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U.S. Route 70 (US 70), also known as the Old West Highway, is an east–west U.S. Highway in the U.S. state of Arizona.The current route starts at US 60 in Globe and runs through the San Carlos Indian Reservation, Safford and Duncan into New Mexico near Virden.
Arizona section of the highway was designated as SR 78 on February 17, 1959, [5] and the New Mexico section was designated along its current route in the mid-1930s as New Mexico State Road 78. [6] By 1938, what would eventually become SR 78 on the Arizona side was still just a gravel road as were many roads in the area including US 666. [7]
Though it was only 5 miles (8 km) long, NM 14 and its Arizona counterpart, SR 86, served as a direct bypass for US 80 between Road Forks and Benson, Arizona. US 80 itself looped south to Douglas, Arizona, at the Mexico–US border between Road Forks and Benson. By the late 1940s, NM 14 had been paved and carried the majority of US 80 traffic by ...
Interstate 40 (I-40) is an east–west Interstate Highway that has a 359.11-mile (577.93 km) section in the US state of Arizona, connecting sections in California and New Mexico. The Interstate is also referred to as the Purple Heart Trail to honor those wounded in combat who have received the Purple Heart . [ 2 ]
I-40 in eastern New Mexico Club Cafe sign near Santa Rosa, exit 273 (1987). East of Albuquerque, I-40 crosses the Sandia–Manzano Mountains by traversing Tijeras Pass, reaching its highest point of 7,200 feet (2,200 m) at Sedillo Ridge.
East of Pie Town, the road crosses the Continental Divide at an elevation of 7,796 feet (2,376 m). [3] US 60 eastbound at the junction with NM 603 in Pie Town. Between the divide and Datil, US 60 cuts through Cibola National Forest and the Datil Mountains. In Datil, US 60 serves as the eastern terminus of New Mexico State Road 12 (NM 12).
The new routing replaced all of New Mexico State Road 111 (NM 111) and NM 553 between Taos and Tierra Amarilla. US 64 now shared a concurrency with US 84 between Tierra Amarilla and a highway junction 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Monero. US 64 then replaced all of NM 17 between US 84 and US 550 in Farmington.
In the U.S. state of Arizona, Interstate 10 (I‑10), the major east–west Interstate Highway in the United States Sun Belt, runs east from California, enters Arizona near the town of Ehrenberg and continues through Phoenix and Tucson and exits at the border with New Mexico near San Simon.