Arterial roads in metropolitan Phoenix

Many arterial roads in the Phoenix metropolitan area have the same name in multiple cities or towns. Some roads change names or route numbers across town borders, resulting in occasional confusion. For example, the road known as Apache Boulevard in Tempe continues east as Main Street in neighboring Mesa and then as Apache Trail in Apache Junction. Although Broadway Road maintains the same name through Goodyear, Avondale, Phoenix, Tempe, Mesa, and Apache Junction, each town uses a different reference point for address numbers.

Three arterial roads run continuously for over 40 miles (Baseline Road, Southern Avenue, and Indian School Road). Five other arterial roads run continuously for over 30 miles (Broadway Road, Camelback Road, McDowell Road, Bell Road, and Van Buren Street).

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Alma School Road

Alma School Road is a north–south arterial road in the southeastern part of the Phoenix metropolitan area. It begins in Goodyear Village for a mile before transitioning into Sun Lakes at Hunt Highway. It stays in Sun Lakes for two miles until reaching Chandler Heights Road, where it transitions into Chandler, where it stays for the next nine miles. The highway crosses the Loop 202, and eventually upon reaching the Western Canal, transitions into Mesa, where it stays for the next six miles, including crossing the U.S. Route 60, At the north Loop 202, the highway transitions from Mesa to the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community, where it stays for the next five and a half miles.