fourninerpapa
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Toll Costs
Normally we cross at Tecate for our trip south. This year we are considering the Tijuana crossing.
We have a MH with a tag axle and we are towing a Jeep. My question is about how much will the tolls add up to from Tijuana to Ensenada?
Thanks
Norm
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woody with a view
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i think we just paid 30pesos at each with 4 axles.
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toll
60 p for motor home
30 p for tow vehicle
90 p x 3 toll booths = 270 p total
the toll is per wheel not axel
[Edited on 12-1-2013 by J.P.]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by J.P.
60 p for motor home
30 p for tow vehicle
90 p x 3 toll booths = 270 p total
the toll is per wheel
[Edited on 12-1-2013 by J.P.] |
Most motor homes with tag axle would have 8 wheels. The towed jeep would have 4, for a total of 12. Would this be 10 pesos/wheel at 3 toll booths?
[Edited on 12-1-2013 by LancairDriver]
[Edited on 12-1-2013 by LancairDriver]
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Just a note; the road is generally in great shape except one area towards the southern end that has been documented before but has large bumps, be
careful! The area is well marked.
Dave
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| Quote: | Originally posted by acadist
Just a note; the road is generally in great shape except one area towards the southern end that has been documented before but has large bumps, be
careful! The area is well marked. |
Yeah...it's a geological fault zone, said to be the south end of the San Andreas fault. The road and everything around it is slowly [I hope]
sliding into the sea.
One of these days...............
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been sh!tty there at Saldomando since i was in 9th grade. i wonder if they could bridge it and save all the hassles. remember this is the 21st
century!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
been sh!tty there at Saldomando since i was in 9th grade. i wonder if they could bridge it and save all the hassles. remember this is the 21st
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Might be easier to go up/back around it. Maybe to the free road. it's just a matter of time. They've already lost some houses on the edge up above
the Toll Plaza.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by J.P.
the toll is per wheel not axel
[Edited on 12-1-2013 by J.P.] |
No it isn't. It's per "eje"—axle. Your calculation is right, though: 180$ for the 3-axle motorhome (doesn't matter if it's a tag axle) and 90$ for the
towed car, as though someone were driving it. 270$ total.
Source: http://aplicaciones4.sct.gob.mx/sibuac_internet/ControllerUI...
For God's sake go slower than the speed limit at Saldamando. I bounce like a freakin' baby in my truck over that stuff even at 60 km/h.
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There was talk at one time of preparing an emergency route from BajaMar to the free road if there was a major slip, however not heard anything in
several years.
Seems like they are devoting a lot of manpower and material to continually patch instead of finding a solution.
Don't think a bridge would work as that whole area is unstable and would not support bridge footings.
The federal government needs to start working on a permament rout that avoids the slide area.
A Camino Federale I spoke to said that if there were heavy rains in the area, they were told to block the highway in each direction.
| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
been sh!tty there at Saldomando since i was in 9th grade. i wonder if they could bridge it and save all the hassles. remember this is the 21st
century! |
Might be easier to go up/back around it. Maybe to the free road. it's just a matter of time. They've already lost some houses on the edge up above
the Toll Plaza. |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
Seems like they are devoting a lot of manpower and material to continually patch instead of finding a solution.
A Camino Federale I spoke to said that if there were heavy rains in the area, they were told to block the highway in each direction.
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Perhaps...just perhaps, this is one of the reasons they're going to large efforts to fix up the free road. Come over a week ago and what they've
done is nice with a lot more in progress. 
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If the toll road goes, and they are talking about a heavy rain, the free road will be a mess between Ensenada and La Mision.
| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
Seems like they are devoting a lot of manpower and material to continually patch instead of finding a solution.
A Camino Federale I spoke to said that if there were heavy rains in the area, they were told to block the highway in each direction.
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Perhaps...just perhaps, this is one of the reasons they're going to large efforts to fix up the free road. Come over a week ago and what they've
done is nice with a lot more in progress. |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
If the toll road goes, and they are talking about a heavy rain, the free road will be a mess between Ensenada and La Mision.
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I guess you haven't driven it lately. It's undergoing a make-over.
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I'm talking about the traffic, especially the trucks.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
If the toll road goes, and they are talking about a heavy rain, the free road will be a mess between Ensenada and La Mision.
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I guess you haven't driven it lately. It's undergoing a make-over. |
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Myself...with a motor home and towing would not even think of taking the "calle libre " Too slow for me !! and they charge by the axle...I know for
sure on that !! drove a "casa RoDante" thru out mexico and Baja !!! and imo the fees are not bad for a nice road !!!!!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by captkw
and imo the fees are not bad for a nice road !!!!! |
Yep, only 1 peso / km TJ to Ensenada for a car.
The toll road(s) from Tecate to Mexicali (135 km) costs 1.5 peso/km and the toll road(s) from Mexicali to San Luis Rio Colorado (77 km) costs 1
peso/km
Bob Durrell
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
I'm talking about the traffic, especially the trucks.
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Yeah...that's never nice, but I don't think it would be the first time the quota was closed and rerouted over the hill. Maybe it was back in the 80s
when the San Miguel bridge washed out.
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