Former state routes in Arizona was a state highway in the eastern part of the state of Arizona, starting in the town of Nogales and ending at the New Mexico state line near Gallup on old U.S. Route 66 (presently Interstate 40). The route was cosigned with other routes, including U.S. Route 89 North from Nogales to Tucson, U.S. Route 80/U.S. Route 89 north from Tucson to U.S. Route 60 and U.S. Route 70 at Florence Junction, east on 60/70 to Globe and then 60 past Show Low to State Route 61, then east on 61 to U.S. 666 north of Springerville, where it overlapped
Arizona State Route 79 Arizona State Route 79 State Route 79 (SR 79), also known as the Pinal Pioneer Parkway, is a state highway in the U.S. state of Arizona. SR 79 has a northern terminus at U.S. Route 60 in unincorporated Florence Junction and passes through the town of Florence, its southern terminus is four miles (6 km) north of Catalina, at State Route 77, north of Tucson. The entirety of SR 79 is a direct surface route, roughly paralleling Interstate 10, (actually a north–south segment of the normally east–west freeway) and serving as the major route to Florence (which has no Interstate