SR 88 Roadway Improvement Projects

SR 88 Roadway Improvement Projects

The Arizona Department of Transportation received $4 million for an interim project that would repair and reopen the five miles of State Route 88 (Apache Trail) between the Fish Creek Hill Overlook (milepost 222) and milepost 227 near the Reavis Trailhead and Apache Lake Marina Road that has been closed since 2019 due to flooding damage resulting from the Woodbury Fire scar. 

ADOT’s interim project will restore access for vehicles with high clearance or four-wheel drives or utility terrain vehicles by removing the boulders at Fish Creek Hill, repairing the retaining walls, installing new signs and cleaning and possibly replacing damaged parts of the drainage system.

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The Arizona Department of Transportation, in coordination with the U.S. Forest Service, began an $18 million project in fall 2022 to pave and make other improvements to an 11-mile gravel section of SR 88 (Apache Trail) between Apache Lake and the Theodore Roosevelt Dam.

The work includes installing an aggregate base that is covered with a chip seal and updating drainage features that are not functional or were damaged by flooding. The project also will improve sight lines at five locations.

The goal of the project is to improve the resilience of the roadway during heavy rainfall, reduce the amount of repair work required after flooding and prevent further roadway damage that would limit public access. 

Learn more on the FHWA project webpage.