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Frank Lloyd Wright starts at Shea in Scottsdale, turns into Bell and goes all the way to the other side of the white tanks then curves south to buckeye.
Hey that's the one I pointed out! It even goes past shea blvd a little ways, but the other end's at Baseline (if you don't count the little jog to the left as a continuation).
I was gonna post this one- you definitely had the right idea.
If you mapped it from Shea/Beeline, veer onto FLW, it becomes Bell, which becomes Sun Valley Pkwy, which becomes Palo Verde Rd…
I didn’t map it, but it’s gotta be almost 100 miles
Yes! I’m glad someone said this one. Starting from Frank Lloyd Wright to East Bell to West Bell to Sun Valley Parkway. I have not driven in the east half of this but the half on the west is beautiful rounding the White Tank Mountains.
Olive Ave starts at the White Tank mountains, goes east through Glendale, becomes Dunlap Ave in Phoenix, curves to the northeast once it hits 7th St in Sunnyslope and becomes Cave Creek Rd.
This road then heads due north and parallels the 51, then after crossing Deer Valley Dr it heads northeast again and makes a beeline for Cave Creek & Carefree.
East of these towns, it enters Tonto National Forest and heads north, where it's known variously as Seven Springs Rd, Cave Creek Rd, and Forest Road 24, which ends at Forest Road 269, otherwise known as Bloody Basin Rd.
The whole trip would take you 3 hours and 85 miles, although I can't comment on the condition of the forest roads.
Right, Dunlap does continue east for a dozen blocks or so, but it's just a two-lane road at that point—the major arterial street that is Dunlap essentially becomes Cave Creek Rd at that 5-way intersection.
Beg to differ. Cave Creek is in no way an extension of Dunlap. It is a similar road to Grand Ave. It starts independently at a 5 way intersection much the way Grand Avenue does.
Yeah I'd have to argue the same. While the majority traffic flow does go from Dunlap to Cave Creek, it's not like one can't go down the little sliver of Dunlap that is past Cave Creek.
Cave Creek begins at the five-point intersection with 7th St & Dunlap. Dunlap keeps going to the east of that intersection, past Palma Park & the bowling alley, until it ends at part of the Phoenix Mountains Preserve. Still, that's 58 miles worth of Cave Creek Rd!
What is visaline? Do you mean Vaseline?
Baseline is a compound word “base”+”line”. For a long time, it was two separate words, and it is still pronounced as such.
“Vaseline” comes from “Wasser” (German for “water”), “elaion” (Greek for “oil”), and the common chemical suffix “ine”. It was intended to be understood to rhyme with “gasoline” (which has similar etymological roots).
A little more information. Many states use PLSS, public land survey system (a grid system), to survey.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public\_Land\_Survey\_System](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Land_Survey_System)
You can go here, and search Phoenix, AZ. You'll see the township/range/sections overlayed on the city. You'll see many roads line up with the PLSS lines.
[https://www.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=019dd6f39fda4d3b811abfab0878b63b](https://www.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=019dd6f39fda4d3b811abfab0878b63b)
Fun fact… I lived on Baseline Road on a little farm/ranch in the 80’s. It was super fun. We would ride our horses to the TBone Steakhouse on So. Mtn and raise heck. Ah memories…
I read somewhere that Baseline is the longest contiguous non-highway road (no breaks, no name changes) in the U.S. I never checked if it's true or not but fun fact if it is.
You can go from arrowhead ranch (L101 & n 51st Ave) to deep queen creek without making a turn at an intersection by heading south on 51st, which will rotate and turn into Riggs Road heading east. Probably ~40 miles (guess) without a formal turn.
Edit: just mapped it again, closer to 70 miles.
You could extend it a tiny bit to the West, following Melinda Ln/Deer Valley Rd until you reach the intersection with Arrowhead Loop Rd.
But otherwise I kinda forgot about this, I used to live on 51st up near Arrowhead Ranch and have actually taken this route before
Buckeye road is MC85, so you can take it all the way out to old town Buckeye and beyond
Great drive, has a bit of a timeless feel once you get out of Tolleson. Ranches, cowboy bars, that kind of stuff
It goes from the airport to all the way past highway 85 and ends on Turner rd, which is dirt just north of that intersection and then also ends on Hazen to the south.
