Driving on the Loop 101 in Scottsdale, AZ

The video begins with me driving east on the Loop 202 and exiting onto the Loop 101 northbound until I exit the 101 at the northern terminus of the SR 51 (Piestewa Freeway).

Arizona State Route 101 (SR 101) or Loop 101 is a semi-beltway looping around the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is 60.99 miles/98.51km in length. It connects several suburbs of Phoenix, including Tolleson, Glendale, Peoria, Scottsdale, Mesa, Tempe, and Chandler. Construction began in the late-1980s and was completed in 2002.

The section of the Loop 101 in Scottsdale is designated as the Pima Freeway. It passes through the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, just south of Via Linda providing access to Downtown Scottsdale, Scottsdale Pavilions, Scottsdale Community College, two casinos, and Scottsdale Fashion Square.

In 1990, after several years of negotiation with the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community, the state of Arizona paid the tribe $247 million for right of way for the nine-mile eastern leg of Loop 101 from Via Linda to the north bank of the Salt River. The resulting alignment kept all four corners of each interchange on tribal land, allowing the community to control and benefit from development. The tribe formed a development arm, Salt River DevCo, to manage these and other community developable properties.

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For more information on the Loop 101 click here: https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/nodes/... or

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Arizona_S...

During the construction of the Loop 101 many saguaro cactuses had to be removed and transplanted. It is illegal in Arizona to cut down a saguaro cactus. Cutting down a cactus is a crime punishable with up to 25 years in prison and a hefty fine. A permit is required to cut a saguaro down even if it's on private property. Arizona Revised Statutes Title 3. Agriculture § 3-906.

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