Shelley Ronnfeldt Posted June 18, 2013 Report Posted June 18, 2013 The Joco bypass is now open both ways! Woo Hoo I took it today! I was on my way to my mechanic, he told me it just opened.
Mainecoons Posted June 18, 2013 Report Posted June 18, 2013 I've been using this thing "Mexican style" for so long I'm not sure I know how to use it the right way. Thanks very much for the heads up. Very good news indeed.
La Delfina Posted June 18, 2013 Report Posted June 18, 2013 I've been using this thing "Mexican style" for so long I'm not sure I know how to use it the right way. This is México, so....everything must be done in the "Mexican style"....mmmmmmm....the way it is written, sounds...pejorative.... For us, the Mexican way is the best way....
Mainecoons Posted June 18, 2013 Report Posted June 18, 2013 Amazing what some folks can conjure up as pejorative. But if it pleases you. . . The bypass roadway was actually finished nearly two years ago. However, the bridge completion languished, and languished and languished. After a while, we noticed that the locals got tired of waiting and got around the problem by using the northbound exit ramp, the only one open, in both directions to reach the end of the roadway coming or going. We started doing likewise. After a while, a lot of folks started applying this solution to the inexplicable delay in finishing one small bridge. The contractors did not close the road off except for one brief period. Mexicans are very good at working their way around endless governmental roadblocks. I find it to be an admirable trait. We refer to it as the Mexican solution at our house. You see it all the time. The new toll road north of Lagos de Morenos languished for years. The locals figured out how to use a lot of that too. We never did but we sure envied their inventiveness. After you've been here a while you may come to appreciate it as well and understand that it is very much part of the local "style."
giltner68 Posted June 18, 2013 Report Posted June 18, 2013 Great news - - - except all the topes to get to it?
Mainecoons Posted June 18, 2013 Report Posted June 18, 2013 We've tried all three ways to get to the Lopez Mateos Costco, which we prefer over the Galeria store. The routes we've tried are via Jocotepec, crossing from Chapala highway to Lopez Mateos via the new road to Tlajomulco, and using the Periferico to get to Lopez Mateos. There are about as many topes on the Tlajomulco route as the Joco route. There are fewer on the Periferico route but it is slower and more harrowing, even on Sunday mornings. So we'll continue to go by way of Jocotepec and this has been made easier with this opening. Before, on the return trip, we would have to go to the old Jocotepec entrance, make a U turn, come back to the one open ramp, carefully backtrack up it for a few feet to get on the bypass. We learned this one from our Mexican neighbors as well. It was still better than dragging through the rough roads and topes of Jocotepec proper. Now, at long last, all of us can use it the way it was intended. Very good news.
Iron Sheik Posted June 18, 2013 Report Posted June 18, 2013 Your "Mexican Style/way" brings a smile to my face,,,,,,as I would not have it any other way A question,,,,if you are coming from San Juan Cosala and want to go to Mazamitla, is it possible to take the bypass,,,or do I still go through "Topetopec"? Thanks,
Mainecoons Posted June 18, 2013 Report Posted June 18, 2013 Now that it is fully open, you can take the bypass. As you approach the bridge, there's a new large green and white sign that directs you to cross the bridge in the right lane and loop around to go southbound. Do not exit towards GDL, go straight and over the bridge. Returning, go past the old entrance to Joco, the entry ramp to the bypass comes up just before the bridge. Not sure how that is signed.
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