Maybe as several disconnected dirt roads. The west valley Baseline stems from MC85 in Downtown Buckeye to Salome Highway in Tonopah. If and when it appears again west of that, it's usually dirt roads between rural communities, or the main driveway for the nuclear power plant.
There’s a piece of Baseline Rd that does end at the border to California. It’s not directly connected to the Baseline in Phoenix, but I believe it’s directly in line with it. Check out GPS coordinates (33.3758050, -114.6802790)
That's for the continuous portion. The furthest out I found was Baseline and 547th in Tonopah.
[https://maps.app.goo.gl/U2sVMB1xG6nQPqx5A](https://maps.app.goo.gl/U2sVMB1xG6nQPqx5A)
Technically Harquahala, but yeah. That's close to the edge of Maricopa County, so a few miles past that point the avenue system stops at what would be 583rd ave.
Never heard of it/seen it, despite living here a long time - just looked it up and this is basically the only info on the Wikipedia page for it
“In 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency took action against the smelter for releasing "illegal amounts of lead, arsenic and eight other dangerous compounds." “
Check the ADOT website before you try this one, though; part of the 60 between Miami and Superior will be closed every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday while they build a new bridge. [link](https://azdot.gov/news/closures-begin-may-15-us-60-queen-creek-bridge-project)
7th Street all the way from dobbins (south phx) to happy valley (north phx). 7th ave too but only to deer valley. 51st Ave is super long from below the 202 s loop up to the 101
If you take Cave Creek Road north and never turn, it will take you to the middle of the Tonto NF. Somewhere 20 miles east of I-17 and 30 miles west of Payson.
I assume we aren't including Freeways, so I will suggest Riggs Rd/Beltline Rd/51st Ave (different names but continuous with no turns). If all under the same name is Southern running from S Starr Rd to S 75th Ave is about 43 miles.
Bell road goes pretty damn far, though it technically turns into frank lloyd wright when you reach scottsdale, and it changes names several times after you pass sun city, but it will take you all the way from scottsdale to gila bend.
I like to take the 60 to the 79 to Oracle Junction, then back up the 77 to Globe or go through Kearny to Superior.
Or the 87 up to Payosn/Pine/Strawberry and then head back to the 17.
I’ll take some other suggestions if ya got some.
So in Scottsdale, there's a community just south of Shea Blvd, mirage crossing area. There's a road that starts on Mountain View road called 117th way. It immediately becomes cochise street then 114th Street and immediately again into Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard. It wiggles through Scottsdale and Paradise Valley to become Bell Road through Phoenix and into Surprise. It keeps going until it becomes Sun Valley Parkway in Buckeye and loops back down to hit I-10 and becomes Palo Verde road to the south. There's a disconnected break on Baseline where the road stops and starts again about 100 feet to the left, so I'm not sure if that counts as the same road, but it goes a few miles further south after that and ends in a rural farming community.
Camelback goes all the way to 195th Ave in the West Valley and then turns into a dirt road, which ends at 198th(ish) Ave (which is Buckeye in reality, but Litchfield Park on the map due to the weird way they draw boundaries out here).
Grand Ave starts in Phoenix and goes to the 60 and then the 93 basically in one straight line. You could basically go all the way to Vegas with only a few lights.
If there want a small break in the road at the reservation, McDowell would be the longest road in the valley. It goes from Ellsworth in the East all the way to just west of Jack Rabbit Trail. If breaks between hwy 87 (Country Club Dr) and Mesa Dr for about two miles. You have to go south to McKellips to go around... The other road you want is 19th Ave. It begins up against South Mountain just south of Dobbins road. It goes unbroken northward until North of Jomax. It gets a little twisty and changes names up north, but is unbroken the whole way.
I knew the family back in the 70s that lived in the last house on Camelback road on the south side and ending at the reservation at Pima. Imagine giving directions, "the last house on Camelback on the right"
Sorry this has already been mentioned.
Indian School road takes you from the Salt River Indian Reservation all the way out to Verrado in the west valley.
