| Distance sign to 52nd Street and Van Buren Street, Priest Drive and Scottsdale Road. Loop 202 passes the shuttered Le Natures bottled water plant here. Photo taken July 15, 2007.
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| Exit 4 serves 52nd Street and Van Buren Street. Loop 202 turns southbound here to paralell Arizona 143. Photo taken July 15, 2007.
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| Advance signage for exit 6 serving Priest Drive and Center Parkway. Photo taken July 15, 2007.
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| Exit 6 departs here for Priest Drive and Center Parkway.
Use Exit 6 to reach downtown Tempe. Photo taken July 15, 2007.
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| After traffic from Sky Harbor Airport (via Loop 202
Spur) joins Loop 202, the next exit is exit 7 serving
Rural Road and Scottsdale Road. Photo taken July 15, 2007.
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| Distance sign to Scottsdale Road, McClintock Road and
Loop 202. Loop 202 runs alongside the Salt River and Tempe
Town Lake, which is now seeing high-rise development along
both shores. Photo taken July 15, 2007.
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| Exit 7 serves Rural Road and Scottsdale Road. Use Rural
Road to reach Arizona State University and Sun Devil Stadium,
and Scottsdale Road to reach downtown Scottsdale. Photo
taken July 15, 2007.
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| Advance signage for Loop 101. This section of freeway
is often congested during rush hour with traffic destined
for Loop 101. Photo taken July 15, 2007.
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| Advance signage for exit 8, McClintock Drive. Photo
taken July 15, 2007.
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| McClintock Drive exits here, as exit 8. Use McClintock
Drive to reach Tempe Marketplace. Hazardous Cargo must
exit here, as hazardous cargo is not permitted on the
bridge leading up to Loop 101. Photo taken July 15, 2007.
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| Advance signage for Loop 101, exit 9. This section of
Loop 202 is built on a mile-long bridge above the Salt
River, built over the riverbed to avoid disturbing a hazardous
waste site on the north bank of the river. Photo taken
July 15, 2007.
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| The right lane exits to Loop 101. Notice the remaining
blue shields for Loop 101, which are disappearing rapidly.
Photo taken July 15, 2007.
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| Loop 101 departs here, as exit 9. The HOV lane ends
here, as well as a planned widening project to widen Loop
202 by one lane (from the Mini-Stack at Interstate 10
to Loop 101). Photo taken July 15, 2007.
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| Under the shadows of Loop 101, we find advance signage
for exit 10, Dobson Road. Photo taken July 15, 2007.
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| After the Loop 101 interchange, Eastbound Loop 202 approaches
Exit 10, Dobson Road. Photo taken July 15, 2007.
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| Eastbound Loop 202 at Dobson Road. Use Dobson Road to
reach Riverview at Mesa. Photo taken July 15, 2007.
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| Eastbound Loop 202 approaching Exit 11, Alma School
Road, three-quarters of a mile. Photo taken July 15, 2007.
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| Eastbound Loop 202 approaching Exit 11, Alma School
Road, one-half mile. The next exits are for McKellips
Road and Arizona 87/Country Club Road, both of which lead
into Mesa. Photo taken July 15, 2007.
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| Eastbound Loop 202 approaching Exit 11, Alma School
Road, next right. Photo taken July 15, 2007.
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| Eastbound Loop 202 at Exit 11, Alma School Road. The
freeway is riding near the floodplain of the Salt River
(Rio Salado), which is why there was minimal development
in this area. Photo taken July 15, 2007.
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| Eastbound Loop 202 approaching Exit 12, McKellips Road.
Motorists accessing Arizona 87/Country Club Drive should
use Exit 13. Photo taken 03/02/03.
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| Eastbound Loop 202 approaching Exit 12, McKellips Road,
one-half mile. Finally, a sun angle more fitting for the
Valley of the Sun! Photo taken 03/02/03.
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| Eastbound Loop 202 approaching Exit 12, McKellips Road,
one-quarter mile. Motorists accessing Arizona 87/Country
Club Drive should use Exit 13. Photo taken 03/02/03.
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| Eastbound Loop 202 at Exit 12, McKellips Road. Photo
taken 03/02/03.
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| Eastbound Loop 202 on the offramp to Exit 12, McKellips
Road. The advance sign to Arizona 87/Country Club Drive
is visible from the exit ramp. Photo taken 03/02/03.
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| Use Arizona Avenue (Arizona 87), exit 13, to reach downtown
Mesa and the Mormon Temple. Photo taken January 20, 2007.
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| Exit 13 departs here for Arizona 87, Country Club Drive.
Arizona 87 travels north to Payson and Winslow, and south
to Chandler and Coolidge. byPhoto taken January 20, 2007.
