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East of Tucson, I‑10 parallels and, in some cases, overlies old US 80 to Benson, and was originally cosigned as US 80 and SR 86. The section of I-10 from Valencia Road to Rita Road was the first construction project in the state of Arizona funded by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956. Construction began in 1957 and was completed in 1960.
Between 1961 and 1962, SR 84 was reconstructed into I-10 from Miracle Mile to Picacho. Construction of I-10 through Marana resulted in its downtown area being demolished. [13] By 1963, work was underway to turn SR 84 west of Casa Grande into Interstate 8. [27] In 1966, SR 84 was truncated to an interchange with SR 87 and I-10 in Picacho. [13]
Interstate 10 (I-10) is the southernmost transcontinental highway in the Interstate Highway System. I-10 is the fourth-longest Interstate in the United States at 2,460.34 miles (3,959.53 km), following I-90, I-80, and I-40. This freeway is part of the originally planned network that was laid out in 1956, and its last section was completed in 1990.
El Paso man killed in I-10 chain-reaction semitruck accident. About 4:40 p.m. on March 23, a man was driving a Dodge Ram when "he hit his brakes due to congestion up ahead" on the freeway, a ...
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On the afternoon of October 12, 1940, silent film actor Tom Mix died in a car accident on US 80/US 89 18.5 miles southeast of Florence, Arizona. [4] The entire highway between Florence Junction and Oracle Junction remained completely unpaved until 1946, and was the last section of US 80 in the entire state to receive pavement. [ 9 ]
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The Phoenix freeway shootings, also known as the I-10 shootings, were a series of eleven incidents that occurred between August 27 and September 10, 2015, along Interstate 10 and State Route 202 in Phoenix, Arizona. Each incident resulted in projectile damage to cars, and one girl was injured.