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Fritzydoodle
Posts:1055
 | | 08/17/2007 12:17 PM |
 Alert | Print this out and put in your car for the next time you need an alternate route. Reverse to get out of Maricopa. This is for the in route!
Ways In and Out of Maricopa
Mileage is estimated. From about the time you pass Chandler Blvd to just before Casa Grande you are on the Gila River Indian Community. You are subject to tribal rules, regulations, laws and jurisdiction at all time. DO NOT ATTEMPT DIRT ROAD SHORTCUTS. You are trespassing on tribal property and subject to tribal prosecution.
Primary route from Phoenix:
I-10 to Exit 164 – Queen Creek Road
Turn west approx 16 miles to Maricopa
Alternates:
I-10 to Riggs Road Exit #167
Turn right heading north to SR347 Maricopa Road
Turn left to Maricopa approx 13 miles
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I-10 to Casablanca Road Exit #175 (also known as the beginning of SR587 and BIA-1)
Turn right and closely follow signage direction thru the semi-cloverleaf. You should go past the cultural center on your right. Otherwise you are heading to Chandler or Casa Grande – turn around and go back.
Stay on Casablanca westbound until you reach SR347, Maricopa Road, approx 10 miles. Turn left to Maricopa. (Pay attention to speed signs to avoid a ticket! Watch for horses and cattle – the road is not fenced off.)
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To take Casablanca to Murphy Road to either Honeycutt Rd or Maricopa/CG Hwy:
Take Casablanca Road west to Murphy Road. I don’t know if the street sign is back up. It’s a dirt road past Gophers Road. There is a small church about a ¼ mile south on Murphy Road on the west side as a roadmark. IT IS ROUGH in spots – go slowly and carefully! It’s about 7 miles to Mar/CG Hwy. Turn right and it’s about 10 miles to Maricopa. The pavement begins at the VW test facility. Honeycutt Road is about 4 miles from Casablanca and is marked.
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Via Casa Grande:
I-10 to Pinal Avenue (Casa Grande) Exit #185
Turn right to Val Vista Road approx 2 miles.
Turn right on Val Vista to Maricopa/CG Hwy
Turn right on Mar/CG Hwy to SR347 (Maricopa Road).
If you need gas, stay on Pinal Avenue into Casa Grande. Take Cottonwood Lane (it becomes the Maricopa/CG Hwy) west approx 23 miles to Maricopa.
Here are a few really weird but sometimes necessary alternatives.
A backway into Casa Grande off I-10
If I-10 is closed eastbound after Casablanca – exit Casablanca Road. Follow the weird cloverleaf to BIA-1 east heading to Sacaton about 4 miles. It ends at Sacaton Road. Turn right and follow Sacaton Road to BIA-7 Turn right – you are now on Casa Grande Highway for about 3 miles. It joins SR187. Keep heading south about 2 miles, you are heading to Pinal Avenue in Casa Grande. Follow the directions for Val Vista from there.
If I-10 is closed heading into Phoenix, you can take Casablanca to Sacaton like about and instead of turning right on Sacaton Road, turn left. It takes you to SR87. Stay on SR87 and you’ll end up at the corner of Arizona Ave and the Hunt Hwy in Chandler.
Again follow the speed signs (you’ll be doing 35 in the middle of nowhere – just do it) and don’t go off the marked roadways or risk a ticket.
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If Mar/CG Hwy is closed for flooding at Murphy Road and you need to take a more southerly route into Maricopa, take Hwy 84. Do not attempt any of the North/South roads between 84 and Mar/CG Hwy. They all have a BIG dip at the Santa Cruz or Santa Rosa Wash depending on which road you choose. The wash will be several FEET deep when running and very dangerous. DO NOT CROSS when water is running.
To take Hwy 84 to Maricopa
I-10 to Exit #194 (Florence Blvd).
Go through Casa Grande to Pinal Ave. Keep going straight – that is Hwy 84. It takes you through Stanfield. Keep going approx 16 miles.
Turn right on SR347. It’s about 11 miles from Hwy 84 to the train tracks. If you miss the turnoff to SR347 you will run into I-8.
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| | 06woman
Posts:356
| | 08/17/2007 12:29 PM |
Alert | | You could always take a helicopter in and land in the Fry's parking lot as well. If you have a jacked up 4x4, you can just plow through the desert past the line of traffic. | |
"Happiness is a journey...not a destination."
