Arizona State Route 66

State Route 66
Route information
Maintained by Arizona Department of Transportation
Length: 66.59 mi[1] (107.17 km)
Existed: 1984 (from US 66) – present
Major junctions
West end: I-40 in McConnico
East end: I-40 in Seligman
Highway system

State routes in Arizona
Unconstructed • Former

← SR 65 SR 67 →

State Route 66 (SR 66) is a surface road in the U.S. state of Arizona in Mohave and Coconino Counties.

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Route description

The road continues east into Yavapai County as a county-maintained road that is not officially part of the state highway system. State Route 66 is a relic of the former U.S. Route 66 (US 66), and is the only part of old US 66 in Arizona to have state route markers. Its western terminus is near Kingman at exit 52 on Interstate 40 and its eastern terminus lies near Seligman at exit 123 on Interstate 40.

State Route 66 tends downward toward the west, with the vegetation becoming more desert-like toward Kingman. The terrain changes at a slower pace than the more direct Interstate 40, making it a scenic alternative at the cost of some time. It still serves communities that the freeway avoids, including Valentine and Peach Springs; it enters the Hualapai Indian Reservation.

History

U.S. Route 66 in Arizona

Between the California state line and Kingman, the original alignment is now known as Oatman Road and passed through the old mining town of Oatman. A later alignment (via Yucca) is now Interstate 40. The older alignment passes through the Black Mountains complete with numerous hairpin turns. This area is desert.

From Kingman to Seligman, it followed modern State Route 66 as described above. Much of old 66 all the way to the New Mexico state line has been replaced with I-40. Older stretches of the highway exist as frontage roads and business loops of I-40. Between Seligman to east of Flagstaff, the area is mountainous (not desert) and covered with pine forests. The old section through Flagstaff itself is officially named "Route 66". Shortly before joining I-40 east of Flagstaff, US 66 passes through Winona, a small unincorporated community made famous in the song "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66".

The Meteor Crater is south of old US 66 at Meteor City. at Joseph City is the Jack Rabbit Trading Post, which once posted signs up and down the highway for hundreds of miles, and at Holbrook is the Wigwam Village Motel, a motor court built to resemble a group of teepees. About sixty miles before reaching New Mexico, the highway originally passed through the Painted Desert, though this section is now cut off.

State route

In 1984, US 66 was officially removed from the state highway system of Arizona. Most of the old highway had been replaced by I-40, but the portion between Kingman and Seligman where I-40 followed a new alignment to the south became SR 66.[2] In 1990, the state turned over the easternmost 16.8 miles (27.0 km) of SR 66 (known as Crookston Rd) to Yavapai County for maintenance.[3]

Junction list

County Location Mile[4] Junction Notes
Mohave McConnico 0.00 I-40 / US 93 – Needles, Kingman
0.40 Unknown road Road not named on Mapquest
Kingman 2.70 Unknown road
4.98 Ella's Place Becomes W Andy Devine Avenue
5.15 N 1st Street
5.25 2nd Street Becomes E Andy Devine Avenue
5.34 N 3rd Street
5.43 4th Street
5.52 N 5th Street
5.66 N 6th Street
5.76 N 7th Street
5.85 8th Street
5.92
5.97 N 9th Street
6.08 N 10th Street
6.22 E Beale Street
6.32 Chadwick Drive
6.56
6.69 Maple Street
6.79 Hall Street
6.90 Stockton Hall Road (going NW)/Hualapai Mountain Road (going SE)
7.02 Johnson Street
7.05 Virginia Avenue
7.23 Sunset Boulevard
7.64 Harrison Street
7.97 Airfield Avenue
8.19 Navajo Street
8.30 Airfield Avenue
8.41 Tucker Street
8.53 Detroit Avenue
8.66 Michael Street
8.78 Bruce Street Westbound only
8.89 I-40 / US 93 – Kingman, Flagstaff
9.17 Armour Avenue
9.54 Airway Avenue
9.60 Shangri La Drive Westbound only
9.96 Horizon Boulevard
10.47 N Castle Rock Road
10.85 Gordon Drive
11.00 E Martin Lane Westbound only
11.20 Dove Lane
11.39 E Diagonal Way
11.79 Sunhaven Avenue
12.11 Unknown road Road not named on Mapquest
12.13 Northfield Avenue
12.19 E John L Avenue
12.23 Shaeffer Avenue
12.29 Devlin Avenue Westbound only
12.39 Ryan Avenue
12.43 Lum Avenue
12.49 E Thompson Avenue
13.05 Long Mountain Road
13.61 E Mohave Airport Drive
15.29 E Brechler Drive Not called E Andy Devine Avenue after this intersection
17.94 Unknown road Road not named on Mapquest
Walapai 20.39 Unknown road
21.25 Unknown road
22.92 Ironwood Drive
23.26 Olympic Avenue
23.31 E Concho Drive
24.47 Buckboard Drive
24.72 Apache Drive
Antares 26.50 Boulder Drive
27.00 Antares Road
29.15 Unknown road Road not named on Mapquest
Coconino 66.59 Temporary end of SR 66

References

  1. ^ Arizona Department of Transportation. "2008 ADOT Highway Log". http://www.azdot.gov/mpd/data/Reports/PDF/2008SHSLog.pdf. Retrieved 2008-05-05. 
  2. ^ Arizona Department of Transportation. "ADOT Right-of-Way Resolution 1984-10-A-065". http://www.azhighwaydata.com/resolutions/pdf/resolutionfull/1984-10-A-065.pdf. Retrieved 2008-05-05. 
  3. ^ Arizona Department of Transportation. "ADOT Right-of-Way Resolution 1990-07-A-053". http://www.azhighwaydata.com/resolutions/?resnum=1990-07-A-053. Retrieved 2008-05-05. 
  4. ^ Mapquest

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