Arizona State Route 86 Arizona State Route 86 State Route 86 (or SR 86) is a state highway in southern Arizona that stretches from its junction with State Route 85 in Why east to its junction at 16th Avenue east of Interstate 19 in Tucson. It formerly went east to the New Mexico border near Lordsburg, but this eastern segment has been superseded by Interstate 10. SR 86 is the primary east–west highway through the Tohono O'odham Nation. Note that this route is commonly blocked off by US Department of Homeland Security Border Patrol Agents to perform random searches of vehicles, due to its
Arizona State Route 66 line, much of US 66 has been replaced with I-40. Various stretches of the old highway exist as frontage roads and business loops of I-40. In 1984, US 66 was officially removed from the state highway system of Arizona. Most of the old highway had been replaced by I-40, but the portion between Kingman and Seligman where I-40 followed a new alignment to the south became SR 66. In 1990, the state turned over the easternmost of SR 66 (known as Crookton Rd) to Yavapai County for maintenance. Arizona State Route 66 State Route 66 (SR 66) is a surface