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Engineering Achievements of
Percy Jones, Jr.
1888 -
Chief locating engineer who by sheer genius personally located more miles of Arizona highways than any other person. His college training in mining and geology combined with instincts as a pioneer desert traveler to give him uncanny abilities at pushing roads across virgin country.
The spectacular drive through Salt River Canyon on U.S. 60 is considered a high point of this "born locator's" career.
He worked for the Arizona Highway Department a year before entering World War I in 1917, returning in 1925. He became chief locating engineer in 1931 and served until 1943; the department called him back in 1955 for three more years to "trouble shoot" corridors for the new billion dollar interstate system.
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| HM Number | HMPCW |
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| Tags | |
| Historical Period | 20th Century |
| Historical Place | Other |
| Marker Type | Memorial |
| Marker Class | Historical Marker |
| Marker Style | Mounted |
| Year Placed | 1976 |
| Placed By | Arizona State Transportation Board in cooperation with the Arizona Section, American Society of Civil Engineers |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Monday, September 22nd, 2014 at 7:29am PDT -07:00 |
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Locationbig map
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 12S E 680267 N 3568535 |
|---|---|
| Decimal Degrees | 32.23901667, -109.08668333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 32° 14.341', W 109° 5.201' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 32° 14' 20.4600" N, 109° 5' 12.0600" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 520 |
| Can be seen from road? | No |
| Is marker in the median? | No |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling North |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near I-10, San Simon AZ 85632, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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