The AARoads Blog

U.S. Highway 191 travels along the eastern boundary of Arizona between Arizona 80 near Douglas and U.S. Highway 160 at Mexican Water. AARoads recently took a trip on the road from Interstate 10 to U.S. 60 in Springerville, encompassing the Coronado Trail.

The Coronado Trail was constructed between Clifton and Alpine in 1926, and added to the state highway system as U.S. 666 in 1938. The road remained essentially unpaved until 1963, when it was fully paved. The Coronado Trail is well known for the twists and turns – some have counted over 400 curves between Clifton and Alpine, where the road climbs almost 5800 feet in altitude from Clifton north.

U.S. Highway 191 has numerous tight turns like this one inside Chase Creek.

For more, visit U.S. Highway 191 (Clifton to Alpine) on RockyMountainRoads.com.

The Arizona Pages have been undergoing a number of changes. Pictures have been replaced and added throughout the site, and additional background information is being researched and added to the site.

New to the Arizona Pages are Historical Road Maps of Arizona, dating as far back as 1919. Check them out!

I-15 in Arizona has been completely resigned. The changes noted:

• Exit 9 is now “Desert Springs” instead of Farm Road.
• An increase in the number of distance signs. There are at least 3 distance signs each way pointing to St. George, Cedar City and Salt Lake northbound – southbound to Cedar Pocket, Mesquite, and Las Vegas.
• The advance signs for Business Loop 15 in Mesquite on southbound I-15 are now all ADOT standard, and not placed by NvDOT.
• Utah’s I-15 signs look just as bad as they ever did around St. George. The new exit, exit 13 (Washington Parkway) is now open.