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22 feet. Width. 42 feet. Grade. 6%. The Queen Creek Tunnel is a 1,217-foot-long (371 m) tunnel on US 60 in the Superstition Mountains, just east of Superior, Arizona. [2] Completed in 1952, the Queen Creek Tunnel links Phoenix with Safford by way of Superior and Globe / Miami. It replaced the smaller Claypool Tunnel that had been built in 1926.
The new Mule Pass Tunnel would be the longest tunnel in the state of Arizona upon completion, surpassing the Queen Creek Tunnel on US 60 in Globe. On November 13, 1956, the Highway Department opened bidding for the tunnel project, with the low bid set at $1,983,659 (equivalent to $17.6 million in 2023).
English: The Queen Creek Viaduct carries U.S. Route 60 over Queen Creek Canyon just outside of Superior, Arizona. It a steel arch bridge with a total length of 576.8 ft. built in 1949. It a steel arch bridge with a total length of 576.8 ft. built in 1949.
Queen Creek is a town in Maricopa and Pinal counties, Arizona, United States. The population was 59,519 at the 2020 census. [ 3 ] It is a suburb of Phoenix, located in the far southeast area of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. A large battery factory is currently being constructed by LG. [ 6 ][ 7 ]
Mule Pass Tunnel, 1,400-ft long, road SR 80, Bisbee, Arizona. Deck Park Tunnel, 2,887-ft twin road tunnels, Interstate 10, Phoenix. Queen Creek Tunnel, 1,200-ft road US 60, just east of Superior. Verde Canyon Railroad Tunnel, 680-foot-long (210 m) railway tunnel, Yavapai County.
The Copper Queen Mine was a copper mine in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. Its development led to the growth of the surrounding town of Bisbee in the 1880s. Its orebody ran 23% copper, an extraordinarily high grade. [2] It was acquired by Phelps Dodge in 1885. In the early 1900s, this was the most productive copper mine in Arizona. [3]
June 20, 1979. ( #79000426) 5 miles southeast of Oracle. 32°34′48″N 110°43′14″W. / 32.580066°N 110.72054°W / 32.580066; -110.72054 ( American Flag Post Office Ranch) Oracle. Oldest surviving territorial post office building in Arizona. 5. Ramon Arballo House.
The Old Queen Creek Bridge – Built in 1920 over Upper Queen Creek. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on September 30, 1988, ref. #88001679. The Queen Creek Viaduct – was built in 1949 to carry U.S. Route 60 over Queen Creek Canyon. It is a steel arch bridge with a total length of 576.8 ft.