| Distance sign to the Rest Area, Meteor
Crater Road and Flagstaff. Photo taken March 29,
2008. |
| Advance signage for Exit 239, Meteor City Road,
one mile. Photo taken March 29, 2008. |
| Meteor City road departs here at exit 239. A roadside
curio shop is located here. Photo taken March 29,
2008. |
| Distance sign to the Rest Area, Meteor Crater
Road and Flagstaff. Photo taken March 29, 2008. |
| Advance signage for the Meteor Crater Rest Area,
1/2 mile. Photo taken March 29, 2008. |
| Exit here for the Meteor Crater Rest Area. Photo
taken March 29, 2008. |
| Advance signage for Exit 233, Meteor Crater Road,
one mile. Photo taken March 29, 2008. |
| Use Exit 233 to reach Meteor Crater. The Crater
is privately owned, but is open for public tours.
NASA used the crater for Moon training. Photo taken
March 29, 2008. |
| Exit 233 departs here for Meteor Crater Road.
Photo taken March 29, 2008. |
| Exit 230 serves Two Guns. Two Guns has a bloody
history, from the days when it was originally occupied
by "Two Gun" Miller. The site was later
home to an old trading post that has long since
closed. Photo taken March 29, 2008. |
| Distance sign to U.S. 89, Interstate 17, and Flagstaff.
Ironically, all three control points are actually
in the city of Flagstaff. Photo taken March 29,
2008. |
| Advance signage for Exit 225, Buffalo Range Road,
one mile. Photo taken March 29, 2008. |
| Exit 225 departs here to serve Buffalo Range Road.
Photo taken March 29, 2008. |
| Looming over the horizon are the San Francisco
Peaks. The tallest of the peaks, Humphreys Peak,
is the tallest in Arizona. Located at the base of
the mountains is Flagstaff. Photo taken March 29,
2008. |
| Advance signage for Exit 219, Twin Arrows, one
mile. Photo taken March 29, 2008. |
| Twin Arrows is the site of another former Route
66 trading post, long closed. Photo taken March
29, 2008. |
| Distance sign to Winona (7 miles), U.S. 89 (17
miles) and Flagstaff (22 miles). Photo taken March
29, 2008. |
| Interstate 40 has been slowly climbing since leaving
Winslow. Now crossing the 6000 foot line, junipers
start to appear. The surrounding vegetation will
change dramatically before reaching Flagstaff. Photo
taken March 29, 2008. |
| Advance signage for Exit 211, Winona. Photo taken
March 29, 2008. |
| Use Exit 211 to reach Winona. Winona has a far
greater reputation than the town size deserves because
of the song "Get your Kicks on Route 66".
The town is little more than a gas station and road
junction. An old section of Route 66 (bypassed in
1947) can be picked up here and driven up to U.S.
89 north of Flagstaff. Photo taken March 29, 2008. |
| Advance signage for Exit 207, Cosnino Road, One
mile. Photo taken March 29, 2008. |
| The interchange design for Cosnino Road is fairly
abrupt, with a harsh cloverleaf dictated by the
proximity of the railroad. Photo taken March 29,
2008. |
| The next exit is Exit 204, serving Walnut Canyon
National Monument, one mile. Photo taken March 29,
2008. |
| Exit 204 also serves as an access point for the
1947 alignment of U.S. 66 into Flagstaff. Photo
taken March 29, 2008. |
| Walnut Canyon
National Monument is a small monument that preserves
unique Sinagua cliff dwellings. Photo taken March
29, 2008. |
| Exit 204 departs here for Walnut Canyon National
Monument. West of this point, old U.S. 66 can be
driven into Flagstaff. Photo taken March 29, 2008. |
| U.S. 180 remains co-signed with Interstate 40
into Flagstaff. Notice the trees appearing as we
climb close to the 7000' elevation point. Photo
taken March 29, 2008. |
| Westbound Interstate 40 approaching Exit 201,
Junction Westbound Business Loop I-40 into Flagstaff,
one mile. In 1993, U.S. 89 was truncated to this
interchange; all instances of the route south of
Flagstaff were removed. U.S. 89 was recommissioned
as follows: Interstate 19 from Nogales to Green
Valley; Business Loop I-19 from Green Valley to
Tucson; Arizona 77 from Tucson to Oracle Junction;
Arizona 79 from Oracle Junction to Florence Junction;
U.S. 60 from Florence Junction to Wickenburg; Arizona
89 from Wickenburg to Ash Fork; and Interstate 40
from Ash Fork to Flagstaff. Photo taken March 29,
2008. |
| Photo taken March 29, 2008. |
| Westbound Interstate 40 approaching Exit 201,
Junction Westbound Business Loop I-40 into Flagstaff.
The long duplex with U.S. 180 (between Holbrook
and Flagstaff) comes to its western end here; U.S.
180 follows the business route through Flagstaff
before turning northwest en route to the Grand Canyon.
Photo taken March 29, 2008.
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| Now at the base of the San Francisco Peaks, we
enter Flagstaff proper. The next five exist serve
the city. Photo taken March 29, 2008.
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| Westbound Interstate 40 at Exit 201, Junction
Westbound Business Loop I-40 into Flagstaff, Northbound
U.S. 180 to the Grand Canyon, and Northbound U.S.
89 to Page and the Glen Canyon Dam. This interchange
marks the southern terminus of U.S. 89. The business
loop connects with Historic U.S. 66. Photo taken
March 29, 2008. |
| The first signage for Junction Interstate
17 is five miles east of the interchange on westbound
Interstate 40, just before reaching Exit 198, Butler
Avenue. First photo taken March 29, 2008. Second
photo taken 10/26/03.
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| Use Exit 198 to reach downtown Flagstaff and the
historical district. Photo taken March 29, 2008.
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| Westbound Interstate 40 approaching Exit 198,
Butler Avenue, one mile. Photo taken March 29, 2008. |
| Westbound Interstate 40 at Exit 198, Butler Avenue/Flagstaff.
Photo taken March 29, 2008.
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| Westbound Interstate 40 approaching
Exit 195, Junction Southbound Interstate 17 to Arizona
89A, two miles. First photo taken March 29, 2008.
Second photo taken 10/26/03.
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| Westbound Interstate 40 approaching Exit 195,
Junction Southbound Interstate 17 to Arizona 89A,
three-quarters of a mile. Photo taken March 29,
2008. |
| Westbound Interstate 40 approaching Exit 195,
Junction Southbound Interstate 17 to Arizona 89A,
next right. Photo taken March 29, 2008. |
| Split between southbound Interstate 17 and northbound
Arizona 89A to U.S. 180 on transition ramp from
Interstate 40. Photo taken March 29, 2008. |
 
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Page Updated May 26, 2008.
