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It serves Lake Pleasant Regional Park and serves as a northern bypass around the often congested stretches of US 60 through the northwest suburbs of the Phoenix metropolitan area. From end to end, it is 30.4 miles (48.9 km) long. The Carefree Highway is the inspiration for the 1974 Gordon Lightfoot song of the same name. [2]
By 1971, I-10 was finished through the south and east edges of the Phoenix area. [16] In 1989, ADOT made preparations to establish the number along Maricopa Road and reserved the right-of-way along the parkway. [17] [18] This may have been because of a controversy over the name of John Wayne Parkway, which the road was dubbed at the time.
The United States Numbered Highway System (U.S. Highway System) was originally approved by the United States Department of Agriculture Joint Board on Interstate Highways on November 11, 1926, and was to be overseen and maintained by the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO). [2]
Access road from US 180/US 191 to Lyman Lake State Park SR 82: 65.74: 105.80 I-19 BL in Nogales: SR 80 near Tombstone: 1927: current SR 83: 53.63: 86.31 Parker Canyon Lake: I-10 near Tucson: 1927: current SR 84: 40.94: 65.89 I-8 near Stanfield: I-10 near Picacho: 1927: current ADOT signs its eastern end at SR 287 / SR 387 in Casa Grande
{} is used to cite numerous ADOT right-of-way resolution files. These files are useful for determining dates and time periods when routes were established, re-aligned, constructed or decommissioned. See the template documentation for more information. Example: Arizona Department of Transportation. "ADOT Right-of-Way Resolution 1977-11-A-029"
In 1989, an additional right-of-way was acquired by ADOT from its southern terminus approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) north. [21] By June of that year, the parkway received the designation of a National Forest Scenic Byway, and in June 1998, the Kaibab Plateau – North Rim Parkway received another designation, this time as a National Scenic Byway ...
SR 89A Spur was originally established on July 16, 2004, over a small section of Fain Road immediately east of the intersection with SR 89A proper. [24] The route was extended over the remainder of Fain Road to SR 69 on August 18, 2011. [25] The road was originally two lanes wide but has since been widened to a four-lane divided highway. [26]
State Route 50, also known as the Paradise Parkway, was a proposed urban freeway through Glendale and Phoenix.Originally proposed in 1968 as SR 317, [1] the freeway would have run east to west, connecting the future State Route 51 and Loop 101, while running roughly parallel to, and 4 miles (6.4 km) north of, I-10 in the vicinity of Camelback Road.