Interstate 40 West - Kingman to California

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Historic U.S. 66 parallels the east side of I-40 south to the diamond interchange (Exit 44) with Shinarump Drive.
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Continuing south through an S-curve, Interstate 40 passes between Cook Canyon and Box Canyon.
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Shinarump Drive links Historic U.S. 66 and the east side frontage road with Oatman Highway, the original alignment of U.S. 66 southwest into the Black Mountains.
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Historic U.S. 66 along Oatman Highway (CR 10) turns south from Oatman and the Black Mountains to Interstate 40 at Topock.
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Shinarump Drive extends 11.73 miles west across Sacramento Highway from Oatman Highway as CR 233 to Egar Road north.
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The unincorporated community of Yucca lies midway between Kingman and the California state line along Interstate 40 west.
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A diamond interchange joins Interstate 40 with Griffith Road at Exit 37.
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The Griffith Energy Facility lies just west of Interstate 40 beyond mile marker 39.
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Griffith is a BNSF Railroad siding located to the northeast of Exit 37 near Shingle Canyon.
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Interstate 40 crosses Black Rock Wash south of mile marker 35.
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Continuing south through the Sacramento Valley, I-40 next passes the BNSF Railroad siding of Athos.
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The diamond interchange at Exit 28 serves ranch areas and an unpaved grid of residential streets off Old Trails Road.
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Two exits connect I-40 with Yucca to the west of the Chrysler Proving Grounds.
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Proving Grounds Road spurs east to the Chrysler Arizona Proving Grounds, which include several test tracks and an airstrip.
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An unpaved road, 1st Street ties into the diamond interchange (Exit 26) with Proving Ground Road from the Yucca street grid to the southwest.
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I-40 lines the east side of Yucca south 0.75 miles to the diamond interchange (Exit 25) with Alamo Road.
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Built in 1966, a pedestrian bridge spans Interstate 40 from 3rd Avenue, a quarter mile ahead of Exit 25.
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The Haviland Rest areas line both sides of Interstate 40 two miles south of the Alamo Road overpass.
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The Golf Ball house appears along parallel Alamo Road just south of Exit 25 by the Area 66 museum.
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The Buck Mountains and Mohave Mountains spread along the southern horizon beyond Dutch Flat.
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The Haviland Rest Areas are located at mile marker 23.
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Interstate 40 makes a gradual southwesterly turn around the southern foothills of the Black Mountains.
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A folded diamond interchange at Exit 20 links Interstate 40 with Santa Fe Ranch Road to the southeast of the BNSF Railroad siding of Haviland.
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ADOT recorded 13,100 vpd along I-40 between Exit 20 and 13 in 2016.
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Interstate 40 continues westward by the distant Mohave Mountains toward the Chemehuevi Mountains in California.
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Paralleling Sacramento Wash, I-40 advances one mile west to the ranch exit for Franconia Road.
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Franconia is a BNSF Railroad siding located just north of the diamond interchange at Exit 13.
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The southern branch of SR 95 ties into Interstate 40 at Exit 9, 11.12 miles north of the Lake Havasu City limits
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Looking north at the Black Mountains.
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SR 95 travels 92.80 miles south, paralleling the Colorado River from Lake Havasu City to Parker, and continuing to I-10 and U.S. 95 at Quartzsite.
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Lake Havasu City is home of London Bridge, a historic span relocated from England in the 1970s.
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Entering the diamond interchange (Exit 9) with SR 95 south on Interstate 40 west.
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This distance sign is a carbon copy of a previous assembly where SR 95 north was removed. SR 95 formerly overlapped with I-40 west to Exit 1.
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The Topock Port of Entry precedes Exit 2 along westbound Interstate 40.
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The diamond interchange (Exit 2) with Needle Mountain Road follows in a half mile.
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Exit 2 departs for Needle Mountain Road. There are no services available from this exchange.
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The south end of Oatman Highway (Historic U.S. 66) connects with Interstate 40 at Exit 1 and the Mohave Valley.
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Exit 1 marks the last point where Historic U.S. 66 can be accessed in Arizona, and also marks the turnoff to reach Topock Marsh.
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The unincorporated community of Golden Shores is 4.5 miles north from Exit 1 along CR 10 (Oatman Highway).
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The northern leg of SR 95 runs 23.66 miles from the bridge across the Colorado River at K Street in Needles, California to Nevada State Route 163 in Bullhead City.
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CR 10 (Oatman Highway), CR 1 and CR 227 (Courtwright Road) north from Exit 1 to SR 95 at Arizona Village was formerly part of SR 95. SR 95 was signed along these county roads between 1971 and 1992, but decommissioned due to land ownership issues along the corridor.
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Supporting a pipeline system, a steel arch bridge spans the Colorado River just south of Interstate 40.
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The final confirming marker for Interstate 40 west posted in Arizona.
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Interstate 40 crosses the Colorado River on a narrow bridge built in 1966.
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Located midway across the Colorado River Bridge is the zero milepost for Interstate 40 in Arizona. I-40 continues west into San Bernardino County, California.
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