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| Distance sign to the next three exits - Gilbert Road,
Val Vista Drive, and Greenfield Road. Photo taken January
20, 2007.
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| Distance sign to the same three exits as the last sign,
only a mile closer - Gilbert Road, Val Vista Drive and
Greenfield Road. Loop 202 travels slightly below grade
between high sound walls to mitigate the impact of the
freeway through this residential area. Photo taken January
20, 2007.
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| Use exit 16, Gilbert Road, to reach McDowell Road. Photo
taken January 20, 2007.
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| Gilbert Road exits here, as exit 16. In the background
is the dual set of bridges for McDowell Road and Gilbert
Road, as Loop 202 passes next to the intersection of the
two roads. Photo taken January 20, 2007.
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| Distance sign to Val Vista Drive, Greenfield Road and
Higley Road. Photo taken January 20, 2007.
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| Val Vista Drive exits here, as exit 19. Photo taken
January 20, 2007.
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| Advance signage for exit 20, Greenfield Road. Notice
the Loop 202 trailblazer alongside the freeway. Photo
taken January 20, 2007.
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| Greenfield Road departs here, as exit 20. Photo taken
January 20, 2007.
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| Distance sign to Higley Road, Recker Road and Power
Road. Photo taken January 20, 2007.
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| Advance signage for exit 21, Higley Road. Use Higley
Road to reach Falcon Field, a general aviation airport
in Mesa that is also home to a branch of the Commemorative
Air Force. Photo taken January 20, 2007.
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| Higley Road departs here as exit 21. We are in East
Mesa now, in an area rapidly developed during the 1990s.
Photo taken January 20, 2007.
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| Distance sign to Recker Road and Power Road. This sign
is mounted on the Higley Road overpass. Photo taken January
20, 2007.
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| Advance signage for exit 22, Recker Road. Photo taken
January 20, 2007.
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| Recker Road departs here, as exit 22. The next, and
final exit along the Red Mountain Freeway is Power Road,
which is the temporary end of the freeway. Photo taken
January 20, 2007.
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| Exit 23A serves Power Road and the temporary end of
Loop 202. Photo taken September 2, 2007.
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| The newest section of Loop 202, from University Drive
to U.S. 60, opened in 2007. This is taken from the University
Drive ramp entering the new freeway. Photo taken September
2, 2007.
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| Advance signage for exit 28, Broadway Road. This sign
is mounted on the Apache Trail (old U.S. 60) bridge. Photo
taken September 2, 2007.
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| Broadway Road departs here, as exit 28. Photo taken
September 2, 2007.
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| Advance signage for exit 30A/B, U.S. 60. Photo taken
September 2, 2007.
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| Use U.S. 60 west to reach Phoenix and Tempe, and U.S.
60 east to reach Apache Junction and Globe. Photo taken
September 2, 2007.
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| Exit 30A departs here for U.S. 60 East. Photo taken
September 2, 2007.
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| Exit 30B departs for U.S. 60 West here. To continue
south on Loop 202, proceed to the SanTan
Freeway Page. Photo taken September 2, 2007.
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| Perspective from Westbound Loop 202 (north)
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| Advance signage for exit 9, Loop 101. This Loop 101
sign features the older blue shield, rapidly becoming
rare in Arizona. Photo taken April 8, 2007.
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| Exit 9 departs here for the stack interchange with Loop
101. Photo taken March 4, 2007.
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| Passing under the Loop 101 interchange, Loop 202 enters
the city of Tempe. Tempe, founded in 1871, was founded
at the site of a ferry across the Salt River. Today, the
city is known for ASU, Mill Avenue and as a vibrant employment
center. Photo taken April 8, 2007.
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| Distance sign to the next three exits - Scottsdale Road,
Priest Drive and Center Parkway, and Sky Harbor Airport
(Spur 202). Photo taken April 8, 2007.
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| Use exit 7 to reach Scottsdale (to the north of the
freeway) and ASU (to the south of Loop 202). Photo taken
March 4, 2007.
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| Distance sign to Scottsdale Road, Priest Drive and Center
Parkway, and Sky Harbor Airport (Spur 202). This sign
is after the ramps from Loop 101, where the previous sign
is placed before those ramps merge with Loop 202. Photo
taken March 4, 2007.
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| Exit 7 departs here for Scottsdale Road and Rural Road.
To the south of Loop 202, Scottsdale Road becomes Rural
Road through Tempe and Chandler. Photo taken March 4, 2007.
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| Advance signage for exit 6, Priest Drive and Center
Parkway, and exit 5, Sky Harbor Airport (Spur 202 to Arizona
143). Photo taken March 4, 2007.
