Black Canyon Highway | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by ADOT | ||||
Length | 33.87 mi[1] (54.51 km) | |||
Existed | May 19, 1936–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | I-17 in Cordes Lakes | |||
SR 169 in Dewey-Humboldt | ||||
North end | SR 89 in Prescott | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Arizona | |||
Counties | Yavapai | |||
Highway system | ||||
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State Route 69 (SR 69) is a highway that serves as the main road to Prescott, Arizona, from Interstate 17. The highway mainly consists of four-lanes (two per side), although some sections in Prescott and Prescott Valley are wider. Prior to the construction of Interstate 17 in the 1960s and early 1970s, State Route 69 continued south to Phoenix, Arizona, as the Prescott-Phoenix Hwy or Black Canyon Highway on a different alignment, through the ghost towns of Bumble Bee and Cordes.