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Arizona Highway Department Condition Map of the State Highway System (Map). 1:1,267,200. Arizona State Highway Department – via AARoads. {{Cite ADOT map |year= 1971 |inset=Yuma |accessdate= October 15, 2019}} Photogrammetry and Mapping Division (1971). State Highway Department Road Map of Arizona (Map). No scale given.
About 46 miles (74 kilometres) of the Tuba City to Window Rock road was added to the state highway system as Arizona State Route 264 (SR 264) on July 26. 1960. This section began southeast of Tuba City and ended at a junction with SR 64 in Tuba City proper. [ 8 ]
The northern segment (the Mohave Valley Highway) begins at the Colorado River bridge across from Needles, then goes directly northbound to Bullhead City, terminating at its junction with State Route 68 north of town. [1] There is a short SR 95 Truck at Parker, formerly a section of Arizona State Route 72, connecting to California State Highway 62.
The highway continues towards the west to its western terminus in Bonita. SR 266 has a spur route that heads north from the highway to the prison at Fort Grant just prior to the highway's western terminus. [2] SR 266 travels through sparsely populated areas and does not pass through any cities or towns.
Good Roads Everywhere: A History of Road Building in Arizona, including maps in the map PDF and appendix A; History of the Arizona State Highway Department, gives key dates and lengths of routes between 1927 and 1938 as well as a detailed history on the origins of the Arizona State Highway system; Arizona Transportation History; Arizona Roads maps
[6] [7] At this time, the section of the route corresponding to the current routing was paved, while the northern section was still a gravel road. [7] The northern section was improved in 1942. [8] [9] In 1961, SR 90 took over the segment of SR 92 north of Sierra Vista, leaving SR 92 to the section south of the city and east to Bisbee.
The Arizona State Highway system was introduced on September 9, 1927, by the State Highway Commission (formed on August 11 of the same year). It incorporated the new federal aid system and also the U.S. Highway system. The 1927 plan included 27 state routes, most of which were simply dirt roads.
The highway reaches its northern terminus at a junction with SR 260 within the Eagar city limits. SR 261 travels through sparsely populated areas and does not pass through any cities or towns. It serves primarily as an access road to Big Lake, as well as general access to the White Mountains. [2] [3]