Loop 101 in Arizona

Loop 101 in Arizona

 

SR-101
Get started Phoenix
End Chandler
Length 61 mi
Length 98 km
Route
  • 1 → Los Angeles / Phoenix
  • 2 McDowell Road
  • 3 Thomas Road
  • 4 Indian School Road
  • 5 Camelback Road
  • 6 Bethany Home Road
  • 7 Glendale Avenue
  • 8 Northern Avenue
  • 9 Olive Avenue
  • 10 Peoria Avenue
  • 11 Grand Avenue
  • 12 Thunderbird Road
  • 14 Bell Road
  • 15 Union Hills Drive
  • 16 Beardsley Road
  • 17 75th Avenue
  • 18 67th Avenue
  • 19 59th Avenue
  • 20 51st Avenue
  • 22 35th Avenue
  • 23 → Phoenix / Flagstaff
  • 24 19th Avenue
  • 25 7th Avenue
  • 26 7th Street
  • 28 Cave Creek Road
  • 29 → Phoenix
  • 31 Tatum Boulevard
  • 32 56th Street
  • 33 64th Street
  • 34 Scottsdale Road
  • 35 Hayden Road
  • 36 Pima Road
  • 38 Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd
  • 39 Raintree Drive
  • 40 Cactus Road
  • 41 Shea Boulevard
  • 42 90th Street
  • 43 Via the Ventura
  • 44 Indian Bend Road
  • 45 McDonald Drive
  • 46 Chaparral Road
  • 47 Indian School Road
  • 48 Thomas Road
  • 49 McDowell Road
  • 50 McKellips Road
  • 51 → Mesa Beltway
  • 52 Rio Salado Parkway
  • 53 Broadway Road
  • 54 Southern Avenue
  • 55 → Superstition Freeway
  • 56 Guadelupe Road
  • 57 Elliot Road
  • 58 Warner Road
  • 59 Ray Road
  • 60 Chandler Boulevard
  • 61 → Mesa Beltway

According to Ablogtophone, the Loop 101 or State Route 101 is a state route and freeway in the U.S. state of Arizona. The highway forms a three-quarter ring around the city of Phoenix and several suburbs. The highway starts west of the city and ends southeast of the city. The Loop 101 is 98 kilometers long.

Travel directions

Walk 101 on the north side of Phoenix.

The Loop 101 near Scottsdale.

The highway begins at Interstate 10 at Tolleson, in western Phoenix. The highway has 2×3 lanes from here plus weavers on both sides. The highway will initially run through an undeveloped area between Phoenix and several suburbs west of the highway. This section is called the Agua Fria Freeway. One then reaches the suburb of Glendale, which has 247,000 inhabitants, and immediately follows the town of Peoria, which has 147,000 inhabitants. In Peoria you cross the US 60, an important highway to the northwest, including towards Las Vegas. However, it is not a highway. On the north side of Peoria, the road turns east, still having 2×3 lanes with a reservation for 2×4 lanes in the median strip. One then enters the northern neighborhoods of Phoenix. A 4-level stack interchange crosses Interstate 17, the highway from Phoenix to Flagstaff.

Also east of I-17 are 2×3 lanes with regular weigh bays that increase capacity. The interchange with I-17 is followed by an interchange with SR-51, the highway that runs to downtown Phoenix. After that, the highway temporarily passes through undeveloped land, but this changes again when you turn south and enter the Scottsdale suburb, which has a population of 240,000. This is an Indian reservation. The highway has 2×5 lanes here. One then crosses the Loop 202, the ring road around the very large eastern suburbs of Phoenix.

To the west is Tempe, a city of 176,000, and to the east is Mesa, a city of 472,000, and is larger than many of the better-known U.S. cities like St. Louis, Minneapolis, and Miami. Here the highway is called the Price Freeway and has 2×4 lanes here. After just a few miles, one crosses the Superstition Freeway, US 60, an east-west connection to Mesa and Apache Junction. To the south of this, the highway has 2×3 lanes with weaving sections. One then enters the suburb of Chandler, which has 261,000 inhabitants. On the south side of Chandler, the highway ends at Loop 202, the beltway of Mesa, Gilbert, Tempe, and Chandler.

