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Smokin Ace User is Offline

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05/29/2008 2:32 PM	Alert
So my normal commute of 45 min turned into 2 hours 15 min today. Anyone know of a good route to get to SR-51 when you can't even get to SR-143?

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. ~Lord Acton

Jason

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05/29/2008 3:41 PM	Alert
I don't know exactly where I-10 was cut off, but what about this route: Google Maps link to route Or this one? Google Maps

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Fritzydoodle User is Offline

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05/29/2008 7:54 PM	Alert
In this instance, bad choices Jason. Everything from the east was either closed or jammed with traffic. The best way from Maricopa IF you had advanced notice would have been from the west. Take Maricopa Road to Beltline/Riggs Road. Turn left heading north at the light. It becomes 51st Ave in Laveen. Take that all the way to I-10 and head east to SR51. WARNING if you take this route - it goes through the reservation town of Komatke. When the sign says 35MPH, do 34.

RichTig

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05/30/2008 6:16 AM	Alert
Slow it down or get scalped.

Smokin Ace User is Offline

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05/30/2008 8:41 AM	Alert
I did to a degree use your first route Jason. I got on the I-10 at Elliot (since I figured I had to go one exit) and it took me 50 min to get to the baseline exit. I thought about going up Priest to go to baseline but traffic was really back up there as well. So I was just looking for a decent alt route in case this happens again. Anyone ever hear what happened on the 10?

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. ~Lord Acton

thick

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05/30/2008 8:58 AM	Alert
Anyone ever hear what happened on the 10? It was a gruesome and tragic accident. A young man was hit repeatedly and killed. The report from the police last night is still making me shiver. http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/05/30/20080530freeway0530.html

Jason

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05/30/2008 9:49 AM	Alert
Posted By Smokin Ace on 05/30/2008 8:41 AM I did to a degree use your first route Jason. I got on the I-10 at Elliot (since I figured I had to go one exit) and it took me 50 min to get to the baseline exit. I thought about going up Priest to go to baseline but traffic was really back up there as well. So I was just looking for a decent alt route in case this happens again. Anyone ever hear what happened on the 10? Wow, that was backed up pretty badly.

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Smokin Ace User is Offline

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05/30/2008 10:26 AM	Alert
Thanks for the link. Yea that is a pretty bad deal there.

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. ~Lord Acton

metsfan

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05/30/2008 1:41 PM	Alert
I took the Elliott exit then 48th St. through the Point to Baseline. I work in Central Phx. and this opiton only costed me about an extra 15 minutes.

Smokin Ace User is Offline

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05/30/2008 3:27 PM	Alert
Can you get a google map link of that up here? I would like to see how you do that exactly. Sounds like it would work for me perfectly.Thanks.

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. ~Lord Acton

metsfan

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05/30/2008 4:39 PM	Alert
http://maps.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTExNmIycG51BF9TAzI3MTYxNDkEc2VjA2ZwLWJ1dHRvbgRzbGsDbGluaw--#mvt=m&lat=33.357203&lon=-111.976727&zoom=15&q1=85044 Bear left onto S. Point Pkwy off of 48th St. to come out onto Baseline. I use this if there's something going on in the Broadway curve.

Smokin Ace User is Offline

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06/02/2008 10:32 AM	Alert
Thanks Looks like that might work next time! I hope not to ever have to use this route but in case it is good to know. :-)

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. ~Lord Acton

tranders

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06/05/2008 10:26 PM	Alert
Don't worry, you will need to use this route at some point in the future! 48th used to be my standard route - took 10 out of the picture completely. Did use Priest/56th a few times. Both have bottlenecks at the Pointe and Guadalupe respectively. And both fill up very quickly if anything is happening on 10.

Smokin Ace User is Offline

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06/06/2008 11:03 AM	Alert
Yea I have used Priest but like you said the Guadalupe bottleneck is the problem. I might drive that way this weekend to make sure I can get through th epoint area ok. Thanks for all the help.

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. ~Lord Acton

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