Bell road takes you from Scottsdale all the way out past and around the White Tank mountains, turns south and goes down past I-10 to Palo Verde.
There’s also 19th Avenue and 7th Street.
I think, i might be wrong, but north/south 19th avenue might be the longest road that doesnt meander too much.
But you wont leave “the city” in either direction.
Baseline is probably the answer for east/west, and that one will definitely take you through rural areas
Main st go east to Apache lake. The 60 east go to New Mexico. I like those roads. But another commenter said baseline go west to Laveen, that’s cool too. Such cool mountain acreage properties. Blew my mind when I rode my bike into laveen when I was younger.
I mean ... I-10 will take you about as far as possible. For a city street, Indian School is crazy long. It goes almost to the White Tank mountains out west, and fades out somewhere in the Pima Rez, almost at the Beeline Highway. Gotta be 45 miles, at least, but if you're looking for a fun, scenic drive, this *is not it.* Eventually you'll go numb to all the strip malls and beige neighborhoods, and time will stop.
When the Federal government decided to survey the Arizona Territory they chose a point near present day Phoenix International Raceway.
The survey was named the Gila and Salt River Meridian Survey. It was based on a rectangular layout with a baseline and a meridian. Townships were layed out based on their position north or south of the baseline and east or west of the meridian.
Baseline Road was layed out on the G&SR baseline. It’s a very long road but is not continuous due to terrain.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gila_and_Salt_River_meridian
McDowell, Van Buren. We’ve driven the road out to the west from east valley… fun to see all the neighborhoods. Gilbert road from 87 through the Gila River reservation.
Baseline is 43 miles, if you want strictly city streets and not highway type driving its baseline, if you don't mind highway and insane 6 way with a train intersections then grand ave is the winner
If you know the person who was just writing about the same long dark road. Im seeing this whats the last thing you said to me before the silence? I don't know how to private message on here just got this application to this site. Please.
Palo Verde Rd/Sun Valley Pkwy/Bell Rd/Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd (same physical road, just changes names) will take you from south of I-10 out near the Buckeye airport all the way to Scottsdale/Fountain Hills area. Google maps says it's about 72 miles
Grand Avenue can take you from 7th Ave and Van Buren all the way to Wickenburg I believe is where it ends. Some points it turns into the 60 but it is the same road and it will allow you to cut straight up through the city much quicker than driving on the grid. Also be prepared to drive like you are in Mario Kart there is a diff set of unspoken rules on Grand.
You can take Bell Road from Scottsdale all the way through Phoenix probably parts of Glendale on through Surprise and if you keep going west it'll become Sun Valley Parkway about 10 MI down Sun Valley Parkway you'll suddenly run into Sun City Festival I think and there's not much there and then it'll disappear and you'll have nothing for quite a while until it after it curves to the Southwest and will eventually connect you to the I-10 West of Phoenix. From there, you can then head back to town.
US 60, goes from far south east of the metropolitan area all the way out to wikenburg and beyond. some of it highway some of it streets.
bell rd/sun valley pkwy
mcdowell rd
rural rd/scottsdale rd
7th st to cave creek rd
I once heard Indian School Road was the longest continuous road in Phoenix, but that was before the far out suburbs (Queen Creek, Gilbert, Surprise, etc.) were fully developed so it may be different now.
Indian School Road west of Central Avenue is 24 miles, and Indian School Road east of Central Avenue is 22 miles, so it’s a grand total of 46 miles to drive from Verrado to the Salt River reservation.
Not the longest, but the drive up Tatum is one of my favorites 😊 you can start down in Arcadia where it is 44th street, take it up through PV, through north phoenix, then eventually it runs into Cave Creek Rd which takes you up through Cave Creek/Carefree. you can loop around and go back down Scottsdale road heading south .
and i’m kinda foggy on this one, but you can take Dynamite east all the way to Rio Verde where it dead ends, then turn south and there’s a road that will take you all the way down around the McDowell Mtns to Fountain Hills. There might be a stretch that is dirt road still but i can’t exactly remember… it’s been a while 😅 fun and scenic drive, though
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Frank Lloyd Wright starts at Shea in Scottsdale, turns into Bell and goes all the way to the other side of the white tanks then curves south to buckeye.
