- Arizona Highways
"For a list of highways in Arizona, see
List of Arizona State Routes ""Arizona Highways" (ISSN|0004-1521) is a magazine that contains travelogues and artistic photographs related to the state of
Arizona . It is published monthly in Phoenix by a unit of theArizona Department of Transportation .The magazine began in 1925 by the Arizona Highway Department (now the Arizona Department of Transportation) as an
engineering journal dedicated toroad construction and maintenance within the state of Arizona. In addition to the engineering articles,cartoon s and travelogues were also included in the early issues. Over the next two decades the magazine reduced and then stopped inclusion of the road engineering articles and dedicated itself to the present format of travel tales, historical stories, andhumor about the state of Arizona.In 1946, the famous photographer
Ansel Adams started to contribute prints for the magazine. Famous photographs include Arches, North Court, Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona, 1968 and Saguaro Cactus, Sunrise, Arizona, 1942. Since this time, the magazine has become world famous due to its spectacularphotography . Today, "Arizona Highways"' monthly circulation surpasses 200,000 copies, with readers in all 50 U.S. states and in two-thirds of the countries in the world.External links
* [http://www.arizonahighways.com/ "Arizona Highways" homepage]
* [http://www.arizonahighwaystv.com/ "Arizona Highways" television show homepage]
* [http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/1aa/1aa621.htm/ Center for Creative Photography - University of Arizona]
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