Work begins on $62 million project to widen road in northern Arizona

PHOENIX — Workers broke ground Monday on a $62 million project to widen an often-traveled road in northern Arizona, the state department of transportation said.

The project will widen the stretch of State Route 260 between Interstate 17 and Cottonwood.

“What we’ll be doing here is turning what is now essentially a two-land road into a four-lane divided highway,” Tom Hermann with ADOT said.

The project is expected to take about 18 months to complete. However, Hermann said the department will do its best to keep traffic moving down the highway.

“Throughout the project, throughout this section, we’ll make sure we have at least one travel lane open in each direction so that drivers will be able to get through,” he said. “They might have to slow down a little bit in the work zone, so there might be some minor delays.”

SR 260 is the main road that connects Camp Verde to Cottonwood. A popular attraction, the Out of Africa Wildlife Park, is along the highway.

In addition to widening the road, ADOT will also build seven roundabout intersections along SR 260.

KTAR’s Ashley Flood contributed to this report.

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