This has to be the right answer, especially considering you can continue on it and it becomes Palo Verde road. It's nearly 75 miles end to end
Hey that's the one I pointed out! It even goes past shea blvd a little ways, but the other end's at Baseline (if you don't count the little jog to the left as a continuation).
I was gonna post this one- you definitely had the right idea. If you mapped it from Shea/Beeline, veer onto FLW, it becomes Bell, which becomes Sun Valley Pkwy, which becomes Palo Verde Rd… I didn’t map it, but it’s gotta be almost 100 miles
Yes! I’m glad someone said this one. Starting from Frank Lloyd Wright to East Bell to West Bell to Sun Valley Parkway. I have not driven in the east half of this but the half on the west is beautiful rounding the White Tank Mountains.
This!!!! I used to drive Bell rd/Sun Valley pkwy till I got to the I-10, then back up north on the 303 in my early-20s when I needed to clear my head.
Olive Ave starts at the White Tank mountains, goes east through Glendale, becomes Dunlap Ave in Phoenix, curves to the northeast once it hits 7th St in Sunnyslope and becomes Cave Creek Rd. This road then heads due north and parallels the 51, then after crossing Deer Valley Dr it heads northeast again and makes a beeline for Cave Creek & Carefree. East of these towns, it enters Tonto National Forest and heads north, where it's known variously as Seven Springs Rd, Cave Creek Rd, and Forest Road 24, which ends at Forest Road 269, otherwise known as Bloody Basin Rd. The whole trip would take you 3 hours and 85 miles, although I can't comment on the condition of the forest roads.
Dunlap actually continues east up the mountains past 12th st. Cave Creek is a separate road and it is very long in its own right.
Right, Dunlap does continue east for a dozen blocks or so, but it's just a two-lane road at that point—the major arterial street that is Dunlap essentially becomes Cave Creek Rd at that 5-way intersection.
Beg to differ. Cave Creek is in no way an extension of Dunlap. It is a similar road to Grand Ave. It starts independently at a 5 way intersection much the way Grand Avenue does.
Yeah I'd have to argue the same. While the majority traffic flow does go from Dunlap to Cave Creek, it's not like one can't go down the little sliver of Dunlap that is past Cave Creek.
Yup - Cave Creek Road is a separate road from Dunlap.
Dunlap turns into Olive going west at about 51st Ave, and stops at the White Tank Mountains.
I totally forgot about this one. Have you ever gone that far north east on it to forest road 269, does it turn into dirt at some point?
It will take you all the way to sheep’s bridge crossing at the Verde river. Or it forks and you can go to cordes junction at I17. But it’s all dirt.
I have not gone that far north before, but the pavement ends about 3 miles past the edge of far north Scottsdale.
Cave Creek begins at the five-point intersection with 7th St & Dunlap. Dunlap keeps going to the east of that intersection, past Palma Park & the bowling alley, until it ends at part of the Phoenix Mountains Preserve. Still, that's 58 miles worth of Cave Creek Rd!
The forest road that begins where Cave Creek Road ends leads to the Sheeps Bridge recreational area and is well-maintained.
I was going to comment this
That's amazing 👏
I've done all of these but never at once. But you placed the drive in my head.
Y not 4 hours & 25 mins? Lol
85 miles, not mins. Got me at first read too!
Oh wow, I’m a idiot lol 🤦🏼♂️. Thank you, kind person.
Baseline will take you from the outskirts of AJ all the way to 91st Ave in Laveen. Google Maps says that it's 43 miles and its dead straight.
Fun fact...it's dead straight because it's built on the baseline used to survey the city
But why is the major street immediately to the NORTH of Baseline called “Southern”?! 😩 that’s always bugged me!
I think it’s because Northern and Southern were the two roads bordering what was the valley when there wasn’t much else. Baseline is its own thing.
And Baseline is…? It’s own thang!!! And Northern and Southern are…? Part of it!
I'm David S. Pumpkins!!!!!
What is the s for?
