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David K
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Awesome photo. The adventure wasn't lost with the pavement, it just changed!
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vgabndo
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I totally agree David, and have said a lot of times that the drive itself was a real part of every Baja adventure.
It seems like there were more of them before they changed the narrow concrete culvert ends south of the 28th. But the trucks would hit those curbs,
and pull the right rear suspension backwards a little bit so that for the driver to keep the back of the "sideways" truck on the pavement, the left
front had to be on (or over) the center line!
Those culvert abutments were all chewed-up and coated with rubber!
If there is time, and no one is behind me, those trucks pass my 8 foot wide camper while I'm almost stopped!
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ncampion
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One of my favorite truck photos.......
It's probably been around before, but worth repeating.
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Hook
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That highway was a MAJOR factor in us deciding to retire in Sonora instead of the Mulege area. The drive just gets to you, after a while. One trip
towing my 25 foot boat to San Carlos, Sonora was all it took. I arrived so much more relaxed.
They are constantly repaving Mex 15 over here in stretches. The repaving jobs for the last 18 months HAVE ACTUALLY INCLUDED SHOULDERS AND EMERGENCY
LANES ON THE RIGHT, if you can believe it!
So, that's a four lane divided highway WITH emergency lanes. I'd say the whole 270 miles from the border will probably be complete in 2-3 years, maybe
less. Road construction is serious business over here. The pavement is like US standards thick.
[Edited on 1-6-2013 by Hook]
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ncampion
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Highway 1 in Baja is also getting better each year, but there is a lot of it still left to do.
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rts551
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We went around about 9>00 AM. Saw the tow trucks headed south from LA Bay junction shortly there after. They should have had it cleared before
noon. (The trucks did hit each other by the way. I talked to one of the drivers)
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Marla Daily
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Absolutely amazing! The highway was closed for more than 31 hours if you went around it today (Saturday) at 9:00 AM! The accident happened at 2 AM
Friday morning; we passed going off road around the trucks at 2 PM Friday afternoon. Think of all those folks on all the buses. The buses should have
switched passengers, turned around, and headed north/south with their new respective passengers!
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rts551
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passed on friday at about 9. not today. Sorry the tow trucks should ave been there as we saw them coming south. Two big ones.
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dtbushpilot
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We passed the accident site yesterday afternoon (southbound) around 3pm. When we got to the military checkpoint North of there traffic was backed up
for about a mile northbound, there wasn't anybody checking southbound traffic, we just drove past. I wondered what was going on till I came upon the
accident site a few miles down the road. I guess there must have been a big lineup at the military checkpoint after they reopened the highway. That
must have been frustrating for everybody heading North to have to sit for hours at the checkpoint after sitting for hours at the accident site....
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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fixtrauma
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Whew!
We saw the left-over carnage as we drove north through there today. Our timing was right.
I am driving a full size RV north and am at El Rosario tonight. Today I was getting frustrated at how close the semi's
were getting to my mirror. I started looking back as soon as they past me and saw several times that they had a good foot or more on their shoulder
side and then would swing towards the shoulder after passing me.  
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Bajaboy
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We came through there Thursday afternoon and all was clear....
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BajaNomad
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No accident remnants remain in the area north of Jesus Maria as of late this afternoon.
There was some sort of accident-appearing (or unusual construction) situation in the switchbacks up on the mountain pass south of El Rosario in the
early evening. Flame-pots on the highway being used to indicate caution.
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msteve1014
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaNomad
No accident remnants remain in the area north of Jesus Maria as of late this afternoon.
There was some sort of accident-appearing (or unusual construction) situation in the switchbacks up on the mountain pass south of El Rosario in the
early evening. Flame-pots on the highway being used to indicate caution. |
That was a truck loaded with rebar laying on it's side. Half in the north bound lane, and half in the dirt. We went by around 10 am.
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Pompano
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Thinking back to the original Baja Road..Hwy 1, one of the things that bugged me the most was the lack of painted center and edge lines. Made night
driving a real nightmare.
But even after the painted lines came on the scene...other hazards happened regularly. Welcome to Baja...and always drive
carefully.
[Edited on 1-7-2013 by Pompano]
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David K
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I remember my dad commenting as we were on the newly paved highway (before it ended 37 miles from El Rosario, June, 1973) that it was hard to judge
your side of such a narrow road without a center line.
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