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Commuter loop finished in metro Phoenix area

The Associated Press
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 07.20.2008
PHOENIX — Transportation officials say they've completed the final stretch of the Loop 202, giving the Phoenix metro area an unbroken 137-mile commuter loop.
It's a milestone for Maricopa County. The county's voters first passed a tax increase for highways in 1985.
During that time, Phoenix had only Interstate 10 and Interstate 17 running through it. Now, there's the Loop 101, the Loop 202, along with several other commuter routes.
The roads supported a population that grew 41 percent to more than 2.1 million from 1980 to 1990.