The street lies at the 17000 North alignment of the
Maricopa County grid system. At its eastern terminus, the main segment of Bell Road, approximately in length, begins at the corporate boundaries of Phoenix and Scottsdale at its intersection with Scottsdale Road. Traveling west, the road intersects
State Route 51 and
Interstate 17 in Phoenix, the
Loop 101 (Agua Fria Freeway) in
Peoria, and
Grand Avenue and
Loop 303 in Surprise. West of the Beardsley Canal, the roadway curves around the
White Tank Mountain Regional Park, becoming the
Sun Valley Parkway. East of 66th Street, Bell Road takes a southeasterly bend and, at its intersection with Scottsdale Road, becomes
Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard, named in recognition of the architect and designer. This alignment was built in the mid-1970s during the construction of the
CAP canal, which Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard parallels. In this area of
Scottsdale, a non-contiguous segment of Bell Road approximately long exists north of Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard, including an intersection with the Pima Freeway (Loop 101). East of the
McDowell Mountains, the Bell Road alignment forms the northern boundary of the city of
Fountain Hills. Prominent locations on or near Bell Road include
Scottsdale Airport,
Turf Paradise Race Course,
Arrowhead Towne Center and the
Peoria Sports Complex. Bell Road also forms the northern boundary of the original town site of Surprise. ==Major intersections==