(Arizona Department of Transportation Photos)
By Danny Shapiro | KTAR
PHOENIX — Phoenicians far and wide were probably screaming at their televisions when a certain prompt was brought up on a recent episode of “Jeopardy!”
The $600 clue in the “road” category asked the three contestants which freeway was a part of “The Stack” interchange with Interstate 17 a few miles west of downtown Phoenix.
The answer, as many Valley dwellers know, was Interstate 10. The contestants weren’t as sharp.
One guessed Route 66, which has never run through metro Phoenix. The other two were stumped and didn’t provide an answer.
What’s the history of “The Stack?”
Here’s a brief history of the $600 answer for the game show contestants and others who aren’t familiar.
The four-level, symmetrical interchange that connects the two freeways near 19th Avenue and McDowell Road has been around since 1990.
It was the second interchange constructed in the Valley. The first one, which connected I-17 and U.S. 60, was completed in 1957.
