[quote=SK in CV][quote=bearishgurl][quote=spdrun]That too. So we’d be increasing the police state for minimal benefit.[/quote]CA has an ICE checkpoint as well, usually situated just west of Winterhaven. However it was closed in recent weeks, likely due to intermittent road construction projects on I-8 for approx 100 miles. Not sure but it appears that the interstate may be in the process of widening east of the SD County mtns.[/quote]
I think it’s usually closed there. In fact, I’ve made that drive more than 20 times in the last 5 years. I’ve never see a checkpoint just west of Winterhaven. Tons of ICE agents hang out there near Gordon Wells. There’s been one on westbound 8, permanently, between El Cajon and the summit.
The highway project is between El Centro and Yuma.[/quote]Yes, I know about the one 4-5 miles east of Alpine.
I myself have made the drive to/from Flagstaff (via I-8/AZ 85/I-10/I-17) 18 times in the past five years (another dozen times were directly to or from CO via I-15/I-70) where no checkpoints exist. Another handful of times (4?) were to/from TX via I-8/I-10 where two more checkpoints existed. It’s been a few years since I drove to TX directly from SD but as I recall, there used to be a checkpoint near the AZ/NM border and another between Deming and Las Cruces, NM. I can’t remember how long ago I was stopped at a checkpoint in CA but as I recall, it was on the west end of the dunes (Gordon Wells??).
To AriDzona’s credit, they now have a new fwy, the AZ 303. Now that I actually had a smart phone in my possession on the way back home last week, I was able to see it on a current map (NOT the 10+ year-old paper maps in my glove compartment) and try it out! WOW … it took an hour off my l-o-o-o-ong drive home from ABQ (with multiple construction projects) last week! The 303 got me around all the PHX rush hour mess in record time and drops onto the 10 just a few miles east of JCT AZ 85. Even though it’s like driving on the moon, it serves its purpose to Phoenician exurban dwellers, I suppose ….. it’s really fast!