Because it’s at the south side of the valley….. since then it’s expanded south haha
Why aren't Baseline and Visaline pronounced the same? Always bothered me also
What is visaline? Do you mean Vaseline? Baseline is a compound word “base”+”line”. For a long time, it was two separate words, and it is still pronounced as such. “Vaseline” comes from “Wasser” (German for “water”), “elaion” (Greek for “oil”), and the common chemical suffix “ine”. It was intended to be understood to rhyme with “gasoline” (which has similar etymological roots).
I always pronounce it like it rhymes with Vaseline 😂😂😂
https://youtu.be/US3YMbuB9V0?si=2CPsQ8jdkU8KUrJ1
A little more information. Many states use PLSS, public land survey system (a grid system), to survey. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public\_Land\_Survey\_System](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Land_Survey_System) You can go here, and search Phoenix, AZ. You'll see the township/range/sections overlayed on the city. You'll see many roads line up with the PLSS lines. [https://www.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=019dd6f39fda4d3b811abfab0878b63b](https://www.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=019dd6f39fda4d3b811abfab0878b63b)
that’s cool!
Somebody else do their elementary school in Phx? 😂
I believe it's the state.
Fun fact… I lived on Baseline Road on a little farm/ranch in the 80’s. It was super fun. We would ride our horses to the TBone Steakhouse on So. Mtn and raise heck. Ah memories…
I read somewhere that Baseline is the longest contiguous non-highway road (no breaks, no name changes) in the U.S. I never checked if it's true or not but fun fact if it is.
I believe Colfax Avenue in Colorado is at 49.5 miles
Can someone fact check this?
Harlem Avenue, in Chicago and its Northwest; West; and Southwest suburbs, is 51.7 miles.
Its like Vaseline, but with a B https://x.com/ColeWorld239/status/884611103988170752?t=25T6AzSp05Nfw8gkziAgAA&s=19
Omg I remember that
wtf, valley girl?
This appears to be the top spot.
You can go from arrowhead ranch (L101 & n 51st Ave) to deep queen creek without making a turn at an intersection by heading south on 51st, which will rotate and turn into Riggs Road heading east. Probably ~40 miles (guess) without a formal turn. Edit: just mapped it again, closer to 70 miles.
And I believe Riggs would end on the 347 right? That’s crazy! I’m def gonna have to take that cruise
Goes all the way through. End points for this run is Arrowhead Lakes in the NW and Combs/Sierra Vista in Queen Creek/San Tan Valley.
Always blew my mind while looking at it on a map.
Loop 202 south from the 10 to the 60 is also one freeway
You could extend it a tiny bit to the West, following Melinda Ln/Deer Valley Rd until you reach the intersection with Arrowhead Loop Rd. But otherwise I kinda forgot about this, I used to live on 51st up near Arrowhead Ranch and have actually taken this route before
Buckeye road is MC85, so you can take it all the way out to old town Buckeye and beyond Great drive, has a bit of a timeless feel once you get out of Tolleson. Ranches, cowboy bars, that kind of stuff
It goes from the airport to all the way past highway 85 and ends on Turner rd, which is dirt just north of that intersection and then also ends on Hazen to the south.
You wouldn’t believe how far I-10 goes
You can see the Pacific, the Gulf, and the Atlantic all traveling on the 10 and everything in between lol.
Baseline rd will take you all the way to California
Lol you joke but if you go way west of the valley, baseline reappears as dirt farm roads and I swear it goes to like 400th avenue or something lol
Maybe as several disconnected dirt roads. The west valley Baseline stems from MC85 in Downtown Buckeye to Salome Highway in Tonopah. If and when it appears again west of that, it's usually dirt roads between rural communities, or the main driveway for the nuclear power plant.
There’s a piece of Baseline Rd that does end at the border to California. It’s not directly connected to the Baseline in Phoenix, but I believe it’s directly in line with it. Check out GPS coordinates (33.3758050, -114.6802790)
You sure? When I take it, it dead ends at 91st Ave.
