Today I went out exploring again and was able to find several places in which to do that sort of thing. One of them is just east of Superior, Arizona along U.S. 60, where the highway passes through a tunnel. This current tunnel is part of a rerouting. From a pullout on the eastbound lanes of the highway, a trail leads to the original tunnel. In fact, most of the trail itself was U.S. 60 at one time. From the pullout, you can see this ravine. Unlike the one near the Blythe Intaglios, I wasn't about to climb down in and back out of this one. In other words, I can be stupid, but not that stupid.
This trail was once a section of U.S. 60.
I soon found the east end of the original tunnel. Someone apparently from Mexico left his graffiti on a rock surface above the tunnel.
Here's the west end of the tunnel.
Near the west end is this group of boulders, which also have some graffiti.
For more on the old tunnel, which appears to have been called the Claypool Tunnel, go to Only In Your State, Bicycle Touring and AZ Back Country Adventures.
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