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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 ...
Map of w:Metropolitan Phoenix Freeways. Source: self-made, updated map made by Algorerhythms using data from the U.S. Federal Highway Administration. Map of Phoenix Freeways as of 2022: Author: Algorerhythms
Arizona State Route 303 (SR 303) or Loop 303, also known as the Bob Stump Memorial Parkway (formerly the Estrella Freeway), is a freeway that serves the west part of the Phoenix metropolitan area. The freeway, originally a two-lane rural highway, was maintained by Maricopa County until 2004 after approved sales tax when the Arizona Department ...
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 303.
Arizona State Route 101 (SR 101) or Loop 101 is a semi-beltway looping around the Phoenix Metropolitan Area in central Arizona, United States. It connects several suburbs of Phoenix , including Tolleson , Glendale , Peoria , Scottsdale , Mesa , Tempe , and Chandler .
Freeway map of the Phoenix Area. The Phoenix Metropolitan Area is served by several controlled-access freeways, including: I-10 (Papago Freeway, Maricopa Freeway) I-17 (Black Canyon Freeway, Maricopa Freeway) US 60 (Maricopa Freeway, Superstition Freeway) SR 51 (Piestewa Freeway) SR 143 (Hohokam Expressway) Loop 101 (Agua Fria, Pima, Price Freeway)
Location mi [1] km Destinations Notes; Phoenix: 1.22: 1.96: Sky Harbor Boulevard – Sky Harbor Airport: Continuation beyond western terminus: 1.20– 1.10: 1.93– 1.77: 44th Street south: Former SR 153 (Sky Harbor Expressway); eastbound exit and westbound left entrance: East Economy Lot, Cell Phone Lot: Westbound left exit and eastbound left ...
Now an obscure name, "Brenda Cutoff" was the working title that the Arizona Highway Department called the stretch of freeway from US 60 to near Buckeye. The Brenda Cutoff paralleled old sand roads used in the 1920s for Phoenix-Los Angeles traffic, but mostly abandoned after US 60/US 70 was built to the north, through Wickenburg.