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It runs from U.S. Route 60 (US 60) in Apache Junction through desert terrain to SR 188 near Roosevelt Dam. Following the Salt River for much of its length, the section east of Tortilla Flat is known as the Apache Trail and is part of the National Forest Scenic Byway system. The Apache Trail was built in the mid-1920s, and the number 88 was ...
From Apache Junction heading northeast to Tortilla Flat, the Trail - named The E. Apache Trail (Arizona State Rt 88) at this point - is paved, turning into a dirt road a few miles east of Tortilla Flat, and continuing as such for nearly the full remainder of its length. The section east of Apache Junction is known officially as State Route 88.
Apache Junction (Western Apache: Hagosgeed) is a city in Pinal and Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,499, [4] most of whom lived in Pinal County. It is named for the junction of the Apache Trail and Old West Highway. The area where Apache Junction is located used to be known as Youngberg.
Superstition Mountains From Route 60 at Apache Junction (2021) Mining – of gold, silver and especially copper – has historically been an economically significant activity in the mountains (2014) A view from the Apache Trail (Arizona State Route 88) in 2016
A section of the line was later converted to a rail trail, the Railroad Grade Trail. [3] Another section is part of the Indian Springs Trail. [5] By the 1980s, the Apache Railway was Arizona's only remaining logging railroad. The track from Snowflake to McNary was abandoned in 1982. [2]
SR 188 crossing at Roosevelt Lake. The route, also known as Apache Trail at its southern end, starts at U.S. Route 60 in Globe, just north of Claypool, and runs generally northwest to a junction with State Route 288, then continues alongside Roosevelt Lake through Roosevelt Estates and Roosevelt.
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View east along Route 60, Mesa. U.S. Route 60 (US 60) is an east–west United States Highway within Arizona.The highway runs for 369 miles (594 km) from a junction with Interstate 10 near Quartzsite to the New Mexico state line near Springerville.