[DeTomaso] Vegas Drive I 15 bottlenecks!

[Richard Barkley]

Some friends drove to/from Vegas a few weeks ago and said the road work 
on the west side of Baker had traffic backed up for about an hour!

This is what caltrans has to say  http://www.dot.ca.gov/cgi-bin/roads.cgi

>  [SAN BERNARDINO & RIVERSIDE CO.'S]
>     TRAFFIC IS SUBJECT TO LANE REDUCTIONS IN EACH DIRECTION FROM MAIN ST 
> /IN BARSTOW/ TO 12.5 MI SOUTH OF BAKER /AT RASOR RD/ (SAN BERNARDINO CO) 
> 24 HRS A DAY FROM 0800 HRS MONDAY TO 0800 HRS FRIDAY THRU 7/3/06 - DUE TO  
>
> CONSTRUCTION - MOTORISTS ARE SUBJECT TO DELAYS OF UP TO 45 MINUTES 

So the Parump option won't help.

The other option is to go I 40 and then head off toward Kelso
Below is what the new yahoo map beta has to say about that 
http://maps.yahoo.com/beta/
http://tinyurl.com/s9zyz

I've driven that road and it is pretty good, smoother than the 
interstate in places and a lot of fun.

One problem though. I 40 has problems too:

> This highway information is the latest reported as of Tuesday, May 2, 
> 2006 at 14:56 .
>
> I 40 
>     [SAN BERNARDINO & RIVERSIDE CO.'S]
>     EASTBOUND TRAFFIC IS REDUCED TO 1 LANE 46.6 MI EAST OF LUDLOW
> (SAN BERNARDINO CO) 24 HRS A DAY 7 DAYS A WEEK - DUE TO CONSTRUCTION 

However, checking my map, 46 mi east of Ludlow is also (maybe 10 mi) 
east of the turn off (Kelbaker rd.) so it shouldn't be a problem.

According to yahoo, that route is about 40 mi longer. They claim it's 
1:50 longer. We know it's probably about 1/2 that or less :)

Richard

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