74+ PUERTECITOS (paved) Road
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The newest paved additions to Hwy. 5 are well engineered, wide and are designed and signed for high speed. However, frequent rock slides onto pavement
require caution.
0.0 / Km. 74+ Puertecitos Road
5.0 / Km. 83 Bahia Cristina
6.1 / Km. 84.5 La Costilla
7.2 mine road
16.4 El Huerfanito Road
18.9 Bridge at previous end of pavement (July 2010)
20.1 / Km. 311 Change of Km. markers, distance from Mexicali
23.6 / Km. 317
24.1 / Km. 318 END OF PAVED DRIVE, detour onto older road, regraded smooth. Pavement ends just ahead on new roadbed.
25.5 Okie Landing site.
32.0 END OF NEW ROAD CONSTRUCTION and end of smooth dirt detour on older road.
32.4 Campo Delfines Road
35.6 Las Encantadas Road
37.7 Punta Bufeo Road
42.4 Papa Fernandez' Road, roadbed south of here is better/ faster.
43.6 Miltary Checkpoint
45.0 GONZAGA BAY PEMEX/ ALFONSINA'S ROAD/ RANCHO GRANDE MARKET (Pemex closed from 2-4 pm for siesta)
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0.0 Gonzaga Bay Pemex
1.2 Campo Beluga (2.0 mi.) and El Sacrificio (4.2 mi.) Road
7.1 Las Palmitas Oasis (4.7 mi.) and Santa Maria Canyon (4.0 mi.) Road, right.
14.4 First Boojum Trees on Hwy. 5.
14.6 La Turquesa Canyon Road, right.
18.4 Las Arrastras (site) Road, right.
22.1 Coco's Corner (Puerto Calamajue and Mision Calamajue road left).
34.8 Hwy. 1, Laguna Chapala (Cataviņa is 33 miles north).mcfez - 8-15-2011 at 07:15 PM
42.4 Papa Fernandez' Road, roadbed south of here is better/ faster.
David...what do you mean by this? Is there a secondary side road?
Txs in adavanceDavid K - 8-15-2011 at 07:35 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by mcfez
42.4 Papa Fernandez' Road, roadbed south of here is better/ faster.
David...what do you mean by this? Is there a secondary side road?
Txs in adavance
It means from the Papa Fernandez road junction, the (Hwy. 5)roadbed on south is better and faster...
Unless I don't understand what you are asking me?
The road 32.0 to Mile 42.4 is very poor, very rough, and slow to drive... that is 10.4 miles of 'extra rough road' remaining between Puertecitos and
Laguna Chapala.
