U.S. Route 66 in Arizona these are depicted as the traffic cones of the Cozy Cone Motel. The Pueblo Revival style Painted Desert Inn in Navajo, constructed circa-1920 of wood and native stone and purchased by the US National Park Service in 1935, is situated on a mesa overlooking the vast Painted Desert. U.S. Route 66 in Arizona U.S. Route 66 (US 66, Route 66) covered as part of a former United States Numbered Highway in the state of Arizona. The highway ran from west to east, starting in Needles, California, through Kingman and Seligman to the New Mexico state line as part of the
Arizona State Route 79 the current SR 79. On the afternoon of October 12, 1940, silent film actor Tom Mix died in a car accident on SR 79 (then part of U.S. Route 80) 18.5 miles southeast of Florence, Arizona. Business State Route 79 is a business loop in central Arizona. It lies entirely within the town limits of Florence located in Pinal County. The road begins south of town at its parent State Route 79 near the Central Arizona Project canal and travels northbound on Main St passing a "Y" junction with State Route 287 to Coolidge. The road continues northbound to an