ADOT To Study Phoenix, Tucson Bypass.(Arizona Department of Transportation)(Brief article)

Rocky Mountain Construction, May, 2007

Staff Phoenix- This month the Arizona Department of Transportation plans to award a contract for a consultant to explore the idea of a four-lane highway alternative to Interstate 10 but bypassing both Phoenix and Tucson as it traveled east-west across the state. The proposed route, approximately 200 miles long, would run from I-10 at Buckeye, west of Phoenix, southeast to the Willcox/Benson area east of Tucson, rejoining I-10 there.

Such a bypass could relieve urban freeway congestion and minimize, if not eliminate, the need for future major widenings of I-10 in Phoenix and Tucson. S.L. Schorr, a Tucson lawyer and member of the state Transportation Board, estimates that more than 30 percent of trucks using I-10 through Phoenix and Tucson could be...

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