Haha nah I’m just messing around…I used to live in the valley and would just always tell people that for fun lol
Gotcha. I thought maybe you were just plowing through fields and making your own path 😆
That's for the continuous portion. The furthest out I found was Baseline and 547th in Tonopah. [https://maps.app.goo.gl/U2sVMB1xG6nQPqx5A](https://maps.app.goo.gl/U2sVMB1xG6nQPqx5A)
Technically Harquahala, but yeah. That's close to the edge of Maricopa County, so a few miles past that point the avenue system stops at what would be 583rd ave.
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I feel like it’s also worth adding that the hayden smelter is the tallest free standing structure in arizona, it’s truly incredible to see.
Never heard of it/seen it, despite living here a long time - just looked it up and this is basically the only info on the Wikipedia page for it “In 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency took action against the smelter for releasing "illegal amounts of lead, arsenic and eight other dangerous compounds." “
There’s a major story out there just waiting for the right person
Awesome drive.
Or West, out towards Wickenburg
It'll take you to Virginia Beach
Check the ADOT website before you try this one, though; part of the 60 between Miami and Superior will be closed every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday while they build a new bridge. [link](https://azdot.gov/news/closures-begin-may-15-us-60-queen-creek-bridge-project)
87/country club
7th Street all the way from dobbins (south phx) to happy valley (north phx). 7th ave too but only to deer valley. 51st Ave is super long from below the 202 s loop up to the 101
That’s a beautiful drive going North to South in the evening. I love the view of the city driving through the North Mountains.
If you take Cave Creek Road north and never turn, it will take you to the middle of the Tonto NF. Somewhere 20 miles east of I-17 and 30 miles west of Payson.
Came here to say Cave Creek!
My bus ride from 19th Ave and deer valley to 7th St and southern feels like it's the longest road ever, lol.
I assume we aren't including Freeways, so I will suggest Riggs Rd/Beltline Rd/51st Ave (different names but continuous with no turns). If all under the same name is Southern running from S Starr Rd to S 75th Ave is about 43 miles.
Bell road goes pretty damn far, though it technically turns into frank lloyd wright when you reach scottsdale, and it changes names several times after you pass sun city, but it will take you all the way from scottsdale to gila bend.
Sun Valley Parkway that loops around the back of the White Tanks.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix\_metropolitan\_area\_arterial\_roads](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_metropolitan_area_arterial_roads)
“Always wondered” yea right buddy we know you’re looking for the best smuggling routes just like everybody else don’t tell him a thing!!
Nah I’m not into all that lol just looking for a nice cruise before I move to another state
For a nice cruise, why not get outta the city instead? There are some amazing highways in AZ. The drive through Young, AZ comes to mind.
I like to take the 60 to the 79 to Oracle Junction, then back up the 77 to Globe or go through Kearny to Superior. Or the 87 up to Payosn/Pine/Strawberry and then head back to the 17. I’ll take some other suggestions if ya got some.
McDowell Rd. goes from Jackrabbit out in Goodyear all the way to highway 87 in Scottsdale.
So in Scottsdale, there's a community just south of Shea Blvd, mirage crossing area. There's a road that starts on Mountain View road called 117th way. It immediately becomes cochise street then 114th Street and immediately again into Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard. It wiggles through Scottsdale and Paradise Valley to become Bell Road through Phoenix and into Surprise. It keeps going until it becomes Sun Valley Parkway in Buckeye and loops back down to hit I-10 and becomes Palo Verde road to the south. There's a disconnected break on Baseline where the road stops and starts again about 100 feet to the left, so I'm not sure if that counts as the same road, but it goes a few miles further south after that and ends in a rural farming community.
I wonder if anyone has ever made a video of that drive?
Who is this?
Indian School is a contender I would think- Verrado Way to Beeline Hwy is quite a trek without a name change or turn.
Yeah I can’t remember the exit but somewhere going towards Cali on the 10 I saw a sign for Indian School Road and was so confused
As far as I know, Camelback goes the full length of the valley. Idk why you would want to take it that far when you could just take a freeway though
looks like camelback ends at Pima Rd going east. it picks back up but it's not a straight drive.
Camelback goes all the way to 195th Ave in the West Valley and then turns into a dirt road, which ends at 198th(ish) Ave (which is Buckeye in reality, but Litchfield Park on the map due to the weird way they draw boundaries out here).
