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State Route 89A was closed from Marble Canyon to Fredonia, Arizona and Highway 67 to the Grand Canyon. [9] The fire jumped State Route 89A that day, moving northeast. [10] McCall Smokejumpers watch the Mangum Fire on the northeast side on June 23. The northeast side remains challenging to control due to steep terrain.
State Route 89A (SR 89A) is an 83.85-mile (134.94 km) state highway that runs from Prescott north to Flagstaff in the U.S. state of Arizona. The highway begins at SR 89 in Yavapai County and heads northward from Prescott Valley , entering Jerome .
U.S. Route 89T (US 89T or US 89X) was the designation for Navajo Route 20 (N20), a road running mostly parallel to US 89 in Coconino County, Arizona. Added to the Arizona state highway system in 2013, US 89T served as a temporary detour for a closed section of US 89. The route was 46.17 miles (74.30 km) long. [10]
The Arizona Department of Transportation said all highways reopened around 6 a.m. Thursday. Snowplow crews worked nonstop to clear them.
The loss of this stretch of road forced detours for traffic entering the Page area from the south. Motorists were rerouted on a 115-mile (185 km) detour via U.S. Route 160 and State Route 98 or a 90-mile (140 km) detour on N20, which had a 28-mile (45 km) unpaved stretch.
US 89 begins at Flagstaff, Arizona. The highway proceeds north passing near Grand Canyon National Park and through the Navajo Nation. Near the Utah state line, the highway splits into US 89 and US 89A. The alternate is the original highway; what is now the main highway was constructed in the 1960s to serve the Glen Canyon Dam and Page.
Numerous segments of the 30-foot border wall have been cut for erosion control measures to be completed on the Mexican side.
It is a largely south–north route; the largest city through which it now passes is Prescott, where it meets SR 69 and the extremely scenic SR 89A. The segment between Prescott and Congress (intersection with SR 71) is quite scenic. The northern terminus of the highway is located at an interchange with Interstate 40 (I-40) in Ash Fork.