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Posted: Sat May 23rd, 2009 02:49 pm |
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Has anyone taken this route since last summer's rains? I am considering using this as part of a trip to San Felipe, along with the newly opened route from Penasco (Rocky Point) to El Golfo and up to San Luis Rio Co.
Any info would be welcome on any part of these routes.
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Posted: Sat May 23rd, 2009 05:50 pm |
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Last I traveled 37 from Penasco to Caborca and back the road was in good shape; this was a few months ago. It's my understanding that they will be widening that road and making other improvements, but don't know when that will start.
The new Coastal Highway from Penasco to El Golfo is very good, with decent shoulders and I think 3 very nice turnouts for rest and views. It's a straight shot and you should be aware that there are no amenities (gas, food, etc.) for the whole 83 miles of it. People go fast, so watch out for speeders.
From El Golfo to San Luis is another matter. That part of the road has been horrible, but they are now fixing it so you should take that into consideration. You can read about that part of the road at http://rptides.blogspot.com/2009/04/behind-wheel-in-rocky-point-mexico.html , it's a fairly current report.
Hope this has been at least somewhat helpful... 
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Posted: Mon May 25th, 2009 05:07 am |
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Well, I am going to run the Caborca hwy up to PP and El Golfo and then head north up to Luis B. Sanchez where I will cut over to Mex 5 and head down to the South Campos. I will file a report when I return.
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Posted: Sat May 30th, 2009 07:54 pm |
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Well, I took the route from Caborca all the way through to Luis B. Sanchez and then took Hwy 4 to Mex Hwy 5 and down to San Felipe TWICE last week. Once there and once back.
I would rate Hwy 37 (BTW the section from the turnoff to El Desemboque towards Puerto Penasco has been renamed Sonora 003) to Puerto Penasco as very good. The section I would rate as excellent is the recently completed new section of 003. This xlnt section starts about 8 miles south of the 003/Mex 8 junction and goes all the way into El Golfo de Santa Clara.
Past El Golfo, there is a dirt detour immediately outside of town where they are working on new pavement. That's only 1-2 miles. Farther towards San Luis R.C., there is a section of about 8 miles that is dirt detour while pavement is being constructed. This is around 20 miles north of El Golfo. The dirt sections tend to be VERY good as dirt roads go. They are using water trucks so that washboarding is kept to a minimum. I was able to do 35-45 on most of it.
They are also extending "xlnt" pavement south from San Luis R.C. It extends some miles below the L. B. S. turnoff I took towards Baja.
I'd have to say that within a few months, all these sections will be complete.
My travel time from SC to San Felipe, excluding stops, was around 11.5 hours. I was doing 75-80 on many stretches. There is another dirt/detour stretch on Mex 5 above SF that lasts about 12 miles. I could only do 30-40 on that and sometimes slower for traffic.
Total travel distance from the Beltrones/Ranchitos road to the Arches in San Felipe was approx. 620 miles.
That is all....................
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