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The longest Interstate in Arizona is I-10, which spans 392.33 miles (631.39 km) [1] across southern and central Arizona, and the shortest Interstate is I-15, which only traverses the northwestern corner of the state, running from Nevada to Utah, spanning only 29.39 miles (47.30 km).
I-10 through Arizona is designated a "Purple Heart Trail", after the Purple Heart, the award received by American soldiers wounded in combat. [2] The western terminus is located at the California border at the Colorado River in La Paz County where I-10 continues westward into California towards Los Angeles.
Upon completion, the bridge became one of the longest highway structures in the state of Arizona and was at first the longest steel bridge as well. [1] The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 5, 1981. [8] Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, US 80 received many upgrades and modifications to its roadway including pavement.
Interstate 10 (I-10) is the southernmost transcontinental highway in the Interstate Highway System of the United States. It is the fourth-longest Interstate in the country at 2,460.34 miles (3,959.53 km), following I-90, I-80, and I-40. It was part of the originally planned Interstate Highway network that was laid out in 1956, and its last ...
At 2,887 feet (880 m), it ranks as the 42nd longest vehicular tunnel in the United States. [ citation needed ] The underpass was the last section of Interstate 10 to be completed nationwide. There is a plaque dedicated to the commemoration of the tunnel in Margaret T. Hance Park , which sits above the structure.
U.S. Route 191 (US 191) is a north–south U.S. Highway in eastern Arizona.The highway runs for 516.50 miles (831.23 km), making it Arizona's longest numbered highway. The highway begins at State Route 80 near Douglas and crosses over the Utah state line near Mexican Water in the Navajo Nat
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]
Three generations of the Muench family contributed landscape photographs to Arizona Highways: Josef Muench, an immigrant from Bavaria, whose first photos appeared in the late 1930s; son David Muench, who assisted his father as a teenager (his first of many Arizona Highways covers appeared in January 1955 when he was eighteen, and whose style ...