Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway

Some saguaros along the South Mountain Freeway are cloaked in black. Today's blog explains why. 

We're taking a look back at how the art along the one-year-old South Mountain Freeway came together. 

After a year of being open to Valley drivers, what's your favorite memory of the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway?

We added the shared-use path to the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway for everyone to enjoy. If you are using it, remember to share and share alike.

PHOENIX – The final major pieces of the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway - a 6-mile shared-use path and an interchange at 32nd Street added at the request of area residents - are now open.

The shared-use path, which runs from 40th Street on the east to 17th Avenue on the west, is designed to provide a place for people to exercise outdoors along the former Pecos Road alignment.

PHOENIX – There are still opportunities for you to cast daily votes in a national contest to recognize one of Arizona's new freeways and fund student scholarships.

The Arizona Department of Transportation is one of 12 finalists for an award that would celebrate ADOT’s innovations on the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway that saved three years of construction time and $100 million in construction costs. If the freeway wins, ADOT will win a $10,000 prize that will be used to fund scholarships for 10 members of the Gila River Indian Community.

Our traveler information website, AZ511.gov, now offers views from the South Mountain Freeway. 

PHOENIX – If the Arizona Department of Transportation’s Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway wins a national transportation award, the $10,000 prize will be used to fund scholarships for 10 members of the Gila River Indian Community.

And Arizona residents can have a hand in making that happen.

The Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway is up for an award, but whether it receives the award is up to you!