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The highway was previously a section of U.S. Route 80 and U.S. Route 89 between Phoenix and Tucson, until both highways were decommissioned in 1977 and 1992 respectively. SR 79 is also the only state highway in Arizona that has a business route, which is SR 79 Business through downtown Florence.
State Route 77 (SR 77) is a 253.93-mile (408.66-kilometre) long state highway in Arizona that traverses much of the state's length, stretching from its southern terminus at a junction with I-10 in Tucson to its northern terminus with BIA Route 6 at the Navajo Nation boundary just north of I-40.
I-10 – Phoenix, Tucson: ADOT signs this as southern terminus; I-10 exit 211: Picacho: Closed interchange; was southbound exit only: Eastern terminus of unsigned SR 84 segment: 115.77: 186.31: SR 84 west (Casa Grande-Picacho Highway west) South end state maintenance of SR 87; western end of unsigned SR 84 concurrency; Casa Grande-Picacho Hwy ...
From 1962 to 1974, I‑10 in Phoenix ended at 40th Street, and truck traffic through Phoenix and Mesa was directed to use Arizona Route T-69 via 40th Street south and Baseline Road east to connect to SR 87 and SR 93, the shortcuts to Tucson.
View east along Route 60, Mesa. U.S. Route 60 (US 60) is an east–west United States Highway within Arizona.The highway runs for 369 miles (594 km) from a junction with Interstate 10 near Quartzsite to the New Mexico state line near Springerville.
Between Phoenix and Ash Fork, the route was proposed as US 280. The route from Nogales to Tucson was proposed as US 380. Between Tucson and Phoenix, the route was to be served by US 80, where US 60 would be designated between Ash Fork and Flagstaff. [6]
The Tucson MSA forms part of the larger Tucson-Nogales combined statistical area. Both Tucson and Phoenix anchor the Arizona Sun Corridor. The city is 108 miles (174 km) southeast of Phoenix and 60 mi (100 km) north of the United States–Mexico border. [8]
The first numbered highway along the SR 85 corridor was established in 1927 between Gila Bend and Phoenix as US 80. At the time, it was only paved from Phoenix to Hassayampa. Although not paved between Hassayampa and Gila Bend, it was an improved road. [6] This original routing of US 80 still exists as Old US 80 west of the SR 85 alignment. [7]