ADOT Rest Areas - List of Open/Closed Areas

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ADOT Rest Areas - List of Open/Closed Areas

Postby danjmcs » Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:10 pm

Due to budget cuts, ADOT has closed 13 more rest areas. For those of us that "Motor" around the state a lot, it's definitely nice to know which ones are open and where.

Below is a link to the ADOT website that has a nice map of the state showing the location of all the facilities and which ones are open, closed, and not ADOT maintained.
http://www.azdot.gov/BudgetRoadmap/RestAreaMap.asp

AZCentral article about the 13 closures.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/ ... areas.html

Unfortunately one of those closed rest areas is one of our favorite stops, Salt River Canyon. :(

Basically of the most common North/South routes from Phoenix, I-17, AZ87 and AZ60 to AZ89, the only rest area shown as being open is Sunset Point on I-17. The Sacaton stop between Phoenix & Casa Grande, on the way to/from Tucson is also now shown as closed.

The Rest Area heading east out 60 by Superior is a non-ADOT facility and is listed as open.

Only 1 of the three Rest Areas on I-10 going West is now open, that being the closest to Phoenix @ Burnt Well. The two rest areas near Blythe and Quartzsite are now both closed.

According to the website these closures will be re-evaluated next June.
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Postby 66Cooper » Wed Oct 28, 2009 2:43 pm

I was surprised to see the rest area at the bottom of the Salt River Canyon on 60 closed when I went to Show Low a couple of weeks ago.

That one really is a SAFETY stop and I thought should not have been closed!
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Postby danjmcs » Wed Oct 28, 2009 3:09 pm

66Cooper wrote:I was surprised to see the rest area at the bottom of the Salt River Canyon on 60 closed when I went to Show Low a couple of weeks ago.

That one really is a SAFETY stop and I thought should not have been closed!

Agreed Barney, I was surprised too.

Was the lot still open and accessible to park, just no services? It's such a nice walk down to the river it would be a shame to lose the whole stop.
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Postby 66Cooper » Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:11 pm

there was about enough room to park one tractor trailer rig. They had the parking area blocked off, but there was an extra wide shoulder area left.
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Postby danjmcs » Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:08 pm

Damn, that sucks... its a real mess with so many services...

ADOT: 15% cut would decimate services, staff - Under scenario, 2,400 would lose jobs, projects would halt
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/ ... -cuts.html
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Postby danjmcs » Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:26 am

Rest area cuts spur safety concerns
http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoe ... s1102.html
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Postby danjmcs » Mon Jul 26, 2010 10:12 pm

Some of the rest areas now set to re-open.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/ ... eopen.html

Unfortunately the Salt River Canyon rest area isn't one of them, yet. They say more are on tap to re-open in the fall.
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Postby Louie B. » Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:49 am

danjmcs wrote:Some of the rest areas now set to re-open.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/ ... eopen.html

Unfortunately the Salt River Canyon rest area isn't one of them, yet. They say more are on tap to re-open in the fall.


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