"The highest form of ignorance is to reject something you know nothing about." -
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
This is my son and a Lake Erie sunset. July 8,2007
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| | demonica
Posts:850
| | 08/17/2007 3:43 PM |
Alert | | thank you SO much for this fritzy. i have been a little nervous about gpoing into labor while all the construction is going on. now at least i feel like i have some alternatives! | | | |
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| | Jason
Posts:3378
| | 08/17/2007 4:06 PM |
Alert | WARNING: These directions may be hazardous to your health. Symptoms include road rage, cursing, blaming the City of Maricopa, ADOT, Maricopa Police Department, PCSO, etc. DO NOT use these directions while driving. DO NOT use these directions while impaired. DO NOT drive while impaired. DO NOT use these directions or drive while under the influence of medication. DO NOT take these instructions literally. Poster is not responsible for lost drivers, crashes, fatalities or other civil/criminal liabilities. This is is not all inclusive. | |
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| | KillerBee14
Posts:59
| | 08/17/2007 4:38 PM |
Alert | Posted By Jason on 08/17/2007 4:06 PM WARNING: These directions may be hazardous to your health. Symptoms include road rage, cursing, blaming the City of Maricopa, ADOT, Maricopa Police Department, PCSO, etc. DO NOT use these directions while driving. DO NOT use these directions while impaired. DO NOT drive while impaired. DO NOT use these directions or drive while under the influence of medication. DO NOT take these instructions literally. Poster is not responsible for lost drivers, crashes, fatalities or other civil/criminal liabilities. This is is not all inclusive.
WHAT is this please don't tell me you are going to be the disclaimer guy now? | | | |
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| | 06woman
Posts:356
| | 08/17/2007 4:42 PM |
Alert | Posted By demonica on 08/17/2007 3:43 PM
thank you SO much for this fritzy. i have been a little nervous about gpoing into labor while all the construction is going on. now at least i feel like i have some alternatives!
Are you serious? You'll have to life flighted out of here! Or you better get on the road as soon as contractions are 5 minutes apart and don't wait til your water breaks. Now, if there's a dust storm, you'll be stuck in that too! | |
"Happiness is a journey...not a destination."
"The highest form of ignorance is to reject something you know nothing about." -
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
This is my son and a Lake Erie sunset. July 8,2007
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|  | demonica
Posts:850
| | 08/17/2007 4:46 PM |
Alert | | LOL, 06woman. actually, my plan is the MINUTE i have any indication i am in labor, whether through a doctor's visit that tells me i am starting to efface or dilate or through contractions, i plan to pack up myself, joey and the dogs and head to my mom's house in gilbert. mileage-wise it is the same distance from there to the hospital, but it's all along real roads!!! my mom has a very dry sense of humor. when i told her my plan and asked if that was OK, she looked at me with a straight face and said, "sure, honey, but stay off the carpeting in case your water breaks." | | | |
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| | Fritzydoodle
Posts:1055
| | 08/17/2007 4:47 PM |
Alert | I'd call 911 if you are stuck on the road in labor. Let them escort you past whatever.
If nothing else go to Casa Grande Regional Medical Center in CG. At least its a hospital verses the side of 347!
EDITED: Errr never mind - we posted at the same time. | |
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| | TATER TOTER
Posts:25
| | 08/18/2007 2:55 PM |
Alert | Casa Grand Hwy if closed at Murphy
take Murfy into Tortosa and then Hunnycutt west the new bridge will cross the Santa Cruz Wash
then continue west to Porter turn north (right ) and west (left ) on Smith Enke the bridge there will cross the Santa Rosa Wash and wah lah your in Maricopa | | | |
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| | demonica
Posts:850
| | 08/18/2007 2:58 PM |
Alert | | thanks, fritzy, if i have any doubt about making it outta maricopa, i will be the first one dialling 911. i would much rather be embarassed than catching my own baby while joey is driving! | | | |
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| | Jason
Posts:3378
| | 08/18/2007 3:03 PM |
Alert | Posted By KillerBee14 on 08/17/2007 4:38 PM Posted By Jason on 08/17/2007 4:06 PM WARNING: These directions may be hazardous to your health. Symptoms include road rage, cursing, blaming the City of Maricopa, ADOT, Maricopa Police Department, PCSO, etc. DO NOT use these directions while driving. DO NOT use these directions while impaired. DO NOT drive while impaired. DO NOT use these directions or drive while under the influence of medication. DO NOT take these instructions literally. Poster is not responsible for lost drivers, crashes, fatalities or other civil/criminal liabilities. This is is not all inclusive. WHAT is this please don't tell me you are going to be the disclaimer guy now?
RELAX! It's a harmless joke! | |
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| | TortosaGuy
Posts:725
| | 08/18/2007 5:50 PM |
Alert | | thanks fritzy for all of the routes...but the murphy road route you suggested using is on tribal lands...take it at your own risk | |
*formerly known as inyrfce2*
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| | YZRacer
Posts:1653
| | 08/18/2007 6:38 PM |
Alert | Posted By demonica on 08/17/2007 3:43 PM
thank you SO much for this fritzy. i have been a little nervous about gpoing into labor while all the construction is going on. now at least i feel like i have some alternatives!
