This may be old news to veteran drivers but I ended up on the Santiago bypass road last night. It was surreal. Like being in the US for about 20 minutes. They have street lights!!!!! It was so smooth you could be roller blading on the highway. Guard rails that not even been hit and twisted yet. I was in such shock that I did not mind the 100 peson charge at the end. It was just great and cut some good time off the SD to Sosua drive. Not one single pothole yet.