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bajaponderosa
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New Bridge New Road to Gonzaga Bay
Husband went for ride to Gonzaga Sunday took a side road off of the old road and found this. A whole new road is being graded and building a really
nice bridge across one of the many washes.
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David K
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Nice photo... thanks!
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surfer jim
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Any more photos or details of where this was at?
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Udo
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That's gatta be one helluva wash for a bridge that large!
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bajabass
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Any bets on whether or not it handles the first few gully washers that come thru there? 
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BornFisher
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Must be the "Baja Stimulus Bill". Really they are doing a ton of road work all over Baja it seems!!
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Udo
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Tourism is down, traffic is down. All translates to more time for repairs and better roads for when the tourists are back.
| Quote: | Originally posted by BornFisher
Must be the "Baja Stimulus Bill". Really they are doing a ton of road work all over Baja it seems!! |
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by surfer jim
Any more photos or details of where this was at? |
Jim, it is in the 10 km. (6.2 mile) section they are working on, just beyond where the pavement ends, by El Huerfanito.
It may be the bridge where the pavement ends, or another just south. Last month, there was no visible cut in the hill on the far end of that bridge at
the end of pavement. But, a bit south you can see the road being built to the west of the present road.
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surfer jim
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Is there any reason the first good storm won't wash out the support posts under the bridge?
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David K
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They are building that highway and bridges to a much higher standard than any done on Mex. 1 previously. You can see it in the photo above.
Nature bats last, of course so no guarantees...
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wilderone
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the road to nowhere - now really - how many people drive that road in a year? Most people in Gonzaga fly in don't they? politics, waste, folly
I'm beginning to think Calderon is in cahoots with the drug cartels to launder money. that's how Panama City was built.
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bonanza bucko
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I fly to Gonzaga Bay but AOPA and other aviation groups have reported that flights by private airplanes to Baja are down by 80%. We used to have up
to twenty airplanes on our ramps at Alfonsina's on a good weekend. Now we might have two.
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David K
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Once it is finished, it offers a big shortcut for everyone going up or down the peninsula that are headed to or from Mexicali or mainland Mexico.
To make it totally functional, the highway between San Felipe and Puertecitos will need to be replaced... and DesertBull posted that the new one will
be inland, perhaps along the old route through the sulfur mine and the current highway will remain as an access road for the beach campos. The current
one (for those who have not driven it) was poorly constructed with several short, steep, unmarked dips.
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rts551
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road is being built as an alternative to MEX1 (terminating in Laguna Chapala). Not just for turists. You will see many trucks making their way to
Mexicali.
| Quote: | Originally posted by wilderone
the road to nowhere - now really - how many people drive that road in a year? Most people in Gonzaga fly in don't they? politics, waste, folly
I'm beginning to think Calderon is in cahoots with the drug cartels to launder money. that's how Panama City was built. |
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ElFaro
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Why does everybody think these road construction projects are built from a tourist "need" perspective? Tourism has nothing to do with it. It's all for
the trucking industry powered by the need to move goods and services up and down the penninsula for local and import/export business.
The govt. doesn't think... "Hey it looks like tourism to taco stands and a few hotels is increasing we better beef up our roads".
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Udo
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It could be ignorant of me, but that is what I thought.
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"Hey it looks like tourism to taco stands and a few hotels is increasing we better beef up our roads". |
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Skipjack Joe
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Yes, I agree with Udo. How much import/export does baja provide anyway?
Hopefully the new road will be little used and fall into disrepair again.
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wilderone
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"You will see many trucks making their way to Mexicali"
Now that will be a welcome change on Mex. 1 - fewer trucks. Yeh!!! A little quiet at night at Catavina, way fewer scary hairpin turns.
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by wilderone
"You will see many trucks making their way to Mexicali"
Now that will be a welcome change on Mex. 1 - fewer trucks. Yeh!!! A little quiet at night at Catavina, way fewer scary hairpin turns.
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The new road will create quite a short-cut for the trucks coming from the mainland of Mexico that are headed far south. I agree that it should make
Catavina a quieter place.
A local friend told us that so many bridges wash out because of the way the approach from the highway joins the bridge---the builders often short cut
the process and use nothing but dirt fill. Then with the first big rains and floods, the dirts washed away and undermines the bridge.
I certainly am no engineer, but we started looking at the bridges along highway 1 that were washed out last year and it does look like they had dirt
filled approaches.
Hope one of the engneers around here comments one way or another.
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rts551
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No lack of experts here Diane.
| Quote: | Originally posted by DianaT
| Quote: | Originally posted by wilderone
"You will see many trucks making their way to Mexicali"
Now that will be a welcome change on Mex. 1 - fewer trucks. Yeh!!! A little quiet at night at Catavina, way fewer scary hairpin turns.
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The new road will create quite a short-cut for the trucks coming from the mainland of Mexico that are headed far south. I agree that it should make
Catavina a quieter place.
A local friend told us that so many bridges wash out because of the way the approach from the highway joins the bridge---the builders often short cut
the process and use nothing but dirt fill. Then with the first big rains and floods, the dirts washed away and undermines the bridge.
I certainly am no engineer, but we started looking at the bridges along highway 1 that were washed out last year and it does look like they had dirt
filled approaches.
Hope one of the engneers around here comments one way or another. |
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