Hound Dog
Apr 14, 2010, 3:09 PM
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Re: [heathesq] New route Guadalajara to Oaxaca
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Apparently there is a new highway which bypasses Mexico DF when going from Guad to Oaxaca.
While David´s posting is correct that the Arco Norte does not go to Guadalajara, it is the new highway one wants to take to go from Guadalajara to Puebla and points south and east including Oaxaca if one desires to bypass Mexico City. It´s not that Arco Norte will get you to Puebla and points south and east any faster from Metro Guadalajara in its present configuration than if one were to drive directly through the heart of Mexico City but the Arco Norte is less of a hassle than driving through the city. Now, when the Arco Norte extension is finished to Atlacomulco, Edomex as planned, the timing and distance will change but for now,here is the way I would drive to Puebla from the Guadalajara metro area and environs if starting in Chapala:
Chapala to Ocotlan on Highway 35 and then to the Guadalajara-DF Cuota, Highway 15 to La Piedad and then up the new La Piedad-Irapuato Cuota to Cuota 45 and Queretaro and San Juan Del Rio to Cuota 57 and the new Puebla Cuota as described by David. Eventually, if not already, you can drive the Guadalajara - DF Cuota (Highway 15) all the way to Atlacomulco before picking up the Arco Norte. Whether that route through Michoacan to Atlacomulco will be shorter or quicker than the Queretaro route remains to be seen.
Since 2006, when we purchased a home in San Cristóbal De Las Casas, Chiapas, we have driven between Chapala and San Cristóbal numerous times, always through the heart of Mexico City - the only feasible route in the past unless one had a lot of time to spare - and I can assure the reader the Arco Norte, which is a splendid highway, saves no time unless one experiences serious traffic problems in Mexico City.
Alternatively to Arco Norte from Lake Chapala or Guadalajara, drive the Guadalajara-DF Cuota to the relatively new Toluca Libramiento which bypasses that city and enter DF at suburban Santa Fe proceeding through the heart of the city to Ixtapaluca primarily on expressways until reaching the Mexico City-Puebla Cuota. This route will take no longer than the Arco Norte and will take you through some splendid countryside both east and west of the Valley of Mexico. The problem with going through Mexico City as with any huge city such as that, is that things can go awry and Mexico City cops have a certain deserved reputation for harassing out-of-state travelers. I will say that driving through Mexico City wakes one up.
(This post was edited by Hound Dog on Apr 14, 2010, 3:10 PM)
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