Yuma, AZ to San Diego, CA | Interstate 8 West

A drive from Yuma, AZ across California to San Diego on Interstate 8 West.
Distance: 172 miles
Drive time: 2 hr 29 min
Yuma, AZ 0:10
Colorado River 2:05
California State Line 2:25
Winterhaven, CA 2:37
Winterhaven Agricultural Inspection 8:45
Sand Hills Rest Area 16:40
El Centro 49:33
Elevation Sea Level 1:01:10
Ocotillo Wind Turbines 1:14:30
Pine Valley Border Patrol 1:48:50
Alpine 2:04:08
El Cajon 2:13:51
La Mesa 2:17:52
San Diego 2:20:31
Interstate 5 Ramp 2:28:31
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[@lvsluggo007]

Does this ever take me back.. I used to drive Yuma-San Diego round-trip twice a month, between 1975-1978. I was in the Army, stationed at the Yuma Proving Grounds, 26 miles north of Yuma off US95. I was there when Hurricane Kathleen came up the Gulf of California and, among lots of other damage, took out the lower section of the Interstate 8 Mountain Springs grade. For about a month, to get from Yuma to San Diego, you'd have to go up Highway 111 to I10 and take I10 to I15 and take it south to San Diego. Real pain..

[@jamesmassey-cc4ml]

From around 1916 a wooden plank road was built to help early motorist drive across the desert dunes between El Centro and Yuma Az. In the 1930s an asphalt road , US 80 replaced it.

[@HulicesTavares2914]

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