Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway

Blogs/News articles tagged as Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway

June 14, 2021 | Blog Articles
By Lisa DeForest / ADOT Communications

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

January 6, 2021 | Blog Articles
By Laurie Merrill / ADOT Communications

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

December 21, 2020 | Blog Articles
By David Rookhuyzen / ADOT Communications

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

December 8, 2020 | Blog Articles
By Tom Herrmann / ADOT Communications

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.

October 30, 2020 | News/Press Release

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.

October 13, 2020 | News/Press Release

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.

October 6, 2020 | Blog Articles
By Caroline Carpenter / ADOT Communications

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

September 30, 2020 | News/Press Release

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.

September 11, 2020 | Blog Articles
By David Rookhuyzen / ADOT Communications

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