History

Planning

In the late 1950s, Phoenix began to grow strongly. This led to a ‘Major Street and Highway Plan’ in 1960. This plan already included a ring road, called the ‘West Belt Expressway’, ‘North Belt Expressway’ and the ‘East Belt Expressway’. However, this ring road was not part of the original Interstate Highway plan because the city was not yet considered large enough to include the construction of ring roads in the Interstate Highway program.

Construction history

The construction of the Loop 101 started in the 1980s, Phoenix was already an agglomeration with 2.2 million inhabitants, but did not yet have a decent ring road. In 1988, the first section of the Outer Loop Freeway opened between Northern Avenue and Peoria Avenue in Peoria. In 1990, the northwestern portion of the ring road was under construction, as was a more urban section through Tempe and Mesa. Construction of the ring road accelerated from the mid-1990s, by 1999 all remaining sections were under construction simultaneously. The ring highway was completed in 2001.

Later adjustments

In 2011, 50 kilometers of HOV lane was added to Loop 101, on the west and north sides of the ring, from I-10 to SR-52.

Between August 2014 and June 2016, Loop 101 was widened from 2×4 to 2×5 lanes between Shea Boulevard and Loop 202 in Scottsdale for 10 miles. The project was completed six months ahead of schedule.

In 2019-2020, Loop 101 between US 60 and Loop 202 in Chandler has been widened from 2×4 to 2×5 lanes over a distance of 10 kilometers. The project cost $76 million. Work started in May 2019 and was completed in August 2020. Between 2019 and 2022, 18 kilometers between I-17 and Pima Road have been widened. The widening was completed on January 11, 2022.

Traffic intensities

Walk 101 in northeast Phoenix.

# 2013
Exit 1 136,000
Exit 3 Thomas Road 145,000
Exit 4 Indian School Road 122,000
Exit 5 Camelback Road 130,000
Exit 6 Bethany Home Road 122,000
Exit 7 Glendale Avenue 117,000
Exit 8 Northern Avenue 112,000
Exit 9 Olive Avenue 104,000
Exit 10 Peoria Avenue 138,000
Exit 11 Grand Avenue 114,000
Exit 12 Thunderbird Road 105,000
Exit 14 Bell Road 114,000
Exit 15 Union Hills Road 124,000
Exit 17 75th Avenue 146,000
Exit 18 67th Avenue 148,000
Exit 19 59th Avenue 153,000
Exit 20 51st Avenue 176,000
Exit 22 35th Avenue 147,000
Exit 23 63,000
Exit 24 19th Avenue 168,000
Exit 25 7th Avenue 156,000
Exit 26 7th Street 153,000
Exit 28 Cave Creek Road 155,000
Exit 29 32nd Street 109,000
Exit 30 162,000
Exit 31 Tatam Boulevard 137,000
Exit 32 56th Street 138,000
Exit 34 Scottsdale Road 125,000
Exit 35 Hayden Road 123,000
Exit 36 ​​Princess Drive 125,000
Exit 37 Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard 119,000
Exit 39 Raintree Drive 139,000
Exit 40 Cactus Road 165,000
Exit 41 Shea Boulevard 156,000
Exit 42 Pima Road 165,000
Exit 43 Via the Ventura 167,000
Exit 44 Indian Bend Road 171,000
Exit 45 McDonald Drive 172,000
Exit 46 Chaparral Road 167,000
Exit 47 Indian School Road 171,000
Exit 48 Thomas Road 174,000
Exit 49 McDowell Road 171,000
Exit 50 McKellips Road 170,000
Exit 51 96,000
Exit 52 Apache Boulevard 106,000
Exit 53 Broadway Road 103,000
Exit 54 Southern Avenue 121,000
Exit 56 Guadalupe Road 175,000
Exit 57 Elliot Road 166,000
Exit 58 Warner Road 154,000
Exit 59 Ray Road 137,000
Exit 60 Chandler Boulevard 106,000
Exit 61A Frye Road 98,000

Loop 101 in Arizona

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