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I-10's freeway section ended in Goodyear until the controversial Papago Freeway was finished across the western Valley of the Sun in 1990. During the "west valley gap" years, westbound I-10 traffic was routed off the Maricopa Freeway at 19th Avenue in Phoenix, and stayed on the access road as it curved past the Durango Curve.
Interstate 10 (I-10) is the southernmost transcontinental highway in the Interstate Highway System of the United States. It is the fourth-longest Interstate in the country at 2,460.34 miles (3,959.53 km), following I-90 , I-80 , and I-40 .
[2] The tunnel was opened to traffic on August 10, 1990, following a three-day open house that attracted 100,000 people. [3] The tunnel was originally named the Papago Freeway Tunnel, but was renamed the Dean Lindsey Memorial Tunnel on May 7, 2024 in honor of the late civil engineer who oversaw the project. [4]
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 ...
BL 10: 2.91: 4.68 I-10 west of Quartzsite: I-10 east of Quartzsite 1974 [15] current Former US 60/US 70 [citation needed] BL 10 — — I-10 at 27th Avenue in Phoenix: I-10 at 48th Street in Phoenix — 1990 BL 10: 5.75 [7] 9.25 I-10 and Park Avenue in Tucson: I-10 east of Tucson 1972 [16] 2001 [17] Former US 80/SR 86 [citation needed]
In 2011, ADOT started a study to connect SR 210 to I-10 at Alvernon Way in southeast Tucson. [10] The new roadway would be built to freeway standards from I-10 to the current terminus at Golf Links Road. [11] In December 2020, ADOT released final design concept report on the extension as part of the I-10 widening project.
Arizona’s roadways in 2021 were the deadliest they’ve ever been in the past 15 years according to data from the Arizona Department of Transportation. Arizona traffic fatalities at 15-year high ...
State Route 77 (SR 77) is a 253.93-mile (408.66-kilometre) long state highway in Arizona that traverses much of the state's length, stretching from its southern terminus at a junction with I-10 in Tucson to its northern terminus with BIA Route 6 at the Navajo Nation boundary just north of I-40.