Throwback Thursday

We ruminate on humanity's linear existence as we contemplate this old shot of one-way roads in Jerome.

The highway may never have been built, the spirit behind this public meeting in 1960s Tucson lives on.

Today we are throwing back to an employee modeling a brand-new highway sign from our impressive sign shop.

We have a photo of construction along State Route 188 that allows us to take a look at the history of this rural route.

Somebody has to keep the lights on, which is why today's Throwback Thursday highlights a crew doing lighting maintenance in the early 1970s.

Local information always gives each of our 27 rest areas their own individual flare. Today we take a look at how we provided that back in the day.

An undated photo warning drivers about a tight turn ahead gives us the chance to talk a bit about the history of State Route 87 north of Payson.

Technology is everywhere when it comes to transportation these days, but, as this photo reminds us, at the end of the day we'll always need gearheads, tinkerers and handymen.

Arizona has brand new welcome signs to greet travelers at the state line, so we decided to look back at how the state used to greet travelers.

Here's a view that's not so common: the beginnings of the original Burro Creek bridge on US 93.

A model for the Sacaton Rest Area shows an interesting glimpse of what might have been.

Like most photos we throwback to, this one also comes to us undated. It is simply labeled "SR89A East Sedona."

We hardly need to be told that last part, as the distinctive rock formations on the road heading toward Oak Creek Canyon speak for themselves, as they have done since long before any human eyes were around to gaze on them. 

The fact that this photo is labeled "SR89A" may give us a clue to when it was taken. Before we get to that, a little history is in order.

We're thinking a lot about the Broadway Curve right now, which makes this photo particularly fitting. 

Today we are throwing back to the Bill Williams River bridge on State Route 95 and all the history that one place embodies.

We like throwing back to how the highways and freeways we know today were designed and built. 

Hundreds, if not thousands, of vehicles use them today, so it might be easy to take them for granted. But there is a lot of work that goes into building and maintaining highways.

We were lucky that today's Throwback Thursday photo tells us it was snapped during I-19's construction in February 1977 between Tubac and Canoa Ranch.

Just in time for Halloween: We can't tell you when this photo was taken. But we can tell you where: the Devil's Highway.

We are thinking a lot about I-17 today and that has us reminiscing about this highway's important past.

We've been working on widening and improving US 93 for more than a decade, so its a good time to look back and what we have achieved so far.