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State Route 89A (SR 89A) is an 83.85-mile (134.94 km) state highway that runs from Prescott north to Flagstaff in the U.S. state of Arizona. The highway begins at SR 89 in Yavapai County and heads northward from Prescott Valley , entering Jerome .
U.S. Route 89A is a 91.74-mile (147.64 km) north–south auxiliary U.S. highway (though its actual direction of travel is more east–west) in southwestern Kane County, Utah and northeastern Coconino County, Arizona in the southwestern United States. The highway is an old routing of U.S. Route 89 from Bitter Springs, Arizona to Kanab, Utah.
The designation was formally approved by the Arizona State Highway Department on September 9, 1927, with the establishment of the numbered state highway system. [5] Prior to the formal establishment of the U.S. Highway System, the original US 89 proposal had the highway end at proposed US 60 (which was ultimately designated as US 66) in Flagstaff.
It is a largely south–north route; the largest city through which it now passes is Prescott, where it meets SR 69 and the extremely scenic SR 89A. The segment between Prescott and Congress (intersection with SR 71) is quite scenic. The northern terminus of the highway is located at an interchange with Interstate 40 (I-40) in Ash Fork.
Sedona-Oak Creek Canyon Scenic Road - From SR 89A in Sedona to SR 89A milepost 390 inside Coconino National Forest. Tse'nikani Flat Mesa Rock Scenic Road - From US 160 near Mexican Water to US 191 near Many Farms. White Mountain Scenic Road - From SR 260 in McNary to the SR 260 junction with SR 261, full length of SR 273 and Full length of SR 261.
US 89 begins at Flagstaff, Arizona. The highway proceeds north passing near Grand Canyon National Park and through the Navajo Nation. Near the Utah state line, the highway splits into US 89 and US 89A. The alternate is the original highway; what is now the main highway was constructed in the 1960s to serve the Glen Canyon Dam and Page.
In 1988, US 64 was extended from New Mexico into Arizona over SR 504 to US 160 in Teec Nos Pos. [32] Coincidentally, the small section of US 64 in Arizona was once designated as a section of SR 64. [33] US 80 was eliminated from Arizona in 1989, after both Arizona and New Mexico had requested AASHTO to remove the designation from both states. [34]
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