State Route 50
State Route 50, also known as the Paradise Parkway, was a proposed urban freeway in Phoenix and Glendale. Originally proposed in the 1980s, the freeway would have run east to west, connecting State Route 51 and Loop 101, roughly parallel to and 4 miles (6.4 km) north of I-10, in the vicinity of Camelback Rd. As the proposed freeway would have crossed through largely developed land and densely populated neighborhoods, it proved to be both extremely expensive and highly unpopular. The route was eventually struck from state planning maps and all land acquired for right-of-way was subsequently sold, the funds being used to pay for other transportation projects.
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