bryanmckenzie
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NEW Sonora Coastal Highway / Sea of Cortez
 Another "ROAD TO NOWHERE?" Nope. Here's the Google Earth 3-D KMZ file for download (at bottom of the post). Close enough to Baja for me to count as a legit BN post. Now I have
another place to add to my list to explore. ZIP on down to Guaymas along the mainland, then jump the ferry to Santa Rosalia and bypass all
that "Baja stuff." Is this post going to spark an insurrection?
Obviously, in-progress. And obviously a priority connection for the Mexican government to create a shortcut between upper mainland Mexico and Baja
California / Southern California. Construction equipment is clearly visible at the western end in the GE photos. More highway information available at
Golfo de Santa Clara website. Loads of images available in this blog / thread
[Edited on 2011-3-12 by bryanmckenzie]
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bryanmckenzie
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Update
Apparently I'm on a time delay here. Stage 1 completed November 2009. Aerial & ground level photos & data here (5 pages of photos) in a long
thread ... http://www.urbanfreak.net/showthread.php?91-Carretera-Coster...
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David K
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Sadly many of the photos in that thread are no longer online... and most of it is from 2007 to 2009...
Thanks for the link... I recently posted that same map when someone asked about going to Puerto Peņasco. I wish I could find a better map that shows
the new highway.
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Riom
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Google maps shows the new road: http://g.co/maps/9g3sa
The map in at the beginning of this thread (taken from the Mexico Living magazine) does show this road (at a small scale), but some of the other parts
of it are less accurate (such as Yuma being in California...) and the misspellings of Algodones, Sonoyta and Golfo (de Santa Clara) etc.
Rob
[Edited on 2011-11-17 by Riom]
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makana.gabriel
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Who has driven this road yet and can provide some info.
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skydiveblake
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I was there last week - hours of empty, excellent highway. Awesome drive. Not a living thing in sight for hours.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by skydiveblake
I was there last week - hours of empty, excellent highway. Awesome drive. Not a living thing in sight for hours. |
Thanks for the update... What did you do over on that side (fish, enjoy the beach, eat, camp)?
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by skydiveblake
Not a living thing in sight for hours. |
You were driving alone? 
Bob Durrell
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Barry A.
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To the north of this new hyway is one of the largest and most spectacular "sand dunes complex" in North America, and a mecca for the shutter-bugs in
the evenings and early mornings--------as well as the Pinacate Natural Area (a real moon-scape). If you stop and look real closely you will see lots
of "living things", but they are pretty small.
Barry
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bryanmckenzie
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Brand new 2011 Google Earth aerial/satellite imagery of roadway
I was going to head out this AM for a 5-day trip past Golfo de Santa Clara towards Puerto Penasco & inland to Caborca, shopping for meds &
gifts, photo-blogging, checking it all out, etc after doing all my online homework yesterday and the day before.
Sadly, I've been laid off for a few weeks, crimping the money side of things. Ironically, I now have the time to travel. Looks like an awesome drive.
Scenic, quiet, coastal. It'd probably take me forever to get there with all my photo & scenic stops.
Maybe in January? Any takers for teaming up for 4-5 days? There is brand new 2011 Google Earth aerial/satellite imagery of the new roadway.
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looks like rocky point and the old gringo haunt at the tip. Famous place there called JJ's cantina. famous bumper snicker "no sniveling"
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