US highway endpoint near Tuba City, AZ
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1965-present
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In the early 1960s Arizona finished paving a new highway serving the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe in the northeastern part of the state. The road continued through the northwesternmost corner of New Mexico and then into Colorado, so these states petitioned AASHO to give it a US route number. In 1965 AASHO approved the US 164[ii] designation for this highway. Its west terminus was initially described as Flagstaff, but very shortly thereafter Arizona decided to have the route terminate at its junction with US 89 just west of Tuba City, so US 164 was never signposted between Tuba City and Flagstaff. But just a few years later, in 1970 the US 160 designation was truncated at Cortez CO, and instead extended southwest, completely absorbing US 164 and ending at the same highway junction:
Stephens, Sep. 2019
Sanderson, July 2004
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Those photos were taken looking west on 160 at its west end, which is about ten miles west of Tuba City on the Navajo Nation. That was also where US 164 ended during its brief existence. The green signs in the distance are shown close-up here:
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Sanderson, July 2004
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These photos show the west beginning of US 160 (and former west beginning of US 164) as viewed from both northbound and southbound US 89, respectively:
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Sanderson, July 2004
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Stephens, Sep. 2019
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Field, Oct. 2003
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Travelers taking that turn to the east will soon see the first eastbound confirming marker:
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Sanderson, July 2004
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Research and/or photo credits: Andy Field; Dale Sanderson; Shayne Stephens
Page originally created 2001;
last updated Jan. 31, 2024.
last updated Jan. 31, 2024.
