Yuma Maintenance
Yuma District
Wide Maintenance
2243 East Gila Ridge Road
Yuma, AZ 85365
Phone: 928.317.2124 Fax: 928.317.2121
Yuma Maintenance
2243 East Gila Ridge Road
Yuma, AZ 85365
Phone: 928.317.2124 Fax: 928.317.2121
Area of Responsibility
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I.8 @ the
California and Arizona border MP 0.00 to the Maricopa County
Line at MP 79.86.
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US 95 from
the US Mexico border at MP 0.00 to MP 70.00
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B8 from MP
0.00 to MP 11.93
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SR 195 MP
5.5 to MP 27.39
Unique Features of Section
- Yuma
Territorial Prison, built in 1876, was the home of prisoners until
1909. In 1910, it became the home for the Yuma Union High School
for 4 years. Now it is a state historical park that can be
visited year round.
- The Yuma
Proving Grounds is adjacent to US 95 and is the home of the US
Army’s weapons testing facility.
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Yuma
Maintenance is in the Heart of the lettuce capitol.
- The Colorado
River is 1470 miles long with 1370 miles within the US. 160 miles
of this River are along the Yuma District Boundaries.
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Yuma
Maintenance maintains one rest area (Mohawk Rest Area) at MP 56 on
I-8.
Gila Bend Maintenancee
1300 East Pima
P.O. Box 708
Gila Bend, Arizona 85337
Phone: 928.683.2582 Fax: 928.683.2529
Area of Responsibility
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I.8 from
Maricopa County/Yuma County Line to Maricopa/Pinal County Line
milepost 79.87 to 149.60
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I.10 from
Maricopa/La Paz County Line milepost 70.77 to 112.20
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SR 85
North milepost 120.32 to North of the Gila River at Milepost
149.10
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SR 85
South from B.8 Junction to Maricopa/Pima County Line 0.0 to
32.51
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Business 8
from milepost 117.79 to 122.83
Unique Features of Section
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Barry M.
Goldwater Range located throughout the Yuma District, the
nation’s second largest tactical aviation range, providing the
land and airspace necessary to train pilots for the U.S. Air
Force, Marine Corps, Navy, Army, and Air National Guard, and
U.S. allies since World War II. The range is roughly 20 miles wide by 120 miles long, extending from Yuma to approximately 25 miles east of Gila Bend, Arizona and from I-8 south to the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge and/or the U.S. Mexican Border.
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Painted
Rock Petroglyph Site is located approximately 12.5 miles west of
Gila Bend at Painted Rock Dam Road (exit 102 on I.8), head north
10.7 miles to Rocky Point Road.
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Sentinel
Rest Area is located on Interstate 8 at milepost 83.8 and Burnt
Well Rest Area is located on Interstate 10 at milepost 86. Both
rest areas have east and westbound handicap restrooms, picnic
facilities, pay phone and vending machines.
Quartzsite Maintenance
770 West Kuehn
Quartzsite, Arizona
Phone: 928.927.6311 Fax: 928.927.6387
Area of Responsibility
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I.10 from
the California and Arizona border at MP 0.00 to MP 70.76
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US/SR 95 from
MP 70.01 to MP 161.73 at the Bill Williams Bridge
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US 60 from
MP 31.26 to MP 49.56
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SR 72 from
MP 13.11 to MP 49.91
Unique Features of Section
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The
Quartzsite Org maintains 2 rest areas (Ehrenberg and Bouse rest
areas).
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Quartzsite
gets very busy during the winter season. Estimated 1.5 million
people travel to Quartzsite for their major gem, mineral, and swap meeting shows.
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Parker Dam
is located approximately at MP 160 and is the dam with the deepest
foundations.
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The
Buckskin and River Island State parks are with in the Parker area.
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Some
historic sites in Quartzsite are Crystal Hill, Tyson Tanks, Tyson
Wells Museum, and Hi Jolly Monument.
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Just south
in the Kofa Mountain’s there is an area Palm Canyon that is the
home of Arizona’s only native palms.
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