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Arizona 286 / Sasabe Road
Arizona 286 is a fairly remote road that leads from Arizona 86 at Three Points/Robles Jct west of Tucson down to the border town of Sasabe. The road was added to the state highway system in 1955, but not completely paved until 1982.
The highway begins at the border crossing at Sasabe, which is unique for the lack of paved roads on the Mexican
side of the crossing. As a result, traffic is very light across the border crossing. 
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Arizona 286 begins at the Sasabe Border Crossing
and immediately travels north into the unincorporated
town of Sasabe (population around 30). Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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A sharp left turn leads into the actual town,
which consists of around 2 blocks of buildings along
the road. Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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Leaving Sasabe, Arizona 286 enters the wide Altar
valley, which the road will traverse the entire
way to Three Points/Robles Junction. Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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Reassurance marker for Arizona 286. None of the
reassurance markers on the road have cardinal directions. Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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Arizona 286 passes through the Buenos
Aires National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge was
established to allow native grasslands to reestablish
themselves in the valley. Turn right to reach the
visitors center. Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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Arizona 286 meets Arivaca Road here. Turn right
to reach the town of Arivaca (12 miles away), or
to travel to Interstate 19 (43 miles away). Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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Reassurance marker for Arizona 286, north of Arivaca
Road. Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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Distance sign to Robles Junction (24
miles) and Tucson (46 miles). Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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Distance sign to Robles Junction (14 miles) and
Tucson (39 miles). Interesting how Tucson is only
7 miles shorter despite 10 miles of highway travel. Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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This is the final reassurance marker along northbound
Arizona 286. Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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Arizona 286 meets Diamond Bell Ranch Road. The
road is getting closer to Robles Junction. Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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Arizona 286 meets Altar Road here. Altar Road
is named after the valley that Arizona 286 travels
through, which is named for a mountain that Father
Kino felt looked like an altar. Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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Arizona 286 meets Three Points/Robles Junction
here. Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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Arizona 286 ends at Arizona 86 at Three Points/Robles
Junction. Robles Junction is named for pioneer rancher
B. Robles. Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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Turn left to reach Ajo, or turn right for Tucson. Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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Arizona 286 begins at Arizona 86 in Robles Junction/Three
Points. Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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Distance sign to Arivaca Road (33 miles) and Sasabe
(45 miles). These are the only two control points
along Arizona 286. Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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Arizona 286 is subject to flash flooding over
most of it's length. Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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Arizona 286 meets Altar Road here. Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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Reassurance marker for Arizona 286 southbound. Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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Distance sign to Arivaca (23 miles) and Sasabe
(35 miles). Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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Arizona 286 crosses Altar Wash here. Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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Distance sign to Arivaca Road (13 miles) and Sasabe
(25 miles). Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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Arizona 286 passes through the Buenos Aires National
Wildlife Refuge. The vegetation gets more dense
as the road enters the refuge. Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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South of Arivaca Road, we see this distance sign
for Sasabe, 12 miles. Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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This is the last reassurance marker along Southbound
Arizona 286. Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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Arizona 286 approaches the town of Sasabe and
the Mexican border. The mountains in the distance
are in Mexico. Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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Arizona 286 enters the town of Sasabe here. Sasabe
is an unincorporated town in Pima county. Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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Sasabe is named for either a Papago or Mexican resident of the area. The town is a small town, with one store (located on the right side of the photo). Arizona 286 does a hard right turn at the end of the populated section. Photo taken 07/04/08. |
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Arizona 286 ends at the Mexican Border. In the
background of this sign, you can see the buildings
that comprise the border crossing. The crossing
is only open from 8 AM to 8 PM. Photo taken 07/04/08. |
Photo Credits:
2008-07-04 by Kevin Trinkle.
Connect with:
Arizona 86
Page Updated 07-07-2008. |
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