This past week I had a flight path out of Sky Harbor International Airport which crossed over Arizona Loop 101 on the border of Scottsdale and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. AZ Loop 101 is an approximately 61 mile Loop Freeway stretching from Interstate 10 in the Western Phoenix Valley to AZ 202. The route of AZ 101 carries several designations: - From I-10 northeast to I-17 the path of AZ 101 is known as the Agua Fria Freeway which is named after a West Valley River. - From I-17 southeast to AZ 202 the path of AZ 101 is known as the Pima Freeway. The above picture is from part of the Red Mountain Freeway segment of AZ 101. The Pima name comes from Pima Road and the namesake reservation. - From AZ 202 southward back to AZ 202 the path of AZ 101 is known as the Santan Freeway. In the original planning stages AZ 101 carried the designation of AZ 417 for the Agua Fria Freeway section and AZ 117 being part of the Pima/Price....
Because every road has a story.