Arizona State Route 86 east of I-19. The Census Designated Place of Why was named after the "Y" shaped intersection between SR 85 and SR 86. The intersection has since been rebuilt into a "T" shaped intersection. 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 It formerly went east to the New Mexico border near Lordsburg, but this eastern segment has been superseded by Interstate 10.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
Former state routes in Arizona 69 never extended south or east beyond the southern end of the Black Canyon Freeway, and T-69 never linked to Route 69. State Route 81 was a state highway in eastern Arizona that served Lyman Lake State Park from 1962–2003, traversing from its start at U.S. Route 180 / U.S. Route 191 between St. Johns and Springerville to Lyman Lake. The Arizona Department of Transportation turned the road over to the Arizona State Parks Department in June 2003 as it was contained within a state park. SR 81 was the shortest state highway in Arizona before State Route 280 was