Arizona State Route 51

Arizona State Highway 51, ​​also known as Piestewa Freeway is a highway in the U.S. state of Arizona in the city of Phoenix, which runs in a north -south direction.

The highway runs from Interstate 10 to Loop 101 beltway. He crosses the Piestewa Peak Recreation Area, hence the name Piestewa Freeway comes. In 1987, the State Road was rebuilt by Phoenix and extended by several lanes.

The State Route the Squaw Peak Parkway was called, which was related to Indian women. On 1 March 2003, the road but was renamed to Piestewa Freeway because Lori Piestewa, the first woman of Indian descent, who served the military, died in the Iraq war.

The Arizona State Route 51 once had the lowest number of State Routes in Arizona, the Arizona State Route 48 holds today. The state route was planned as Interstate 510, but was only built as a state highway. The number 51 is derived from the number of Interstates 510. It was only omitted the zero.