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The section between Paul Spur and Douglas was abandoned in the 1990s. Excursion train at Benson depot. On June 15, 1992, SP sold the line to Kyle Railways and operations commenced as the San Pedro & Southwestern Railway (SWKR). For several years starting in 1995, the SWKR ran an excursion train from Benson to Charleston.
State Route 80 (SR 80) is a 120.20-mile (193.44-kilometre) long, roughly arc-shaped highway lying in southeastern Arizona.Starting in downtown Benson, the highway serves as the main route through the towns of St. David, Tombstone, Bisbee and Douglas before terminating at the New Mexico state line, becoming New Mexico State Road 80 (NM 80).
Location of Cochise County in Arizona. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Cochise County, Arizona. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
Douglas: SPRR: 1913: Built by El Paso and Southwestern Railroad. Last Southern Pacific passenger service 1963. The San Pedro and Southwestern Railroad briefly used the depot from 1992 to 1995 for a crew terminal, prior to abandonment of their Paul Spur-Douglas trackage. Still stands as City of Douglas Police Department. Dragoon: Drake: 1901
[19] [20] From Benson, the interstate follows the Southern Pacific mainline east through Willcox and Bowie to New Mexico, rather than bend south to the Mexican border along old US 80 (signed as SR 80 after 1989), through Douglas. The road from Benson east through Willcox was designated SR 86 in about 1935, that route number was subsequently ...
Benson is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census , the population of the city was 5,355. It was founded as a rail terminal for the area, and located approximately 45 miles (72 km) east-southeast of the city of Tucson .
The Benson Railroad Historic District is an area of Benson, Arizona, located near the site of a former passenger and freight depot. The area contains 16 structures, 11 buildings and 5 outbuildings, although the outbuildings are not considered contributing structures to the historic district.
Cochise County includes the Sierra Vista-Douglas, Arizona Metropolitan Statistical Area. ... Benson: 5,105 City 1880 (founded) 6 Willcox: 3,757 City 1915 7 Whetstone: