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602 was the original area code for Arizona, and was split in 1995 into 602, serving metropolitan Phoenix, and 520, serving the remainder of the state. [1] In 1999, 602 was split into 480, 602, and 623, [2] which were recombined in 2023. [3] 520 was split in 2001 to form area code 928. [4]
As of 2005, the metropolitan area of Phoenix contains one of the nation's largest and fastest growing freeway systems, consisting of over 1,405 lane miles (2,261 lane km). [5] The freeway system is a mix of Interstate, U.S., and state highways which include Interstate 10 , Interstate 17 , US 60 , Loop 101 , Loop 202 , SR 51 , SR 143 , and Loop ...
Arizona State Route 30; Arizona State Route 51; Arizona State Route 71; Arizona State Route 74; Arizona State Route 85; Arizona State Route 87; Arizona State Route 88; Arizona State Route 93; Arizona State Route 101; Arizona State Route 143; Arizona State Route 153; Arizona State Route 188; Arizona State Route 202; Arizona State Route 238 ...
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is the agency responsible for building and maintaining the Interstate Highways in the Arizona State Highway System. These highways are built to Interstate Highway standards , which are freeways that have a 75-mile-per-hour (121 km/h) speed limit in rural areas and a 65 mph (105 km/h) speed limit ...
There was significant local opposition in the 1960s and 1970s to expansion of the freeway system. [4] Because of this, by the time public opinion began to favor freeway expansion in the 1980s and 1990s, Phoenix freeways had to be funded primarily by local sales tax dollars rather than diminishing sources of federal money; newer freeways were, and continue to be, given state route designations ...
New freeways are being added to the area, such as Loop 101, Loop 202, and eventually SR 24 and SR 30. Currently, two major interstates serve the area, I-10 and I-17. In the past decade, more than 100 miles (160 km) of new freeway have been constructed in the Phoenix metropolitan area by ADOT.
The Arizona Department of Transportation has released its list of upcoming freeway closures headed to the Phoenix-area this weekend. Be advised: These Phoenix-area freeways will be closed this weekend
The same principle applies with business routes for all other Interstates in Arizona. [3] Designations listed under Highway Logs and GIS data however, use the Arizona Transportation Information System (ATIS) nomenclature. The ATIS designation for a non-suffixed state route is "S (Number)". The number at the end is always three digits long.