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Whale-ista
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Conversations with border crossing agents: #1- Otay Mesa
Me: (after being waived thru) Next time, how do I enter the ReadiLanes instead of the regular lanes when I approach this crossing?
Him: I have no idea. You've been to Mexico at least one time more than me.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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dasubergeek
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Figures!
When you head west on Blvd. Industrial (from Blvd. 2000), don't turn right for the regular lanes. Keep going and make a right on Vía de la Juventud
Ote. (signs will point you to the airport). Then turn right at El Negro Durazo and stay to the left side as you head down that street. It'll dump you
out into the left side of the Otay border road, which is where the Ready Lanes are.
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Whale-ista
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thank you!
And now I need to figure out how to get to Blvd. 2000 after crossing SB...I get lost every time.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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bajaguy
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Two turns
When you clear Mexican Customs proceed straight for 1 mile. At the first stoplight (Industrial Blvd) turn left onto Industrial.
Proceed 5 miles on Industrial to the Junction of Corridor 2000, take the right turn onto Corridor 2000
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bajaguy
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I thought you turned right onto Humboldt from Juventud for a line-up to the Ready lane???
| Quote: | Originally posted by dasubergeek
Figures!
When you head west on Blvd. Industrial (from Blvd. 2000), don't turn right for the regular lanes. Keep going and make a right on Vía de la Juventud
Ote. (signs will point you to the airport). Then turn right at El Negro Durazo and stay to the left side as you head down that street. It'll dump you
out into the left side of the Otay border road, which is where the Ready Lanes are.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
When you clear Mexican Customs proceed straight for 1 mile. At the first stoplight (Industrial Blvd) turn left onto Industrial.
Proceed 5 miles on Industrial to the Junction of Corridor 2000, take the right turn onto Corridor 2000 |
It is crazy well signed for TECATE CUOTA (Toll), MEXICALI CUOTA, MEX 2 or 2-D, and then CORREDOR 2000, POPOTLA/ ROSARITO.
Here the sun glare is over "ROSARITO" where you turn right to the CORREDOR 2000 (straight is the Tecate/ Mexicali toll highway)...
What a great road!:
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dasubergeek
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
I thought you turned right onto Humboldt from Juventud for a line-up to the Ready lane??? |
Yes. El Negro Durazo is at the corner of Juventud and Alejandro Humboldt. That is the route depicted on the map.
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Pescador
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dasubergeek
Figures!
When you head west on Blvd. Industrial (from Blvd. 2000), don't turn right for the regular lanes. Keep going and make a right on Vía de la Juventud
Ote. (signs will point you to the airport). Then turn right at El Negro Durazo and stay to the left side as you head down that street. It'll dump you
out into the left side of the Otay border road, which is where the Ready Lanes are.
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I want a good copy of that map.
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Ateo
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What's the name of the street you turn right on from Industrial to get to the Sentri? Or landmark.
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Udo
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A good copy of the map is not necessary, Jim.
Your normal turn to the crossing is at the treffic light where the tire shop is.
Just go to the next traffic light, and make a right. Then go north one long block and make a right again.
The readylane traffic generally starts somewhere near that area. If you are lucky and get there when traffic is light, just travel the length of the
block (eastbound), and turn left at the first left turn.
The map you are looking at just complicates things.
Just remember: Right at next block past tire shop, right, right, then left.
Could not get any simpler than that.
Udo
| Quote: | Originally posted by Pescador
| Quote: | Originally posted by dasubergeek
Figures!
When you head west on Blvd. Industrial (from Blvd. 2000), don't turn right for the regular lanes. Keep going and make a right on Vía de la Juventud
Ote. (signs will point you to the airport). Then turn right at El Negro Durazo and stay to the left side as you head down that street. It'll dump you
out into the left side of the Otay border road, which is where the Ready Lanes are.
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I want a good copy of that map. |
Udo
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bajaguy
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Udo.......
If the Tijuana police traffic cops are there, they MAY turn you around as your route intersects with the established Ready Lane traffic on
Humboldt........I know from experience.
