State Route 69 (SR 69) is a highway that serves as the main road to Prescott, Arizona, from Interstate 17.

Prior to the construction of Interstate 17 in the 1960s and early 1970s, State Route 69 continued south to Phoenix, Arizona, as the Prescott-Phoenix Hwy or Black Canyon Highway on a different alignment, through the ghost towns of Bumble Bee and Cordes.

The original route taken by SR 69 reached Mayer from Black Canyon City, by way of Bumble Bee and Cordes.

[4] By 1951, a new paved alignment of SR 69 had been constructed between New River and Cordes, bypassing the original road through Bumble Bee.

[6] Despite being bypassed by a newer alignment, the original route was still owned and maintained by the state until December 28, 1962.