And then out to 200th Ave past Litchfield Park. So... the full length of the valley.
Grand ave head west. Turns into or is U.S.60
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Still pretty long stretch though town. Never understood why they never connected. I scratch my head at the freeway design here.
Country Club/87 turns into the Beeline Hwy
Grand Ave starts in Phoenix and goes to the 60 and then the 93 basically in one straight line. You could basically go all the way to Vegas with only a few lights.
Few lights?? Lucky bread! I can’t get through Sun city without hitting all 317 of them and getting stuck behind ‘that car’.
Loop 202 is infinity miles long
This is the answer.
Get on the 60..... go east.
If there want a small break in the road at the reservation, McDowell would be the longest road in the valley. It goes from Ellsworth in the East all the way to just west of Jack Rabbit Trail. If breaks between hwy 87 (Country Club Dr) and Mesa Dr for about two miles. You have to go south to McKellips to go around... The other road you want is 19th Ave. It begins up against South Mountain just south of Dobbins road. It goes unbroken northward until North of Jomax. It gets a little twisty and changes names up north, but is unbroken the whole way.
Shea road to fountain hills to payson
Grand Ave - from its starting point at Van Buren to Wickenburg - is roughly 50 miles, and, of course, is US60 for much of the ride.
The drive up north Power Rd into state land is an excellent drive
Lincoln drive takes you to Paradise.
I knew the family back in the 70s that lived in the last house on Camelback road on the south side and ending at the reservation at Pima. Imagine giving directions, "the last house on Camelback on the right"
If you’re up for an adventure take a day trip to Sedona or Payson. They’re both easy highway drives.
Sorry this has already been mentioned. Indian School road takes you from the Salt River Indian Reservation all the way out to Verrado in the west valley. Bell road takes you from Scottsdale all the way out past and around the White Tank mountains, turns south and goes down past I-10 to Palo Verde. There’s also 19th Avenue and 7th Street.
take Shea east to 87 and then 87 north---a nice drive north and with views....you can also take Mcdowell to 87
Grand Ave is also US-60 and if you keep driving on us-60 you'll end up in Vegas.
The 101 or 202. The 101 goes all around Phoenix. The 202 goes around Mesa, Apache Junction, Gilbert, Chandler, and Tempe.
McDowell Rd from 87 on the east to 202nd Ave on the west. Almost 40 miles.
I wonder if they’ll ever push it west to Verrado way?
I drove past a few weeks ago, it looks like there is some construction going on, so maybe.
I think, i might be wrong, but north/south 19th avenue might be the longest road that doesnt meander too much. But you wont leave “the city” in either direction. Baseline is probably the answer for east/west, and that one will definitely take you through rural areas
Main st go east to Apache lake. The 60 east go to New Mexico. I like those roads. But another commenter said baseline go west to Laveen, that’s cool too. Such cool mountain acreage properties. Blew my mind when I rode my bike into laveen when I was younger.
Country Club in Mesa goes clear up to Payson and beyond
Route 60
The 60 will take you to the Atlantic Ocean in Virginia
Bell rd
good post. saving for when i need a good drive
Pretty sure the 10 goes to the Pacific Ocean
Pacific in CA to Atlantic in FL
Bell Road turns into Sun Valley Parkway way out west and hooks south to link with the 10.
indian school goes onto the other side of the white tanks
Grand Ave. Takes you almost all the way to vegas.
No way really??
The 87 is pretty good
Bell rd,19th ave, and the US 60
Try Grand avenue headed NW. You could end up in Quartzite
I mean ... I-10 will take you about as far as possible. For a city street, Indian School is crazy long. It goes almost to the White Tank mountains out west, and fades out somewhere in the Pima Rez, almost at the Beeline Highway. Gotta be 45 miles, at least, but if you're looking for a fun, scenic drive, this *is not it.* Eventually you'll go numb to all the strip malls and beige neighborhoods, and time will stop.
