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Major cities that U.S. Highway 93 travels through include Missoula, Montana, Twin Falls, Idaho, and Las Vegas, Nevada.
Popular bumper sticker often seen in Montana: "Pray for me, I drive Hwy 93!"
As of 2004, the highway's northern terminus is in Lincoln County, Montana at the Canadian border, where it continues as Provincial Highway 93. Its southern terminus is in Wickenburg, Arizona at an intersection with U.S. Highway 60.
Until 1993, US 93 ended a few miles north of Wickenburg, Arizona at a junction with U.S. Highway 89. When US 89 was decommissioned in the area, the US 93 designation was carried on into Wickenburg.
US 93 (with US 60 to the southeast of Wickenburg) is the shortest route between the fast-growing cities of Las Vegas and Phoenix, two of the largest cities in America. Upgrades of US 60 and US 93 to freeway status are scheduled between Las Vegas and Phoenix, after which US 93 will probably be decommissioned south of its northern junction with Interstate 15 to the northeast of Las Vegas in favor of Interstate 15 and some new Interstate highway (designation unknown -- 11? 13?).
A segment of the new highway is in the very early stages of construction (in 2004) in the area of Hoover DamThis article concerns the dam on the Colorado River. For the one in Ohio, see Hoover Dam (Ohio). The Hoover Dam is a concrete gravity-arch dam in the Black Canyon, on the Colorado River border, between Arizona and Nevada. The dam, located 48 kilometres (3; the expressway, which will include tunnels that will replace a highway now closed to truck traffic due to its inadequacy (the mountain road includes switchback curvesA nearly 180-degree turn in a road, trail, or ramp is called a hairpin turn (also hairpin bend or, if in a trail, a switchback . It is named for its geometric resemblance to a hairpin. These turns are often built when a route climbs up or down a steep slo and concerns of the security of the dam itself since the September 11 Attack . It will incorporate the now-complete Interstate 515Interstate 515 is a spur of Interstate 15 that runs approximately 20 miles from the interchange of I-15 and US 95 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Railroad Pass on the border of Henderson, Nevada and Boulder City, Nevada. The road is also designated US 95 and US 9 through Las Vegas and it will make unnecessary the truck detour through either Laughlin, NevadaLaughlin is a census-designated place located in Clark County, Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 7,076. Laughlin is located on the Colorado River 94 miles (152. 3 km) south of Las Vegas. After Las Vegas and Reno, Laughlin is or Needles, CaliforniaNeedles is a city located in San Bernardino County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 4,830. Geography Needles is located at 34°50'18" North, 114°36'40" West (34. 838312, -114. According to the United States Census Bure.
[1] -- the Hoover Dam Bypass Project