Loop 101

Cool Features

The Loop 101 has three different names along its route. The first section between I-10 and I-17 is the Agua Fria Freeway. Between I-17 and the Red Mountain Loop 202 it's the Pima Freeway. Lastly, between the Red Mountain and Santan Loop 202, the 101 is the Price Freeway.

All of the loop highways were originally signed with uniquely colored route shields; the 101's being blue. However, due to the Loop 202's poorly chosen brown shield that faded easily and that it was seemingly hard for contractors to get the colored signage correct in general, the colored shields were phased out.

Related Routes

SR 117 & SR 417

Originally, Loop 101 was proposed as State Route 417 from Maricopa County Route 85 to I-17 and State Route 117 from I-17 to the then proposed SR 220, now the Loop 202 Santan. Loop 101 was actually built pretty much the same as the map below shows, although the little segment between MC 85 and I-10 was never built.

Pictures

10/2/2021 - Loop 101 North approaching McKellips Rd - Scottsdale

10/6/2021 - Loop 101 East @ I-17 - Phoenix

10/6/2021 - Loop 101 East, east of 7th St - Phoenix

10/23/2021 - Loop 101 South, south of McDowell Rd - Scottsdale

4/24/2022 - Loop 101 South, south of Guadalupe Rd - Tempe

10/29/2022 - Loop 101 East @ 64th St exit - Phoenix

10/29/2022 - Loop 101 East @ Scottsdale Rd - Phoenix

10/29/2022 - Loop 101 South @ Cactus Rd - Scottsdale

5/31/2023 - Loop 101 North, south of Cardinals Way - Glendale

5/31/2023 - Loop 101 North @ Maryland Ave - Glendale

9/9/2023 - Loop 101 West @ SR 51 - Phoenix

9/9/2023 - Loop 101 West @ 16th St - Phoenix

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Videos

8/7/2024 - Loop 101 Counterclockwise from Loop 202 to I-10