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San Ysidro southbound detour, any info?

SFandH - 3-29-2016 at 04:22 PM

A post on another thread said that construction after you cross the border southbound at San Ysidro results in a detour through TJ if you're headed west to the toll road.

Please post any info here. Thanks.

[Edited on 3-29-2016 by SFandH]

willardguy - 3-29-2016 at 04:49 PM

yeah its kind of a mess bothways, going north I would suggest taking 2nd street all the way. southbound with international closed you have to take the far left option (centro) and not the road to otay, it brings you right back to international headed to the playa's. good luck!;)


on edit....the good news is once you're there, less than a half hour in the regular lanes, 10am





[Edited on 3-30-2016 by willardguy]

SFandH - 3-29-2016 at 05:07 PM

Thanks, a southbound detour via centro that I'll figure out when I get there and second street all the way northbound. Right?

willardguy - 3-29-2016 at 05:09 PM

Quote: Originally posted by SFandH  
Thanks, a southbound detour via centro that I'll figure out when I get there and second street all the way northbound. Right?


correctomundo

bajadock - 3-29-2016 at 06:10 PM

TJ Av Int'l Detour Maps 2016

fdt - 3-29-2016 at 06:37 PM

They are building a new bridge over the Tijuana River canal from the border to downtown.
It's all part of the new road that will come parallel to the border from the airport.

elgatoloco - 3-29-2016 at 08:54 PM

Quote: Originally posted by bajadock  
TJ Av Int'l Detour Maps 2016


Dude. Awesome! :cool:

Ricky - 3-29-2016 at 11:02 PM

For color coded maps try's: https://bajadock.wordpress.com/

gsbotanico - 3-30-2016 at 07:42 AM

Quote: Originally posted by SFandH  
A post on another thread said that construction after you cross the border southbound at San Ysidro results in a detour through TJ if you're headed west to the toll road.

Please post any info here. Thanks.

[Edited on 3-29-2016 by SFandH]


Here is my original post from the other thread:

On Monday morning I saw an electronic sign that said the C. Internacional (the road that goes along the border to the beginning of the toll road) is closed and directs traffic to the Zona Río and Paseo de los Heroes. This means staying in the two left lanes after clearing customs. Watch for the overhead sign before the second roundabout and follow the old highway to Rosarito. There's a final hitch where the old highway intersects the toll road. The normal southbound on ramp is closed due to bridge construction. It's necessary to make a funky U-turn before the stoplight and then the first right into the southbound on ramp.

An alternative is to follow the Centro sign after clearing custom (again the two left lanes) and then use Third Street and then Second Street to go over the hill and on to Playas de Tijuana. Second and Third Streets are one-way in downtown Tijuana. Playas de Tijuana can also be accessed by using the toll road from Rosarito.

The link above to the maps gives a very good visual of all the alternative routes. I would recommend using the Old Highway if going to Rosarito or further south. Second and Third Street can be very congested.

[Edited on 3-30-2016 by gsbotanico]

Bajahowodd - 3-30-2016 at 05:03 PM

I thought that I read a long time back that they were going to double deck Boulevard Internacional. Is this related?

SFandH - 3-30-2016 at 05:51 PM

I don't think they said they were going to "double-deck" the highway. I know they said they were going to build an "elevated highway", and in fact they did. The new highway is in fact elevated over the old road, but not by much. The old road still there, underneath, and unusable. The construction that went on a couple of years ago is in fact elevated, like a bridge, over the surface for much of the distance.

The construction that is going on now is at the eastern end of the highway right at the border entrance area where you go either to the border or Zona Rio. It has been a bottleneck.

[Edited on 3-31-2016 by SFandH]

willardguy - 3-30-2016 at 06:03 PM

Quote: Originally posted by SFandH  
I don't think they said they were going to "double-deck" the highway. I know they said they were going to build an "elevated highway", and in fact they did. The new highway is in fact elevated over the old road, but not by much. The old road still there, underneath, and unusable. The construction that went on a couple of years ago is in fact elevated, like a bridge, over the surface for much of the distance.

The construction that is going on now is at the eastern end of the highway right at the border entrance area where you go either to the border or Zona Rio. It has been a bottleneck.

[Edited on 3-31-2016 by SFandH]


I believe the old road,thats nothing more than an alley now,is what is the east bound route, the new east bound lanes are now west bound lanes.

bajadock - 3-30-2016 at 06:35 PM




Bajabound Insurance TJ photo pathway

Bajadock TJ Detour Maps 2016

DawnPatrol - 3-31-2016 at 08:47 PM

so is it only the bridge over the river closed, and the road that follows next to the border fence still open????this latest photo is in cinflict with the previous link

BajaGeoff - 4-1-2016 at 11:01 AM

The first bridge over the river is closed, so you take the second bridge over the river. Once you get on the international road along the border fence, you are actually traveling west in the two left lanes that normally have vehicle traffic heading east. The two right lanes that normally take vehicles west towards Playas de Tijuana are closed for a mile or so, then you merge back over to the usual lanes just before going up the hill.

Today

bajaguy - 4-1-2016 at 05:12 PM

Crossed southbound today at 2pm. Followed the "Centro" signs, got in the right lane, then took the Playas/Rosarito sharp right turn. Landed on the n/b lanes of international which now have been converted to s/b......for about 2 miles, then it is back to normal...........really easy

SFandH - 4-1-2016 at 05:35 PM

Quote: Originally posted by bajaguy  
Crossed southbound today at 2pm. Followed the "Centro" signs, got in the right lane, then took the Playas/Rosarito sharp right turn. Landed on the n/b lanes of international which now have been converted to s/b......for about 2 miles, then it is back to normal...........really easy


Good, thanks for the post.