Current route in Arizona: NM line near Eager to JCT I-10 near Quartzsite
Length: 369 mi
Established: 1927
Historical route in Arizona: NM line near Eagar to CA line near Ehrenberg

Current route nationally:Virginia Beach, VA to JCT I-10 near Quartzsite, AZ
Historical route nationally: Virginia Beach, VA to Los Angeles, CA

Junctions:I-10, AZ 72, AZ 71, US 93, AZ 74, AZ 101, I-17, I-10, I-17, I-10, AZ 101, AZ 87, AZ 88, AZ 79, AZ 177, AZ 88, AZ 77, US 70, AZ 73, AZ 260, AZ 61, US 180, US 191

Like most of the long east-west US routes, US 60 was cut short of its final destination by an Interstate. Other than the part replaced by I-10 in far western Arizona, US 60 remains basically the same as it always was. The only other major change was moving it from its "through town" routing in the metro Phoenix area to the old AZ 360, I-10, and I-17.

US 60 took over AZ 360 on the Superstition Freeway.

There was a TRUCK US 60 in Globe from 1966-77, to avoid a low railroad underpass. The main route was moved to a new viaduct over the railroad in 1977, and the truck route and original route were decertified.

The award-winning Pinto Creek Bridge.

The 1926 Claypool Tunnel was bypassed in 1952 by the Queen Creek Tunnel.

West of the tunnels, the winding "Ladder" was replaced by a straighter route and an arch bridge. In the mid-90s, some touch-up work was done, removing overhangs, stabilizing slide areas, and adding a runaway truck ramp.

It's a wild ride to the bottom of Salt River Canyon. Pray you don't get behind a slow truck. The old bridge was replaced by the wider new one in the late 90s.

This used to be a speedometer test. Before the national 55mph speed limit, the speed limit here was 60mph, so each mile would take exactly one minute, and all 10 miles would take exactly 10 minutes. The speed limit here is now 65mph. The green milepost markers would seem to make this obsolete, but somebody at ADOT likes it. These signs were last replaced in 1995. It's located between Phoenix and Wickenburg.

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US 60 EXIT LIST
Superstition Freeway

EXIT	EASTBOUND EXITS Read down	WESTBOUND EXITS Read up
	SPEED LIMIT 65	SPEED LIMIT 55
171A		WEST
171B		EAST
◊		WEST HOV EXIT
172		Priest Dr
173	Mill Ave Ariz State Univ	Mill Ave Downtown Tempe Ariz State Univ
174	Rural Rd	Rural Rd
175	McClintock Dr	McClintock Dr
176A	SOUTH	SOUTH
176B	NORTH	NORTH
177	Dobson Rd Mesa Community College	Dobson Rd Mesa Community College
178	Alma School Rd	Alma School Rd
179	Country Club Dr Downtown Mesa Chandler	Country Club Dr Downtown Mesa Chandler
180	Mesa Dr	Mesa Dr
181	Stapley Dr	Stapley Dr
182	Gilbert Rd Gilbert	Gilbert Rd Gilbert
184	Val Vista Dr	Val Vista Dr
185	Greenfield Rd Mesa Falcon Field	Greenfield Rd Mesa Falcon Field
186	Higley Rd	Higley Rd
187	Superstition Springs Blvd
188	Power Rd	Power Rd
	Williams Gateway Airport	Williams Gateway Airport
189	Sossaman Rd
190A	NORTH	NORTH
190B	SOUTH	SOUTH
191	Ellsworth Rd Queen Creek	Ellsworth Rd Queen Creek
192	Crismon Rd	Crismon Rd
193	Signal Butte Rd	Signal Butte Rd
194	Pinal / Maricopa County Line
195	Ironwood Dr	Ironwood Dr
196	EAST Idaho Rd	EAST Idaho Rd
	Salt River Lakes Roosevelt Dam via Apache Trail	Salt River Lakes Roosevelt Dam via Apache Trail
197	Tomahawk Rd	Tomahawk Rd
198	Goldfield Rd	Goldfield Rd
199	Freeway Ends Divided Highway Continues	Old West Hwy Apache Jct
	SPEED LIMIT 65	SPEED LIMIT 65

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Last updated 6/18/2006