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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.
Five Interstates were planned in Arizona to supplant or bypass existing U.S. Highways. US 60 between Ehrenberg and Phoenix was to be replaced by the western section of the newly planned Interstate 10 (I-10), I-8 and the eastern section of I-10 were to bypass or replace the entirety of US 80, I-40 was to replace the entirety of US 66, I-17 and I ...
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]
U.S. Route 60 (US 60) is an east–west United States Highway within Arizona. The highway runs for 369 miles (594 km) from a junction with Interstate 10 near Quartzsite to the New Mexico state line near Springerville. As it crosses the state, US 60 overlaps at various points: I-17, I-10, SR 77, SR 260, US 191, and US 180.
The Yuma–Duncan route became part of the transcontinental Southern National Highway auto trail in 1913. In 1914, Arizona's highway system was further reorganized into a better-funded and organized network of early state highways. The Yuma–Duncan route between Globe and New Mexico was added to the newly designated Roosevelt Dam Highway.
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.
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 route passes the towns of Miracle Valley and Palominas before turning northeast. The roadway enters the town of Bisbee, meeting its terminus at a traffic circle in the city. [2] The highway is maintained by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), which is responsible for maintaining SR 92 like all other highways around the state.