U.S. Route 80 in Arizona structures including historic motor hotels among other roadside attractions and local businesses. This list follows the 1951 alignment. The following is an incomplete list of notable attractions and structures along old US 80 in Arizona: U.S. Route 80 in Arizona U.S. Route 80 (US 80) also known as the Ocean-to-Ocean Highway, the Broadway of America and the Jefferson Davis Highway was a major transcontinental highway which existed in the U.S. state of Arizona from November 11, 1926, to October 6, 1989. At its peak, US 80 traveled from the California border in Yuma to the New Mexico state line near
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