Hi, everyone.
My church friends and I are getting together this Easter to participate in an outreach in Tucson. I've never been to this city, and I'm wondering what the roads will be like when I get there, along with the traffic signals. Will all the lights be in LED? I'll be there from March 26-28, and I'll be leaving Sunday evening heading back to Las Vegas. I can hardly wait to see the southern part of AZ!
Quote from: PCLV10 on February 05, 2010, 05:55:24 PM
Hi, everyone.
My church friends and I are getting together this Easter to participate in an outreach in Tucson. I've never been to this city, and I'm wondering what the roads will be like when I get there, along with the traffic signals. Will all the lights be in LED? I'll be there from March 26-28, and I'll be leaving Sunday evening heading back to Las Vegas. I can hardly wait to see the southern part of AZ!
If Tucson is anything like Phoenix, there will be speed cameras everywhere.
Only been there a few times. Most were just passing through. While a big urban area, it feels like "little town". I-10 has three to four lanes in each direction throughout the city. There are many main arterials that go due east/west and north/south just like Phoenix.
I passed through Tucson a year and a half ago, and I-10 was under complete reconstruction north of I-19. The entire freeway was jammed to the far westside of the ROW as a divided super-2. It seemed as though the freeway was also getting widened at the same time.
It was around 10 at night, and it took over an hour to get through Tucson.
I remember that. It's not like that anymore. Construction is mostly, if not all complete now.
Was there a widening involved?
Yes, there was--one lane in each direction, I think.
If you like historical airplanes, the Pima County Air Museum is a must-see.
AFAIK, Speed Cameras are only on the freeways in Phoenix. I don't recall seeing any on I-19 nor I-10 in Tucson. Not sure about surface street speed &/or red light cameras in Tucson, though (I was in the area last year, but I went straight to Green Valley from the north).