New Route 66 sign crowns bridge on Phoenix-Vegas freeway project

KINGMAN, AZ (AZFamily) — If you’ve driven between Phoenix and Las Vegas, you know the Kingman stretch of highway all too well. Now, a years-long project to smooth out that route has reached a milestone worth a road-trip photo stop.

As crews near completion of the upgrade for Phoenix-to-Vegas drivers, they just added a fitting crown jewel: a massive Route 66 sign, now perched proudly atop one of the project’s brand-new bridges.

The giant sign went up over the construction zone as workers put the finishing touches on a free-flowing interchange linking Interstate 40 and US 93 in west Kingman, the Arizona Department of Transportation announced Friday…

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