I will be delivering my baby at Banner Desert (Dobson and the 60) I am praying everyday that I go into labor in the middle of the night, and not during rush hour. But perhaps if we have to pull over on the side of the road to deliver, and baby is born on tribal land, he can have a piece of the casino profits? hehe
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If you can't spot the loser, it might be you
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| | TortosaGuy
Posts:725
| | 08/18/2007 6:41 PM |
Alert | | yz...not only the profits...but the rights to cut through on their dirt roads....lol....my wife is due in march...maybe we can do the same thing =) | |
*formerly known as inyrfce2*
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| | Java Lover
Posts:0
| | 08/18/2007 6:44 PM |
Alert | Posted By Jason on 08/18/2007 3:03 PM Posted By KillerBee14 on 08/17/2007 4:38 PM Posted By Jason on 08/17/2007 4:06 PM WARNING: These directions may be hazardous to your health. Symptoms include road rage, cursing, blaming the City of Maricopa, ADOT, Maricopa Police Department, PCSO, etc. DO NOT use these directions while driving. DO NOT use these directions while impaired. DO NOT drive while impaired. DO NOT use these directions or drive while under the influence of medication. DO NOT take these instructions literally. Poster is not responsible for lost drivers, crashes, fatalities or other civil/criminal liabilities. This is is not all inclusive. WHAT is this please don't tell me you are going to be the disclaimer guy now? RELAX! It's a harmless joke! 
Hehe  I got the joke. 
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| | Jason
Posts:3378
| | 08/18/2007 8:37 PM |
Alert | Posted By YZRacer on 08/18/2007 6:38 PM Posted By demonica on 08/17/2007 3:43 PM
thank you SO much for this fritzy. i have been a little nervous about gpoing into labor while all the construction is going on. now at least i feel like i have some alternatives! I will be delivering my baby at Banner Desert (Dobson and the 60) I am praying everyday that I go into labor in the middle of the night, and not during rush hour. But perhaps if we have to pull over on the side of the road to deliver, and baby is born on tribal land, he can have a piece of the casino profits? hehe
Since they're doing northbound construction at night, you'd better hope that you don't have the baby before construction is complete. | |
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| | Gamme
Posts:207
| | 08/19/2007 9:36 AM |
Alert | LOL.....Your concerns take me back a few years (61) when I was pregnant with my first child, no 911's, freeways and very few major roads. 347 was a narrow 2 lane road and so were all the roads leading to the hospital in north Mesa.
I remember counting the few houses and businesses along the way and the possibilities of using someone's phone or getting help in case we didn't make it.
HaHa!!! We made it, and so will you. Wishing you much happiness with one of the most awesome adventures of your lives. | | | |
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| | demonica
Posts:850
| | 08/20/2007 12:06 PM |
Alert | Posted By YZRacer on 08/18/2007 6:38 PM Posted By demonica on 08/17/2007 3:43 PM
thank you SO much for this fritzy. i have been a little nervous about gpoing into labor while all the construction is going on. now at least i feel like i have some alternatives! I will be delivering my baby at Banner Desert (Dobson and the 60) I am praying everyday that I go into labor in the middle of the night, and not during rush hour. But perhaps if we have to pull over on the side of the road to deliver, and baby is born on tribal land, he can have a piece of the casino profits? hehe
i'm delivering at banner desert too. my due date is october 3. when are you due? LOL, maybe we can carpool! have you gone and done a tour of the maternity ward? have you timed the drive with the construction? | | | |
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| | demonica
Posts:850
| | 08/20/2007 12:09 PM |
Alert | Posted By Gamme on 08/19/2007 9:36 AM
LOL.....Your concerns take me back a few years (61) when I was pregnant with my first child, no 911's, freeways and very few major roads. 347 was a narrow 2 lane road and so were all the roads leading to the hospital in north Mesa.
I remember counting the few houses and businesses along the way and the possibilities of using someone's phone or getting help in case we didn't make it.
HaHa!!! We made it, and so will you. Wishing you much happiness with one of the most awesome adventures of your lives.
thank you so much for your kind words. i feel like i have embarked on the scariest but most amazing journey of a lifetime. i only wish sometimes that i had started when i was younger and had more energy though. i love gammes, anyone who has done this with their kids AND their kids kids surely knows what they're talking about and has some good advice to give. i am always all ears when it comes to good advice! | | | |
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| | Gamme
Posts:207
| | 08/20/2007 2:04 PM |
Alert | Monica, I think everyone is a little apprehensive with their first baby, and especially if they are a little older, but you will do great with your little one. When we had our first baby, we lived in a small mobile home with no heat. The bassinet was situated next to our bed, and during the first few nights, my husband got up every couple of hours, shining the flashlight on the baby to see if he was still breathing.
One thing I have learned since raising my little guys is how much babies can actually learn from birth. I watched my DIL read and play games with her babies. She played Concentration, gave them experiences with geometric shapes, and worked puzzles with them while talking through her strategies using the correct terminology. I think modeling her thoughts, helped the babies to develop their problem solving skills at an incredibly young age. They both read by four and at two could hold their own when playing games like Concentration with me.
I have shared these ideas with other mothers who have applied them with their babies and are astounded at the results. | | | |
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