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AZ 95 in Needles, CA
pderocco:
I wonder about Kaiser's comment about abutters demanding "beaucoup bucks" for the ROW along the old AZ-95. Was the state proposing to widen it? What "clear title" was missing, which scared the state away, but which didn't seem to bother Mohave County? I'm presuming that the old road included parts of CR-227, CR-1, and CR-10 down to US-66.
Max Rockatansky:
--- Quote from: pderocco on June 07, 2023, 03:15:21 AM ---I wonder about Kaiser's comment about abutters demanding "beaucoup bucks" for the ROW along the old AZ-95. Was the state proposing to widen it? What "clear title" was missing, which scared the state away, but which didn't seem to bother Mohave County? I'm presuming that the old road included parts of CR-227, CR-1, and CR-10 down to US-66.
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That’s the alignment that shows up on the 1973 USGS Map of the area and 1971 Arizona Highway Department Map:
https://www.arizonaroads.com/maps/1971-3.jpg
ClassicHasClass:
(just in case it's not clear, the Floodgap Roadgap site is my site)
I need to do some updates, but to answer pderocco's question, I believe that came out of a newspaper article I'm trying to find again. I don't know exactly what ADOT's plans were at the time but it sounds like the highway was intended for expansion at some point and they couldn't. Certainly AZ 95 is still pretty heavily trafficked up to Bullhead City and Laughlin.
Max Rockatansky:
Found the abandonment resolution for AZ 95 north of I-40 from 1992:
http://azhighwaydata.com/resolutions/?resnum=1992-06-A-045
And the adoption of Harbor Avenue to Needles as the new AZ 95:
http://azhighwaydata.com/resolutions/?resnum=1992-06-A-044
Here is the adoption of AZ 95 from I-40 north to AZ 68 during 1970:
http://azhighwaydata.com/resolutions/?resnum=1970-%20-078
Per ADOT the Harbor Avenue Bridge to Needles was constructed initially during 1978:
https://azdot.gov/projects/northwest-district-projects/sr-95-needles-bridge-rehabilitation-project
The mileage gap for AZ 95 north of I-40 still appears in state mileage logs:
https://azdot.gov/sites/default/files/2019/05/2013shslog.pdf
A sketch of how AZ 95 Detour is signed in Needles:
AZ 95D by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr
brad2971:
--- Quote from: Max Rockatansky on June 07, 2023, 09:25:30 PM ---Found the abandonment resolution for AZ 95 north of I-40 from 1992:
http://azhighwaydata.com/resolutions/?resnum=1992-06-A-045
And the adoption of Harbor Avenue to Needles as the new AZ 95:
http://azhighwaydata.com/resolutions/?resnum=1992-06-A-044
Here is the adoption of AZ 95 from I-40 north to AZ 68 during 1970:
http://azhighwaydata.com/resolutions/?resnum=1970-%20-078
Per ADOT the Harbor Avenue Bridge to Needles was constructed initially during 1978:
https://azdot.gov/projects/northwest-district-projects/sr-95-needles-bridge-rehabilitation-project
The mileage gap for AZ 95 north of I-40 still appears in state mileage logs:
https://azdot.gov/sites/default/files/2019/05/2013shslog.pdf
A sketch of how AZ 95 Detour is signed in Needles:
AZ 95D by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr
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Since ADOT knew that the end of AZ 95 was going to be at the bridge with no state owned (in this case, Caltrans) connection to I-40, why on earth did ADOT not take the opportunity to renumber that stretch from the bridge to AZ 68/NV 163 to, say, AZ 295?! Especially since, at the same time, ADOT renumbered US 89 between US 60 and AZ 77 to AZ 79?
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