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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]
Later that year, SR 264 was extended east to the New Mexico border, ending at the beginning of New Mexico State Road 68 (NM 68). [9] Today, NM 68 is known as NM 264, continuing the Route 264 designation east to U.S. Route 491 (US 491) in Yah-ta-hey, New Mexico. [2]
Heading north, US 191 is a divided highway for about 5 miles (8.0 kilometres) until it arrives in Clifton, the start of the road's designation as the Coronado Trail Scenic Road (both an Arizona Scenic Route and a National Scenic Byway). [1] [6] This scenic road approximates the route Francisco Vázquez de Coronado took between 1540 and 1542. [7]
State Road 264 (NM 264) is a state highway in the U.S. state of New Mexico.The highway extends 15.945 miles (25.661 km) from the Arizona state line at Tse Bonito, where the road continues west as Arizona State Route 264 (AZ 264), east to U.S. Route 491 (US 491) at Yah-ta-hey.
The Arizona State Highway system was introduced on September 9, 1927, by the State Highway Commission (formed on August 11 of the same year). It incorporated the new federal aid system and also the U.S. Highway system. The 1927 plan included 27 state routes, most of which were simply dirt roads.
US 160 enters New Mexico from Arizona on a two-lane highway that heads northeast through the arid, rolling plains of the Navajo section of the Colorado Plateau. Approximately 0.3 miles (480 m) into the state is an intersection with New Mexico State Road 597 (NM 597), a short highway that leads to the Four Corners Monument , which lies on the ...
The current routing of US 160 was originally designated as Navajo Route 1 (N1) in late 1958, but had yet to be constructed east of Tuba City.Also known as the Navajo Trail, the route was slated to run from U.S. Route 89 (US 89) to the Arizona–New Mexico state line near the Four Corners Monument.
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 ]