mooose29
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New road sections
Has anyone else noticed that on many of the new sections of road, (built/re-paved) in the last few years that some huge potholes are forming already.
In many ways it is worse then before as now you are tooling along and all of a sudden bam a pothole. Before when the road was just bad you expected it
and looked out for it. The new road can lull you into laziness so be careful.
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captkw
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new roads
ya,, caltrans,did the work 
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Bajatripper
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Most long-time Baja travelers have noticed that particular defect of Mexican road construction since ....oh, about 1973.
There most certainly is but one side to every story: the TRUTH. Variations of it are nothing but lies.
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Pescador
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No, he is talking about the road to Punta Chivato and for sure that one has some serious potholes as well as a few other defects.
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tiotomasbcs
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The new roads down south have not shown deterioration! The old days yes but they are really making highways now. Adonde? Can you name a couple
places of which you speak? Gracias. Tio
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Russ
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pescador
No, he is talking about the road to Punta Chivato and for sure that one has some serious potholes as well as a few other defects.
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Jim I went out 2 or was it 3 weeks ago and it was in better shape than I can remember. The Palo Verde to just beyond Chivato turn off is something
else. (but doable on a quad:spingrin
Bahia Concepcion where life starts...given a chance!
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Bajatripper
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tiotomasbcs
The new roads down south have not shown deterioration! The old days yes but they are really making highways now. Adonde? Can you name a couple
places of which you speak? Gracias. Tio |
Check back with me after the next decent rainy season. The highways I see being constructed may be wider in some sections, but the quality is the
same-old, same-old, ya veras.
There most certainly is but one side to every story: the TRUTH. Variations of it are nothing but lies.
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by captkw
ya,, caltrans,did the work |
They automatically install them as soon as road is finished:
Bob Durrell
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Curt63
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Some sections of the road to Abreojos that are only 3-4 years old look like a war zone. I watched them pave it.
No worries
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Bajahowodd
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tiotomasbcs
The new roads down south have not shown deterioration! The old days yes but they are really making highways now. Adonde? Can you name a couple
places of which you speak? Gracias. Tio |
How far down South??? We went through the "new" pavement South of Catavina a couple of month ago, and were really surprised at the almost
instantaneous deterioration of the new pavement.
Low bid contracts, I assume.
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pescador
No, he is talking about the road to Punta Chivato and for sure that one has some serious potholes as well as a few other defects.
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The road to Punta Chivato was paved? When?
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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mooose29
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While the road to Punta Chivato is never very good unless you catch it right after the grader has been through I like it the way it is. I am indeed
talking about the various new sections south of El Rosario, Catavina, etc... The road has sections of nice wide roads with new asphalt but the
potholes are growing and some are getting quite big. We just did the drive the week after Christmas down to Ounta Chivato and back and I was
surprised by the number and size of potholes on the new sections. This is not a complaint more a observation. I have been traveling the roads since I
was a kid and I am very used to Baja roads.
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Bajahowodd
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Speaking of potholes, although there has been a huge amount of work on the road from Ensenada to Tecate, has anyone noticed the pothole problem there?
In my opinion, there are a few stretches of that road that are just awful because of potholes.
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rts551
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Just was on that road and don't recall any areas of "new" road that were bad. South of Catavina is a different story.
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