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State Route 89 (SR 89) is a
This highway was a segment of US 89 between Ash Fork at I-40 and US 93 northwest of
state highway
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in the U.S. state
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of Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
. It is part of the former route of U.S. Route 89
U.S. Route 89 (US 89) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway with two sections, and one former section. The southern section runs for from Flagstaff, Arizona, to the southern entrance of Yellowstone National Park. The northern sectio ...
(US 89) throughout the state.
Route description
The southern terminus of SR 89 is located at anintersection
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with U.S. Route 93
U.S. Route 93 (US 93) is a major north–south United States highway, numbered highway in the western United States. The southern terminus is at U.S. Route 60 in Arizona, US 60 in Wickenburg, Arizona. The northern terminus is at the ...
northwest of Wickenburg. It is a largely south-north route; the largest city through which it now passes is Prescott, where it meets SR 69 and the extremely scenic SR 89A. The segment between Prescott and Congress
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(intersection with SR 71) is quite scenic. The northern terminus of the highway is located at an interchange with Interstate 40
Interstate 40 (I-40) is a major east–west Interstate Highway running through the south-central portion of the United States. At a length of , it is the third-longest Interstate Highway in the country, after I-90 and I-80. From west to ea ...
(I-40) in Ash Fork.
History
This highway was a segment of US 89 between Ash Fork at I-40 and US 93 northwest of Wickenburg
Wickenburg is a town in Maricopa and Yavapai counties, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the town was 7,474, up from 6,363 in 2010.
History
The Wickenburg area, along with much of the Southwest, became part of ...
.
All of US 89 was deleted south of its current southern terminus with Interstate 40 in Flagstaff after interstate highways offered shorter and more direct routes than the old long-distance US 89 in central and southern Arizona in 1993.
Junction list
See also
*Drake, Arizona
Drake was an unincorporated community on the Verde River in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, and a station on the BNSF Railway's Phoenix Subdivision. Drake is also the junction and western terminus of the Verde Canyon Railroad. Drake is ...
, site of the old Hell Canyon Bridge formerly used by US 89, now on the National Register of Historic Places
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.
References
External links
{{Attached KML, display=title,inline 089 Arizona State Route 089 Transportation in Yavapai County, Arizona Prescott, Arizona