This mileage sign for the next three exits along eastbound Loop 202 is found immediately after the Interstate 10 interchange in Chandler, on this 2003-vintage freeway. The upcoming exits are: Exit 51, McClintock Drive/Chandler Village Drive; Exit 50A, Junction Loop 101 North to Scottsdale; and Exit 50B, Price Road. Photo taken 03/28/04.
A second mileage sign follows the previous sign for the same three destinations, except this sign is 0.75 mile closer than the other one! The next three exits along eastbound Loop 202 are Exit 51, McClintock Drive/Chandler Village Drive; Exit 50A, Junction Loop 101 North to Scottsdale; and Exit 50B, Price Road. Photo taken 03/28/04.
McClintock Drive forms part of the street grid system, heading north into Chandler and Tempe before changing into Hayden Road in Scottsdale. It remains parallel to Loop 101 about a mile to the west of the freeway. Photo taken 03/28/04.
Eastbound Loop 202/Santan Freeway at Exit 51, McClintock Drive and Chandler Village Drive. Photo taken 03/28/04.
This freeway ends sign is located immediately after
the exit ramp to Exit 51, McClintock Drive. Loop 202 comes
to an end almost as quickly as it began, but it is slated
for a massive extension east that will link it to the
Superstition and Red Mountain Freeways. Photo taken 03/28/04.
Mileage sign for the final (for now) two exits of Loop
202, Exits 50A-B, Junction Loop 101 north and Price Road.
Photo taken 03/28/04.
The final two exits of Loop 202/Santan Freeway are Exit
50A, Junction Loop 101 north and Exit 50B, Price Road.
Since the transition ramp from Loop 202 to Loop 101 was
not open yet, all traffic had to take Exit 50B at the
time of this photo. Photo taken 03/28/04.
Eastbound Loop 202/Santan Freeway at Exit 50A, Junction
Loop 101/Price Freeway north. This interchange marks the
southeastern terminus of the belt route. Photo taken 03/28/04.
Since the direct transition ramp from eastbound Loop
202/Santan Freeway to northbound Loop 101/Price Freeway
was not yet complete, the detour for Loop 101 (as indicated
by this white on black trailblazer) was via northbound
Price Road. All traffic had to exit, since Loop 202 east
was not yet open. Photo taken 03/28/04.
Eastbound Loop 202/Santan Freeway at Exit 50B, Price
Road. At the time of this photo, this was the temporary
end of Loop 202. Photo taken 03/28/04.
The morning sun was not favorable for this shot of a
distance sign. The next three exits (after Loop 101) are
Alma School Road, Arizona Avenue (Arizona 87) and McQueen
Road. Photo taken November 11, 2006.
Exit 48 serves Alma School Road. This section of freeway
to Gilbert Road was opened in December 2005. Photo taken
November 11, 2006.
Distance sign to Arizona Avenue (Arizona 87), McQueen
Road and Cooper Road. Photo taken November 11, 2006.
Advance signage for exit 47, Arizona 87 and Arizona
Avenue. Arizona 87 used to be a major north-south route
through the East Valley, but it's role has been supplanted
by Loop 101. Photo taken November 11, 2006.
Exit 47 departs here to serve Arizona 87. Arizona 87
travels north to US 60 and Mesa, then up to Payson and
Winslow, and travels south to Coolidge and Interstate
10. Photo taken November 11, 2006.
Distance sign to the next three exits, McQueen Road,
Cooper Road and Gibert Road. Photo taken November 11,
2006.
Exit 46 departs here to serve McQueen Road. Photo taken
November 11, 2006.
Distance sign to Cooper Road, Gilbert Road and Val Vista
Road. Photo taken November 11, 2006.
Use exit 45 (Cooper Road) to reach Chandler Municipal
Airport. Chandler Airport is a facility that serves light,
general aviation aircraft and business aircraft. Photo
taken November 11, 2006.
Advance signage for exit 45, Cooper Road. Photo taken
November 11, 2006.
Cooper Road departs here at exit 45. Photo taken November
11, 2006.
Distance sign for the next three exits - Gilbert Road,
Val Vista Drive and Santan Village Parkway. Photo taken
November 11, 2006.
Gilbert Road exits here, as exit 44. Use Gilbert Road
to reach downtown Gilbert, as well as the Chandler 202
Auto Mall. Photo taken November 11, 2006.
Distance sign to Val Vista Drive, Santan Village Parkway
and Williams Field Road. Photo taken November 11, 2006.
Advance signage for exit 42, Val Vista Drive. This section
of freeway to Frye Road (mile 39) was opened in June 2006.
Photo taken November 11, 2006.
