Photos: The 84 Truck Center on I-10 near Prince Road, 1959
- Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Rick Wiley
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In 1959, long-haul trucking was dark and dangerous along U.S. 80 and State Route 84, the two-lane highways through Tucson that were replaced by Interstate 10.
The oasis on the road was a truck stop, like the 84 Truck Center, then at 3320 N. Casa Grande Highway, south of Prince Road. Tucson Citizen photographer Lew Raizk spent a night there in 1959.
The 84 Truck Center stop eventually became Crazy Fredβs. It was demolished after a fire in 1993. The land is now vacant.
Rick Wiley
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