Grand Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona

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Grand Avenue is a principal arterial road in Phoenix, Arizona and carries U.S. Route 60 westward. It slices through West Phoenix at a 45-degree angle making it instantly recognizable on any City of Phoenix map. Grand Avenue represents the final leg of the US 60 into downtown Phoenix. The US 60 was commissioned in 1926 as one of two transcontinental highways in the United States and for over 40 years the highway served as a convenient route from which to import and export goods into the growing valley.

Currently Grand Avenue near 7th Avenue is experiencing a quiet renaissance as artists, bars, restaurants begin to fill the historic warehouses and other architecturally unique buildings. On the first Friday of every month. Grand Avenue is activated with hundreds of young urbanites and suburban sprawlers clamoring for a cultural experience near downtown Phoenix. Some of the places associated with the Grand Avenue art scene include the Paper Heart Gallery, Trunk Space, and Modified Arts

Improvements to Grand Avenue are included in the 20-year Regional Transportation Plan of the Maricopa Association of Governments, including reducing many of the busiest three-way intersections to two-way intersections by constructing overpasses, underpasses, and access roads. In the future, it may be constructed to freeway grade.