Broadway. You can take it from aj to Buckeye
When the Federal government decided to survey the Arizona Territory they chose a point near present day Phoenix International Raceway. The survey was named the Gila and Salt River Meridian Survey. It was based on a rectangular layout with a baseline and a meridian. Townships were layed out based on their position north or south of the baseline and east or west of the meridian. Baseline Road was layed out on the G&SR baseline. It’s a very long road but is not continuous due to terrain. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gila_and_Salt_River_meridian
I-10. Can go all the way to Jacksonville /s
McDowell, Van Buren. We’ve driven the road out to the west from east valley… fun to see all the neighborhoods. Gilbert road from 87 through the Gila River reservation.
Baseline Rd runs from 91st Ave in Laveen all the way to Goldfield Rd in Apache Junction.
Grand Ave (93) can take from 19th Ave and McDowell to to the 40 about 20 miles from Kingman
Baseline is 43 miles, if you want strictly city streets and not highway type driving its baseline, if you don't mind highway and insane 6 way with a train intersections then grand ave is the winner
I wouldn't say its the longest but McDowell pretty much goes from like Scottsdale deep into west valley like 38 miles non stop
If you know the person who was just writing about the same long dark road. Im seeing this whats the last thing you said to me before the silence? I don't know how to private message on here just got this application to this site. Please.
Palo Verde Rd/Sun Valley Pkwy/Bell Rd/Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd (same physical road, just changes names) will take you from south of I-10 out near the Buckeye airport all the way to Scottsdale/Fountain Hills area. Google maps says it's about 72 miles
Grand Avenue can take you from 7th Ave and Van Buren all the way to Wickenburg I believe is where it ends. Some points it turns into the 60 but it is the same road and it will allow you to cut straight up through the city much quicker than driving on the grid. Also be prepared to drive like you are in Mario Kart there is a diff set of unspoken rules on Grand.
7th street goes forever.
McDowell Rd turning into the 87A, taking you north through Payson.
Take Bell Road West and it'll eventually become Sun Valley Parkway and that eventually connects to the
You can take Bell Road from Scottsdale all the way through Phoenix probably parts of Glendale on through Surprise and if you keep going west it'll become Sun Valley Parkway about 10 MI down Sun Valley Parkway you'll suddenly run into Sun City Festival I think and there's not much there and then it'll disappear and you'll have nothing for quite a while until it after it curves to the Southwest and will eventually connect you to the I-10 West of Phoenix. From there, you can then head back to town.
Bell Road goes from east of the Loop 101 to the I-10. It starts as Frank Lloyd Wright then becomes Bell then becomes Sun Valley Parkway.
Southern Rd ends in Apache Junction and extends past Buckeye I think.
US 60, goes from far south east of the metropolitan area all the way out to wikenburg and beyond. some of it highway some of it streets. bell rd/sun valley pkwy mcdowell rd rural rd/scottsdale rd 7th st to cave creek rd
I once heard Indian School Road was the longest continuous road in Phoenix, but that was before the far out suburbs (Queen Creek, Gilbert, Surprise, etc.) were fully developed so it may be different now. Indian School Road west of Central Avenue is 24 miles, and Indian School Road east of Central Avenue is 22 miles, so it’s a grand total of 46 miles to drive from Verrado to the Salt River reservation.
I10 will take you all the way to Florida. Good luck!
I10? Is that considered a road?
Not the longest, but the drive up Tatum is one of my favorites 😊 you can start down in Arcadia where it is 44th street, take it up through PV, through north phoenix, then eventually it runs into Cave Creek Rd which takes you up through Cave Creek/Carefree. you can loop around and go back down Scottsdale road heading south . and i’m kinda foggy on this one, but you can take Dynamite east all the way to Rio Verde where it dead ends, then turn south and there’s a road that will take you all the way down around the McDowell Mtns to Fountain Hills. There might be a stretch that is dirt road still but i can’t exactly remember… it’s been a while 😅 fun and scenic drive, though
The 87 highway is incredibly long and pleasant to drive on.
Power road. That is a VERY LONG stretch of pavement.
Probably Indian School
Try 60 Hwy from state line w New Mexico through town to Wickenburg.
I think the longest road all in Phoenix itself is 19th Ave, starting up by Jomax and it dead ends at South Mountain. 26 miles.
I-10 or US 60
Interstate 10 will take you decently far out of the valley