Loop 202 crosses the Extension Canal and Lindsay Road
here. Lindsay is not connected to the freeway due to the
adjacent canal - if it was connected, this would be exit
43. Photo taken November 11, 2006.
Val Vista Road departs here, at exit 42. Use Val Vista
Road to reach the Santan Motorplex (an auto mall in Gilbert).
Photo taken November 11, 2006.
Distance sign to Santan Village Parkway, Williams Field
Road and Higley Road. Loop 202 is turning northeast at
this point. Photo taken November 11, 2006.
Advance signage for Santan Village Parkway. Santan Village
Parkway is a directional interchange, as there is no exit
41 on Westbound Loop 202. Photo taken November 11, 2006.
Santan Village Parkway departs here, as exit 41. Use
Santan Village Parkway to reach the Santan Village shopping
area in Gilbert. Photo taken November 11, 2006.
Distance sign to Higley Road, Power Road and Hawes Road.
and Photo taken November 11, 2006.
Advance signage for exit 40, Williams Field Road. Williams
Field Road is the name for Chandler Boulevard east of
Chandler, marking the turn north on Loop 202. Photo taken
November 11, 2006.
Exit 40 departs here for Williams Field Road. Use Williams
Field Road to reach Williams Gateway airport and ASU Polytechnic
Campus. Photo taken November 11, 2006.
Distance sign to the same three exits as the previous
one (Higley Road, Power Road and Hawes Road). This section
of freeway opened in June 2005. Photo taken November 11,
2006.
Loop 202 crosses under the Union Pacific Railroad and
Ray Road here. The pictured sign is another distance sign
to the same three exits (Higley Road, Power Road and Hawes
Road). Photo taken November 11, 2006.
Now swinging east, we find this pedestrian overpass
between Ray and Higley Roads. Photo taken November 11,
2006.
After many advance signs, we find the final advance
sign for exit 38, Higley Road. Photo taken November 11,
2006.
Higley Road departs here, as exit 38. Loop 202 is now
running due east halfway between Ray and Warner Roads.
Photo taken November 11, 2006.
The next three exits are Power Road, Hawes Road and
Elliot Road. Photo taken November 11, 2006.
Use Power Road to reach Williams Gateway Airport and
ASU Polytechnic Campus. Photo taken November 11, 2006.
Advance signage for exit 36, Power Road. Photo taken
November 11, 2006.
Power Road exits here, as exit 36. We are now in Mesa,
and Power Road is one of the major north-south routes
in East Mesa. Photo taken November 11, 2006.
This Loop 202 shield appears to have lost one of the
bolts holding it on to the signpost. The Santan Freeway
was never signed with the original brown and white Loop
202 shields, as this section to Guadalupe Road opened
in June 2006 as the last segment of the Santan freeway
to open. Photo taken November 11, 2006.
Distance sign to Hawes Road, Elliot Road and Guadalupe
Road. This section of Loop 202 is where the proposed interchange
with future Arizona 802 will be located. Photo taken November
11, 2006.
Advance signage for Hawes Road, exit 34. Hawes Road
is currently closed as there is no connecting road yet
to the exit. Photo taken November 11, 2006.
The future Hawes Road exit departs here, as exit 34.
The exit is blocked off pending construction of the connecting
road - some exits on Loop 101 were built the same way
when it first opened. Photo taken November 11, 2006.
Distance sign to Elliot Road, Guadalupe Road and Baseline
Road. Photo taken November 11, 2006.
Advance signage for exit 33, Elliot Road. Photo taken
November 11, 2006.
Elliot Road departs here. Loop 202 is now travelling
north-south as it heads toward US 60. Photo taken November
11, 2006.
The first advance signage for US 60 can be seen here,
along with an advance sign for exit 32, Guadalupe Road.
This segment to Baseline Road (from Elliot) opened in
January 2005. Photo taken November 11, 2006.
Exit 32 serves Guadalupe Road. At the time of these
photos, the freeway was closed at Baseline Road for construction
of the SuperRedTan interchange. Photo taken November 11,
2006.
Advance signage for exit 31, Baseline Road, as well
as signage for exit 30, US 60. Photo taken November 11,
2006.
Until the SuperRedTan interchange is completed, all
traffic to US 60 Eastbound has to use Baseline Road. Photo
taken November 11, 2006.
The right two lanes exit, with the right lane exiting
to Baseline Road and the second to right lane exiting
to US 60. Photo taken November 11, 2006.
Baseline Road exits here, as exit 31. The freeway was
closed beyond here for construction work, but is open
to US 60 until the last leg of the Red Mountain Freeway
is completed. Photo taken November 11, 2006.
