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2016 Fall Mountain Trip Part 24; Arizona State Route 89A/Old US Route 89A

Upon leaving Williams and former US Route 66/89 I headed east on Interstate 40 to Flagstaff.  From Flagstaff I pulled onto Interstate 17 south to approach former US Route 89A on the current Arizona State Route 89A. This article serves at the 24th entry in the 2016 Fall Mountain Trip Series.  Part 23 regarding former US Route 66/89 in Williams can be found below: 2016 Fall Mountain Trip Part 23; former US Route 66 and US Route 89 in Williams AZ 89A is a 83.85 mile State Highway which begins at former US 66/89 (current I-40BL) on Milton Road near downtown Flagstaff and ends at AZ 89 via the Pioneer Parkway in Prescott.   AZ 89A mostly consists of highway which made up US 89A and the first AZ 79.  AZ 89A is one of Arizona's most scenic highways which includes the; Sedona-Oak Creek Canyon Scenic Road, part of the signed former US Route 89A on the Jerome-Clarkdale-Cottonwood Historic Road, and the Mingus Mountain Scenic Road.  AZ 89A has a 7.22 mile spur on...