Ted's Polish-Mexican Page

So, if you ever are leaving the Viscount Suites, Pima College's Central District office or even TGI Friday's on Broadway and have the absence of mind to go North on Arcadia, you know that this is one of the most inconvieniently engineered streets in town.

First off, it is a twisty little road. Once you get north of the Viscount, you have one of those over large apartment "communities" on your right, and Rincon High School to your left. Once you are on that street, there is no leaving (or turning around, due to the median) until you get to Fifth Street.

Then you get to Fifth and find that you can't make a left turn. There is a sign that says so, plus the median on Fifth makes such a thing impractical (although, the guy in front of me tried). Here's the funny thing: that is the only median on Fifth for quite some distance in either direction, and those are at stop lights. This median seems to exist only to prevent northbound traffic from making a left turn.

And, it gets even worse. The median continues for some distance, so even making a left from fifth into a parking lot and turning around is impossible. Then, you get to the end of the median, and guess what? There is a sign enjoining us drivers from making a u-turn. I understand that making one at that spot probably isn't all that safe. But, the fact that they needed to put a sign up means a lot of people were making unsafe u-turns. You'd think someone would have wondered why.

So, you have a couple of solutions: you can turn around in the parking lot of the Domino's Pizza (convienently located in the strangely named "Ju Lo Building") or one of the other small buisinesses along the way, or you can drive all the way to the light at Rosemont (where you also can't make a u-turn) and turn North there.

Anyhow, that corner sucks.


Hasta la proxima. Do zobaczenia.