The Gap of Unfinished Highway in The "Golden Triangle of Mexico" From The Village of Los Frailes, Du
From Hidalgo del Parral, Mexican Federal Highway 24 was intended to extend southwest to cross the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range to the coastal area of Culiacan in the state of Sinaloa. However about 75 km of central section of Highway 24 is not yet completed.
The east end of the highway is graded through the village of Los Frailes, Durango, Mexico (Lat. 25.640171°, Long. -106.906229°), but the last 50 or 60 km. of this roadway is not paved. The west end of the highway is graded through the village of Soyatita, Sinaloa, Mexico (Lat. 25.738929°, Long. -107.305406°), and the last 50 to 60 km. of this stretch is also not paved.
Between Los Frailes, Durango on the east and Soyatita, Sinaloa on the west there is a gap of about 75 km. Travelers can drive between these two points on a commonly used dirt road, but this roadway is neither graded or paved. In addition there are many places where other unmarked roads intersect with no signage. It is easy to get off the route and get lost. There are no reliable maps detailing the road between the two ends of the graded road of Mexico Federal Highway 24. For orientation of those Highway 24 travelers passing through this gap, about midway in this uncompleted section is the village of Huixiopa, Sinaloa, Mexico. (Lat. 25.755591°, Long. -107.191204°).
This unfinished gap in Mexico Federal Highway 24 lies in the heart of the rugged Sierra Madre Occidental, and the road passes within 1 km. of the point where the borders of Chihuahua, Durango and Sinaloa meet. The general area surrounding this three-way junction of state borders is known as the so-called "Golden Triangle of Mexico". The entire geographic area surround this "Golden Triangle" is well known for drug growing and drug trafficking, and for violent drug related incidents, and it is notorious for being a dangerous area.
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