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1263:Bush Highway
1063:Bridge over
828:east –
790:west –
681:Destinations
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1763:Desert Vibe
1672:January 22,
1628:Concurrency
1591:SR 264
1575:Second Mesa
1565:Albuquerque
1557:US 180
1392:SR 260
1343:SR 260
1302:SR 188
1267:Interchange
1144:SR 360
1110:Iron Avenue
986:SR 587
947:county line
931:Casa Grande
923:SR 187
875:SR 387
826:SR 287
792:Casa Grande
788:SR 287
579:Casa Grande
562:Second Mesa
514:SR 188
391:Second Mesa
223:Second Mesa
219:SR 264
197:US 180
170:SR 260
1837:Gila River
1826:Categories
1641:References
1528:SR 99
1504:SR 99
1477:SR 99
1437:Happy Jack
1400:Camp Verde
1396:Cottonwood
1203:SR 93
1201:; former
1199:US 89
1195:US 80
1191:US 70
1187:US 60
1130:US 60
1018:Cloud Road
996:SR 93
759:SR 93
752:SR 84
635:Strawberry
358:SR 88
343:SR 86
303:Interstate
178:Strawberry
145:US 60
1768:August 1,
1743:August 1,
1595:Tuba City
1561:Flagstaff
1559:) –
1532:Flagstaff
1441:Flagstaff
1435:) –
1306:Roosevelt
988:south to
925:south to
571:1936–1967
425:June 2020
1790:KML file
1691:Archived
1630:terminus
1593: –
1365:Coconino
1355:Holbrook
1351:Show Low
1197: /
1193: /
1189: /
1185:Former
1142:Former
1048:Chandler
1008:Chandler
1003:Maricopa
994:Former
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929: –
877:west to
830:Florence
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665:Location
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461:Chandler
442:Coolidge
318:Proposed
274:Coconino
266:Maricopa
258:Counties
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1074:Gilbert
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717:Phoenix
695:Picacho
631:Winslow
616:Gallery
568:Existed
527:History
504:and to
490:Gilbert
473:U.S. 60
383:Picacho
252:Arizona
238:Country
201:Winslow
161:in Mesa
111:Picacho
85:Existed
1582:653.46
1579:406.04
1544:556.45
1541:345.76
1495:550.65
1492:342.16
1460:548.69
1457:340.94
1450:Navajo
1415:467.43
1412:290.45
1375:448.22
1372:278.51
1326:406.49
1323:252.58
1319:Payson
1283:379.31
1280:235.69
1256:320.50
1253:199.15
1231:284.87
1226:177.01
1213:284.44
1210:176.74
1154:277.72
1151:172.57
1121:277.53
1118:172.45
1107:277.34
1104:172.33
1086:276.40
1083:171.75
1060:273.91
1057:170.20
1015:259.39
1012:161.18
956:257.01
953:159.70
893:235.06
890:146.06
845:227.69
842:141.48
809:216.86
806:134.75
771:202.65
768:125.92
748:186.31
745:115.77
721:Tucson
702:184.78
699:114.82
662:County
583:AZ 187
506:Payson
477:SR 202
457:SR 587
323:Former
278:Navajo
174:Payson
77:Length
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1667:(PDF)
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1347:Heber
1310:Globe
1205:north
1134:Globe
940:Pinal
690:Pinal
684:Notes
438:SR 84
389:near
381:near
375:SR 87
313:State
262:Pinal
248:State
221:near
172:from
109:near
1799:help
1795:edit
1770:2024
1745:2024
1719:2021
1674:2016
1553:I-40
1273:Gila
1100:Mesa
1080:line
1078:Mesa
1054:line
1052:Mesa
990:I-10
927:I-10
879:I-10
713:I-10
678:Exit
597:and
498:Mesa
475:and
469:Mesa
446:Eloy
379:I-10
270:Gila
193:I-40
149:Mesa
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