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| Use exit 6 to reach Downtown Tempe and Mill Avenue.
Photo taken March 4, 2007.
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| Exit 6 departs here for Center Parkway and Priest Drive.
Priest Drive travels south through Tempe and Guadalupe
to reach Chandler. Photo taken March 4, 2007.
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| Advance signage for exit 5, Sky Harbor Airport to Arizona
143. This road is unsigned Spur 202, and travels directly
to the airport. Photo taken March 4, 2007.
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| Exit 5 departs here for Sky Harbor Airport. This sign
is mounted on the Priest Drive overpass - The ramp from
Priest Drive to Loop 202 splits into two, with access
to both the airport (via Spur 202) and Loop 202 westbound.
Photo taken March 4, 2007.
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| Advance signage for exit 4, Van Buren Street and 52nd
Street. Loop 202 has left Tempe at this point and is now
in the city of Phoenix. Photo taken March 4, 2007.
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| Distance sign to 52nd Street and Van Buren Street, 44th
Street, and 32nd Street. Photo taken March 4, 2007.
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| Use exit 4 to reach the Phoenix Zoo and the Desert Botanical
Garden, both in Papago Park. In the background is one
of the few remaining brown Loop 202 shields. Photo taken
March 4, 2007.
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| Loop 202 is travelling due north at this point, where
it meets exit 4 to Van Buren Street and 52nd Street. Van
Buren Street is former US 60-70-80-89, now decommissioned.
Photo taken March 4, 2007.
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| This is one of my favorite views along any freeway in
Phoenix - looking north at Camelback Mountain, approaching
44th street, exit 2. Photo taken March 4, 2007.
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| Now heading west again, we find advance signage for
44th Street, 1/4 mile. Use 44th Street to reach the Chinese
Cultural Center. Photo taken March 4, 2007.
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| Exit 2 departs here for 44th Street. The bridge over
the freeway is the ramp from Loop 202 eastbound to McDowell
Road. This sign originally said Loop 202 to Interstate
10, but that has long since been removed. Photo taken
March 4, 2007.
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| Still on the outer loop but on the other end of the
Loop 202/Red Mountain Freeway, the next exit is Exit 1C,
32nd Street. Photo taken March 4, 2007.
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| Last reassurance shield along westbound Loop 202 approaching
Exit 1C, 32nd Street. The next exits are for 24th Street,
Interstate 10, and Arizona 51. Photo taken 03/01/03.
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| Westbound Loop 202 at Exit 1C, 32nd Street. 32nd Street
leads north toward Squaw Peak Recreation Area, but it
only goes as far south as Van Buren Street. The airport
prevents it from continuing any further south. This segment
of 32nd Street does not directly connect with the 32nd
Street that parallels Arizona 51 north of Squaw Peak Recreation
Area. Photo taken 03/01/03.
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| Westbound Loop 202 approaching Exit 1B, 24th Street.
The last exit along westbound is Exit 1A, Junction Interstate
10 and Arizona 51. First photo taken 03/01/03, second
photo taken March 3, 2007.
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| 24th Street skirts the western edge of Sky Harbor International
Airport, and it leads to the western entrance to the airport.
Northbound 24th Street closely parallels Arizona 51 south
of the Squaw Peak recreation area. This picture was taken
along westbound Loop 202 as it approached Exit 1B, 24th
Street. The freeway names have since been removed from
this sign, as seen in the second photo. First photo taken
03/01/03, second photo taken March 3, 2007.
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| Westbound Loop 202 at Exit 1B, 24th Street. Note that
the high occupancy vehicle lane (left lane/number one
lane) is now marked as a direct connection to the Interstate
10 high occupancy vehicle lanes. First photo taken 03/01/03,
second photo taken March 3, 2007.
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| Westbound Loop 202 ends here, as it splits into eastbound
Interstate 10, northbound Arizona 51/Squaw Peak Freeway,
and westbound Interstate 10. The main lanes merge onto
westbound Interstate 10. There is no "END" Loop 202 signage
present. First photo taken 03/01/03, second photo taken
March 3, 2007.
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| Gore point for Exit 1A, northbound Arizona 51 and eastbound
Interstate 10. Contrary to some maps, U.S. 60 does not
pass through this interchange; U.S. 60 follows Interstate
17 south and west of downtown for a more direct connection
to Grand Avenue. Photo taken 03/01/03.
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| Westbound Loop 202 merges onto westbound Interstate
10 at this point. Interstate 10 through downtown Phoenix
is the widest freeway in Phoenix, with up to five general
lanes and at least one high occupancy vehicle lane and
collector/distributor lanes. Photo taken 03/01/03.
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Page Updated November 6, 2007.
