SR 143

Phoenix
The Arizona State Route 143 (Hohokam Expressway) begins at an interchange at McDowell Rd and Arizona State Route 202. The freeway continues southward to an orientally designed interchange with the Arizona State Route 202 near Sky Harbor International Airport near the Salt River bridge crossing.

Tempe
The southern portion of Arizona State Route 143 begins at an interchange with University Drive and 32nd Street, to an interchange with the Interstate 10 and US 60. After these two interchanges, the freeway portions into a surface street, better known as 48th Street.

History
The Hohokam Expressway hs had a long history since the planning in 1960. It was first part of the 1960 Phoenix Developmental Road Planning System. It collects traffic from the southeast side of Phoenix entering Tempe. With an interchange with Arizona State Route 153, to the Sky Harbor International Airport. The present day interchange with Interstate 10 is at 48th Street, planned to reach Tempe and Chandler, near the Interstate 10 interchange with the Santan Portion of Arizona State Route 202 in 1967. Unfortuneately, they didn't reach there goal.

The final design was released in 1974, when Arizona 143 was known as the ninth Interstate 10 buisness route and not yet a freeway, but in high circumstances. The Arizona Department of Freeway Developing kept trying to turn the small parkway into a freeway, but traffic flowed for 21 hours all together. As Old 40th Street just began to try to interchange A.D.F.D. came first. They shut off access from all roads except for University Drive.

The A.D.F.D were able to create Arizona State Route 143 into a short buisness freeway, had been expanded to Baseline Road. Phoenix delgates and citizens were delighted, but estate sellers from Tempe Lloyds Heights were not pleasant with the idea. They wanted to shorten the freeway down to the Interstate 10, and Arizona Govermental Planners thought this was a good idea.

Construction Timeline

 * February 1991: University Drive to Sky Harbor Boulevard


 * November 1991: Sky Harbor Boulevard to Washington Street


 * February 1992: Washington Street to McDowell Road

CITY        ​EXIT         ROAD
 * ==Exit List==

Phoenix   5               Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) to I-10 / SR 51 / Central Phoenix - McDowell Rd               Phoenix   4               Washington St                                                                                                                 Phoenix   3B             Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) - Sky Harbor Internationl Airport                                     Phoenix   3A             Sky Harbor Blvd                                                                                                               Tempe     2               University Dr                                                                                                                     Tempe     1               I-10 (Maricopa Freeway) / US 60 / Los Angeles / Tuson