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wornout
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Perhaps the roadwork portion that has been funded is 85% done?
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Well, that makes sense and the part that is done between Puertecitos and Gonzaga is 85% complete in my rough estimates.
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David K
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Sure, the project took so long because they only got funding for 10 kilometers at a time... stopping production every 6.2 miles... really stupid...
but nice that it delayed the highway reaching Gonzaga for so long.
The nearly 400 miles from San Quintin to almost Santa Rosalia was all built and paved in ONE YEAR (1973). So, it can be done quickly with enough
funding!
The new highway south from Puertecitos didn't get started until 2007, and 5 years later it is just over 31 miles completed.
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Sure, the project took so long because they only got funding for 10 kilometers at a time... stopping production every 6.2 miles... really stupid...
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I just drove the 94 miles of MX highway 2 between San Luis to Sonya in Sonara and it's the same thing except that there are 9 different 6.2 mile
stretches under various stages completion (56 miles total) and very long dirt and rock detours (35 miles total) in between. Took 4 hours to go the 94
miles following tractor trailers creeping through those detours.
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David K
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That had to be painful! I remember how terribly dusty it was when they were working on Hwy. 5 in the Rio Hardy area if you got behind semis.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
That had to be painful! I remember how terribly dusty it was when they were working on Hwy. 5 in the Rio Hardy area if you got behind semis.
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Yep, hundreds of semis and the only other passenger car we saw on any of the detours was the Federal police that zoomed by the trucks into oncoming
traffis with so much dust you couldn't see more than 50 ft ahead.
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