| The left lanes carry westbound U.S. 60, while the right
lane accesses U.S. 93 north (as noted by the signs). U.S.
93 follows Tegner Street north through the town. Photo
taken March 3, 2007.
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| U.S. 93 north leads from Wickenburg to a junction with
Arizona 89 a few miles north of here. Arizona 89 is a
major route to Congress, Prescott, and Ash Fork, with
connections to Sedona, Oak Creek Canyon, and Flagstaff
via Arizona 89A. The section of U.S. 93 between U.S. 60
and Arizona 89 was part of U.S. 89 before that route was
truncated in 1989. Photo taken March 3, 2007.
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| Westbound U.S. 60 at Junction U.S. 93/Tegner Street
north. Photo taken March 3, 2007.
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| View of the U.S. 60 Wickenburg Subway looking west after
the U.S. 93/Tegner Street intersection. Photo taken March
3, 2007.
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| Now west of Wickenburg, the next three control points
are Aguila (21 miles), Blythe (110 miles), and Los Angeles
(335 miles). Interestingly, only Aguila is on U.S. 60.
Photo taken March 3, 2007.
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| Distance sign to Aguila (14 miles), Quartzsite (79 miles),
and Los Angeles (326 miles). As can be seen, U.S. 60 is
fairly desolate west of Wickenburg. Photo taken March
3, 2007.
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| U.S. 60 paralells the railroad tracks, and remains a
two lane highway west of Wickenburg. Photo taken March
3, 2007.
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| Distance sign to Aguila (5 miles), Blythe (93 miles)
and Los Angeles (317 miles). Photo taken March 3, 2007.
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| Advance signage for Arizona 71, 1/2 mile. Photo taken
March 3, 2007.
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| Continue west on U.S. 60 to reach Los Angeles, or turn
right on Arizona 71 to Prescott. Photo taken March 3,
2007.
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| Arizona 71 connects U.S. 60 and Arizona 89. Before the
construction of Arizona 69 and Interstate 17, U.S. 89
to Arizona 71 was the preferred route to Los Angeles.
Today, this route is still a good route to avoid Phoenix.
Photo taken March 3, 2007.
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| Distance sign to Wenden (23 miles), Blythe (87 miles)
and Los Angeles (311 miles). Photo taken March 3, 2007.
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| U.S. 60 westbound meets the small settlement of Gladden
here. Gladden is essentially a trailer park, as seen on
the left. Photo taken March 3, 2007.
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| Distance sign to Wenden (13 miles), Quartzsite (54 miles)
and Los Angeles (302 miles). Just west of this point,
U.S. 60 leaves Maricopa County and enters La Paz County.
Photo taken March 3, 2007.
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| U.S. 60 continues to travel west through wide valleys
on the way to Hope and Quartzsite. Photo taken March 3,
2007.
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| Distance sign to Wenden, Quartzsite, and Los Angeles.
Photo taken March 3, 2007.
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| U.S. 60 crosses Centennial Wash here. Photo taken March
3, 2007.
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| U.S. Highway 60 enters the town of Wenden here. Photo
taken March 3, 2007.
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| U.S. Highway 60 at the turnoff to Alamo Lake State Park.
Alamo Lake is a man-made lake on the Bill Williams River.
Photo taken March 3, 2007.
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| Now leaving Wenden, U.S. Highway 60 resumes a two lane
configuration. Photo taken March 3, 2007.
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| Distance sign to Salome, Blythe and Los Angeles. Photo
taken March 3, 2007.
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| U.S. Highway 60 enters the town of Salome here. Photo
taken March 3, 2007.
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| U.S. Highway 60 meets Salome Road, which leads south
to Interstate 10. Photo taken March 3, 2007.
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| Salome is known as the home of comedy writer Dick Wick
Hall. Hall wrote about a frog who was 7 years old and
lived in the desert, so he had never seen water and could
not swim. The story is memorialized numerous places in
town. Photo taken March 3, 2007.
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| U.S. Highway 60 passes through the settlement of Harcuvar
here. Not much remains of this former roadside town. Photo
taken March 3, 2007.
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| U.S. Highway 60 passes through a low mountain pass west
of Harcuvar. Photo taken March 3, 2007.
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| An older alignment can be seen alongside U.S. Highway
60 through the pass. In this photo, however, it is obscured
by the guardrail. Photo taken March 3, 2007.
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| Advance signage for Arizona 72 in the town of Hope.
Photo taken March 3, 2007.
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| Use U.S. Highway 60 to reach Blythe, or Arizona 72 to
reach Parker. Photo taken March 3, 2007.
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| Arizona 72 splits from U.S. Highway 60 here. The intersection
was constructed when U.S. Highway 60 carried much more
traffic than it does now. Photo taken March 3, 2007.
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| Many miles to the west (through miles of rustic and
desolate desert west of Wickenburg), U.S. 60 comes to
its western end at its junction with Interstate 10 east
of Quartzsite. U.S. 60 used to continue all the way to
Los Angeles, California, but it was legislatively decommissioned
in 1964, and signs were removed as new sections of Interstate
10 were opened. The only remnant of U.S. 60 in California
is the California 60 freeway in the Inland Empire and
East Los Angeles (Pomona Freeway). Photo taken 05/25/03.
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Page Updated September 26, 2007.