Better to go the long was as depicted on the map.
| Quote: | Originally posted by Udo
A good copy of the map is not necessary, Jim.
Your normal turn to the crossing is at the treffic light where the tire shop is.
Just go to the next traffic light, and make a right. Then go north one long block and make a right again.
The readylane traffic generally starts somewhere near that area. If you are lucky and get there when traffic is light, just travel the length of the
block (eastbound), and turn left at the first left turn.
The map you are looking at just complicates things.
Just remember: Right at next block past tire shop, right, right, then left.
Could not get any simpler than that.
Udo
| Quote: | Originally posted by Pescador
| Quote: | Originally posted by dasubergeek
Figures!
When you head west on Blvd. Industrial (from Blvd. 2000), don't turn right for the regular lanes. Keep going and make a right on Vía de la Juventud
Ote. (signs will point you to the airport). Then turn right at El Negro Durazo and stay to the left side as you head down that street. It'll dump you
out into the left side of the Otay border road, which is where the Ready Lanes are.
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Pescador
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Yep, exactly, I got turned away on Monday, President's Day Weekend at San Ysidro and when I tried to get to Otay, it is a confusing mess, to say the
least, and of course when I hit the normal entrance, they turned me away there because traffic was backed up to far. So I paid the stupid toll, went
to Tecate and then had to drive 94 late at night, in the dark, with frustrated drivers pushing me down the mountain.
I think it may be easier to just go out in the desert and sneak across with the drug smugglers. 
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wessongroup
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Might be quicker in some cases ... 
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I understand that once the Otay Mesa East POE is complete Corridor (Blvd) 2000 will become a toll road and be extended to pass over the Tecate/
Mexicalli toll road and go directly to the new crossing which takes you to CA SR11 (also a toll road) that will connect with SR 905 and SR 125. No
more going up the Avenida Internacional hill. Construction has started on the US side and construction on the Mexican side starts mañana ?.
Bob Durrell
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Whale-ista
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So much construction going on, thanks for the updates. If you are a "frequent flyer" across the border I suppose it all makes sense. For those of us
not travelling as often....confusing.
A few observations/questions:
As I waited at Tecate last week, I saw a sign promising "ReadyLane Proximamente". We shall see...
Regarding tolls: Blvd. 2000 is already a toll road, isnt it? I paid a toll in January, leaving Hwy 1 at Popotla heading NE to Otay. So, are you saying
the price will increase? And will it only go to the "Lexus lane" at the Otay border?
If it means a more direct route to the crossing, I won't mind avoiding the urban/coastal traffic. But would prefer the ReadyLane vs. Lexus toll
crossing.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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Pescador
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You were actually paying the toll for your section of Ensenada - Tijuana toll road used, not for Avenida 2000.
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Whale-ista
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thank you Pescador- that makes sense.
Now I understand why, when I left the road to head to the Otay crossing, no toll was collected.
If I had continued to Tecate, via the tollroad, I recall from doing this in 2012 that it would have been rather expensive.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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David K
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Folks it is CORREDOR 2000... and it is a FREE highway... the toll leaving Hwy. 1-D at Popotla northbound is for the section of Hwy.
1-D you were just on and would have had to pay for just a couple miles ahead on 1-D... as Pescador said.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Whale-ista
thank you Pescador- that makes sense.
Now I understand why, when I left the road to head to the Otay crossing, no toll was collected.
If I had continued to Tecate, via the tollroad, I recall from doing this in 2012 that it would have been rather expensive. |
To go to Tecate from the Corredor 2000, I recommend exiting onto the Tecate FREE highway (Mex. 2)... It is a 4 lane road and only a couple stops in La
Florida where you first get onto it. When you enter Tecate, just follow the many signs for Mexicali and San Diego, as the border road is on the
Mexicali side of Tecate.
Here are some of the signs after leaving the Corredor 2000 and using the Tecate FREE road to get to the border:
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dasubergeek
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pescador
I want a good copy of that map. |
U2U me your e-mail address. I'm sure I have the higher-res lying around (I was the one who created the map.)
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