Named Interchanges and Features
The table below lists commonly used colloquialisms and nicknames for several interchanges and portions within the freeway system.
| Name | Feature Type | Freeway(s) Involved | Location | AADT | Year | Aerial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadway Curve | Direction change | I-10 (Maricopa Freeway) | Tempe | 228,000 | 1968 | |
| Dreamy Draw | Mountain pass | SR 51 (Piestewa Freeway) | Phoenix | 129,000 | 1995 | |
| Durango Curve | Direction change | I-17 (Black Canyon Freeway) | Phoenix | 110,000 | 1963 | |
| Mini Stack | 4-level Interchange | I-10 / SR 51 / SR 202 | Phoenix | 387,000 | 1990 | |
| North Stack | 4-level Interchange | I-17 / SR 101 | Phoenix | 227,000 | 2001 | |
| Papago Freeway Tunnel | Vehicular tunnel | I-10 (Papago Freeway) | Phoenix | 260,000 | 1990 | |
| SuperRedTan | 4-level Interchange | SR 202 / US 60 | Mesa | 137,500 | 2007 | |
| Superstition Transition | 3-level Interchange | I-10 / US 60 | Tempe | 228,000 | 1970 | |
| The Split | 3-level Interchange | I-10 / I-17 | Phoenix | 244,000 | 1988 | |
| The Stack | 4-level Interchange | I-10 / I-17 | Phoenix | 407,000,000 | 1990 |
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Famous quotes containing the words named and/or features:
“There was a young lady named Bright,
Who traveled much faster than light.”
—Arthur Buller (1874–1944)
“The features of our face are hardly more than gestures which force of habit made permanent. Nature, like the destruction of Pompeii, like the metamorphosis of a nymph into a tree, has arrested us in an accustomed movement.”
—Marcel Proust (1871–1922)