Flashback Friday

Car crossing culvert on old Phoenix-to-Yuma Highway

2/28/2020

Flashback Friday: In Yuma, 'reaping the reward of work well done'

Ninety-five years ago today, thousands flocked to Yuma to celebrate completion of a highway linking Arizona with the Pacific Ocean.

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Map of Tombstone-Nogales Highway

2/7/2020

Flashback Friday: 'Best announcement' advances Nogales-Tombstone highway

Ninety-eight years ago, the Tombstone Epitaph's front page shared "about the best announcement that has come to Cochise County on road work for some time." Today, the result is SR 82.

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Benson railroad underpass

1/3/2020

Flashback Friday: Dual underpasses helped turn Benson into a 'highway city'

Learn more about these structures, which after nearly 80 years continue to provide value to those living in, visiting and traveling through this southeastern Arizona community.

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Flashback Friday DMS

8/23/2019

Flashback Friday: Sign of the times

More than 30 years ago, the Black Canyon Freeway saw the first digital message boards installed.

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Pickup truck drive down towards Winslow underpass.

6/28/2019

Flashback Friday: Party planning for the Winslow Underpass dedication

Listing who received invitations and even how officials would obtain lumber to build a speaker stand made for page-one news back in 1936.

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Historic Ocean-to-Ocean Bridge

5/24/2019

Flashback Friday: The day Yuma's Ocean-to-Ocean Bridge opened to traffic

A celebration this week in 1915 included a parade of decorated automobiles, a concert and horse races.

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