It’s no secret that Phoenix is one of the sprawliest urban areas in the nation. Arizona’s DOT is responding to this need for infrastructure with Loop 303, a third freeway loop around Phoenix. The road has been around in a two-lane highway form for several years now, but groundbreaking took place last week on the first section of freeway for Loop 303 stretching from I-17 north of Phoenix west and south to US 60.This is the first new groundbreaking for a Phoenix area freeway since 2006.

A map and more information on the freeway is available from AZDOT here. Look for the link between I-10 and I-17 to be opened in 2015.

Photo by Rob Branch-Dasch / Decomprose on Flickr, used with permission.