- The Stack
Infobox road
marker_
state=AZ
highway_name=The Stack
maint=ADOT
established=1980s
cities=Phoenix
system=Metropolitan Phoenix Freeways
commons=The Stack is a
colloquialism used to describe the symmetrical four-levelstack interchange inDowntown Phoenix in theU.S. state ofArizona that facilitates movements betweenInterstate 17 and Interstate 10. [cite web| url = http://kjzz.org/news/traffic/terms| title = The Stack Interchange| publisher = KJZZ| accessdate = 2008-03-18] It was thePhoenix Metropolitan Area 's first four-levelstack interchange upon its completion in 1990. [ cite web
url = http://www.rockymountainroads.com/i-010_az.html
title = Construction Timeline
publisher = AARoads
accessdate = 2008-03-18 ]Description
In 2006, the Stack interchange saw an average of 235,000 cars pass through it daily on Interstate 10 eastbound and westbound; and an average of 120,000 cars on northbound and southbound
Interstate 17 . [cite web| url = http://tpd.azdot.gov/data/documents/SHSAADT0707.xls| title = Arizona AADT| publisher = ADOT| accessdate = 2008-03-18] The interchange constitutes exit 200A on Interstate 17 and exits 143A and 143B on Interstate 10. Access is provided in all directions and there are no directHOV lane connections. Interstate 17 does have two frontage roads running both southbound and northbound through the interchange known as Black Canyon Highway.References
External links
* [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=33.46161,-112.107282&spn=0.008825,0.026994&t=k&z=16 Aerial view of The Stack]
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