Business Loop I-40 - Needles

San Bernardino County Route 66 (Historic U.S. 66) overtakes Needles Highway south to a parclo B2 interchange with I-40/U.S. 95 at Exit 141.

03/24/13

CR 66 (Needles Highway) crosses I-40/U.S. 95 south.

03/24/13

The eastbound entrance ramp for I-40/U.S. 95 follows from CR 66 (Needles Highway) east. Business Loop I-40 begins east here.

03/24/13

Heading south from I-40/U.S. 95 at Exit 141, Business Loop I-40 is unmarked along CR 66 (Needles Highway).

03/24/13

Needles Highway turns east into the Needles street grid at Arch Street and T Streets.

03/24/13

A painted shield for Historic U.S. 66 preceding R Street and the Interstate 40 over crossing was gone by 2018.

03/24/13

Removed by 2011, a small guide sign posted at P Street preceded the southward turn of Business Loop I-40 from Needles Highway east onto Broadway Street south.

02/20/05

The intersection of Needles Highway, N Street north and Broadway Street south was reconfigured into a signalized intersection by 2018. Changes included removing the free flowing right turn for Business Loop I-40 eastbound.

02/20/05

Needles Highway extends three blocks east to K Street, which connects Needles with Arizona State Route 95 north to Mohave Valley. Sign changes made here by 2018 removed the Business Loop I-40 shield.

03/24/13

Broadway Street heads south two blocks to run along the east side of I-40/U.S. 95.

03/24/13

Affixed to a chain link fence, a business route sign appears along Broadway Street south by the pedestrian tunnel below I-40 west to California Avenue.

03/24/13

Broadway Street ascends across a BNSF Railroad line south between Walnut Street and L Street. Dating back to 1965 and removed by 2021, a "bicyclists dismount" porcelain enamel sign was posted for the crossing.

04/01/07

Trailblazers for Business Loop I-40 and I-40 were posted where Broadway Street shifts east away from the adjacent freeway at L Street.

02/20/05

03/14/09

The Business Loop I-40 shield at Broadway Street and L Street was removed by 2011.

03/24/13

J Street connects Business Loop I-40/Historic U.S. 66 (Broadway Street) and Downtown Needles with I-40/U.S. 95 nearby at Exit 142. Broadway Avenue and J Street was upgraded to a signalized intersection by 2018.

02/22/05

03/24/13

The confirming marker for County Route 66 east after J Street was removed after 2018.

03/24/13

Broadway Street proceeds south to Downtown Needles from H Street.

03/24/13

Business Loop I-40/Historic U.S. 66 (Broadway Street) east at the stop sign at G Street.

03/24/13

A County Route 66 reassurance marker stands along Broadway Street south ahead of F Street.

03/24/13

Broadway Street and E Street in Downtown Needles.

03/24/13

Broadway Street east at D Street by one of several businesses in Needles using Route 66 in its name.

03/24/13

The Needles Railroad Borax Wagon at Broadway Street and A Street.

03/24/13

Broadway Street overtakes Front Street beside the BNSF Needles Rail Yard.

03/24/13

A vintage 66 Motel sign at Broadway Street and Desnok Street.

03/24/13

Business Loop I-40 east returns to I-40 at the south split with U.S. 95 by Needles Town Center retail plaza.

03/24/13

The end shield for Business Loop I-40 east at I-40/U.S. 95 was removed by 2009.

02/20/05

U.S. 95 overlaps with Interstate 40 for 11 miles north from Needles to west of Java.

03/24/13

U.S. 95 branches south from Interstate 40 east to SR 62 at Vidal Junction.

03/24/13

U.S. 95 travels south from Needles to Blythe, where the highway combines with Interstate 10 east to Quartzsite, Arizona.

03/24/13

Interstate 40 arcs southeast from Needles into Arizona to circumvent the Black Mountains en route to Kingman.

03/24/13

What was the first shield for Business Loop I-40 stood along Broadway Street at Desnok Street, next to the BNSF Needles Rail Yard.

03/14/09

Business Loop I-40/CR 66 (Broadway Street) angles northwest from Front Street through Downtown Needles. J Street links Historic U.S. 66 with I-40/U.S. 95 nearby. This connection doubles as part of a route leading northeast to Arizona State Route 95.

03/14/09

The Business Loop I-40 sign posted at Broadway Street and L Street was removed by 2024.

03/14/09

Turning northwest alongside I-40/U.S. 95, Broadway Street ascends across the BNSF Railroad line.

04/01/07

A vintage motel marquee at Broadway Street north at Chestnut Street.

04/01/07

Historic U.S. 66 turns west with County Route 66 along Needles Highway.

03/24/13

Needles Highway east to K Street north leads to the Colorado River and state line where Arizona State Route 95 commences north to Mohave Valley and Bullhead City.

03/24/13

Removed when the intersection of Broadway Street and Needles Highway was upgraded with traffic lights, this small guide sign referenced Laughlin, Nevada for Arizona State Route 95 north.

03/24/13

The turn of Business Loop I-40 west onto Needles Highway is unmarked, as is the remainder of the route leading back to I-40/U.S. 95.

03/24/13

An old style U.S. 66 cutout appeared along Needles Highway between O and P Streets until 2011.

02/16/04

Needles Highway passes under I-40/U.S. 95 before turning northwest to meet the freeway at Exit 141.

02/16/04

A sign replacement for I-40 was made by 2009.

03/14/09

I-40/U.S. 95 head southeast 2.6 miles through Needles to Broadway Street at Exit 144.

02/20/05

Interstate 40 joins Needles and Southern California with Flagstaff, Arizona.

02/20/05

U.S. 95 extends north from I-40 through Piute Valley to Searchlight and Las Vegas, Nevada.

04/01/07

Business Loop I-40 west ends at the entrance ramp for I-40 to Barstow. Historic U.S. 66 remains north on Needles Highway to where County Route 66 branches west to W Park Road.

03/14/09