Editing San Manuel, Arizona (section)

==Highway access==
The main road connecting San Manuel to the rest of the state is Veterans Memorial Boulevard, which runs in a northwest–southeast direction from San Pedro River Road to a grade–separated interchange with [[Arizona State Route 77]].<ref name="Former SR 76">{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@32.6234874,-110.6416821,13397m/data=!3m1!1e3|title=Former SR 76|access-date=June 18, 2019}}</ref> From 1962 to 1988, Veterans Memorial Boulevard was part of [[Arizona State Route 76]].<ref name="SR 76 Establish">{{cite web|author=Staff |publisher=Arizona Department of Transportation|access-date=June 18, 2019|url=http://azhighwaydata.com/resolutions/?resnum=1962-%20-158|title=ADOT Right-of-Way Resolution 1962-P-158}}</ref><ref name="SR 76 Decom Res">{{cite web|author=Staff |publisher=Arizona Department of Transportation|access-date=June 18, 2019|url=http://azhighwaydata.com/resolutions/?resnum=1988-06-A-055|title=ADOT Right-of-Way Resolution 1988-06-A-055}}</ref> SR&nbsp;76 served as a direct connection from San Manuel to SR&nbsp;77, the San Manuel copper mine and ultimately the rest of the state.<ref name="SR 76 Establish" /><ref name="Former SR 76" />

In the early 1970s, construction started on an extension of SR&nbsp;76 to [[Interstate 10 in Arizona|Interstate 10]] in [[Benson, Arizona|Benson]], called the Benson–Mammoth Highway. However, the highway was ultimately abandoned at the beginning of construction, with only two sections being completed near San Manuel and in Benson, respectively, along with an abandoned and unfinished highway grade. The unfinished grade still remains at the southern end of Veterans Memorial Boulevard, blocked by a permanent traffic barrier.<ref name="Former SR 76" /><ref name="Former SR 76 02">{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@31.9813679,-110.2803952,4690m/data=!3m1!1e3|title=Former SR 76 (Pomerene Road)|access-date=June 18, 2019}}</ref><ref name="SR 76 Index Map">{{Cite web |url=https://www.azdot.gov/files/ROW/Plans/State_Route_76/SR_76_Index_4_pages.pdf |title=SR 76 - Benson Mammoth Highway (Survey Only) - Right Of Way Index Map |last=Arizona Department of Transportation |date=November 25, 2014 |type=PDF |format=Right of Way Map |publication-place=Phoenix, Arizona |access-date=June 19, 2019}}</ref> SR&nbsp;76 was later decommissioned as a state highway and handed to local jurisdictions for ownership and maintenance. Additionally, any land the state of Arizona had acquired for the Benson extension was sold off.<ref name="SR 76 Decom Res">{{cite web|author=Staff |publisher=Arizona Department of Transportation|access-date=June 18, 2019|url=http://azhighwaydata.com/resolutions/?resnum=1988-06-A-055|title=ADOT Right-of-Way Resolution 1988-06-A-055}}</ref>