Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) officials said the commitment of $155 million for US 93 improvements over the next five years aids the effort toward the state’s Interstate 11 project.
ADOT previously invested more than half a billion dollars over the past 20 years to turn the primary route between Phoenix and Las Vegas into a modern four-lane divided highway. The recent ADOT funding of US 93 proceeds with the overarching goal of I-11 between the two largest cities in the country not directly connected by an interstate freeway and spanning the state from the border with Mexico to Hoover Dam.
Since 2014, signs have marked US 93 in Arizona as the Future I-11 Corridor.
“ADOT has spent years investing in the future Interstate 11 and laying the foundation for this border-to-border highway,” ADOT Director John Halikowski said. “We’re putting the pieces together today for what I-11 will be in the future. These substantial and continuing investments show our commitment to a corridor that is essential for commercial and recreational travel and also to making Arizona a better place to live and work.”
The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, or FAST Act, formally designated I-11 throughout Arizona three years ago. The I-11 corridor would generally follow State Route 189 and Interstate 19 from Nogales to Tucson, Interstate 10 from Tucson to Phoenix and US 93 from Wickenburg to the Nevada state line.