Arizona State Route 77
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South end | I-10 in Tucson | |
North end | BIA Route 6 at Navajo Nation boundary | |
Location | ||
Country | United States | |
State | Arizona | |
Counties | Pima, Pinal, Gila, Navajo | |
Highway system | ||
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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.
Between Tucson and the Navajo Nation, SR 77 passes through Oro Valley, Oracle, Mammoth, Winkelman, Globe, Show Low, Snowflake and Holbrook, as well as passing through the Fort Apache Indian Reservation and a tiny corner of the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. Between Globe and Show Low, SR 77 runs entirely concurrent with US 60. When it was originally commissioned in 1930, SR 77 only traversed the route between McNary and Holbrook. Between 1938 and 1992, the route was slowly re-routed and extended in increments, to its current termini in Tucson and at the Navajo Nation boundary.
Route description
State Route 77 (SR 77) begins at a diamond interchange with Interstate 10 (I-10) Exit 255 in Tucson. The highway proceeds east along West Miracle Mile for 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometres), passing through the Miracle Mile Historic District. West Miracle Mile ends at an intersection with Oracle Road, where SR 77 turns north past the Tucson Mall. After crossing over the Rillito River, SR 77 leaves Tucson and continues north as an eight lane divided highway through the suburban town of Oro Valley and Catalina State Park to Oracle Junction, where SR 77 meets SR 79 at an intersection. SR 79 continues north towards Florence, while SR 77 proceeds northeast.[4] The divided highway segment of SR 77 ends just past Oracle Junction. SR 77 continues through Oracle, passing the Biosphere 2 complex to a grade–separated interchange with Veterans Memorial Boulevard (former SR 76), which acts as the main connection between SR 77 and San Manuel, as well as a private road, off limits to the public, servicing the San Manuel Copper Mine complex.[5]
SR 77 curves to the north past San Manuel into Mammoth, now paralleling the San Pedro River to the east. North of town, the highway crosses over the San Pedro River and continues paralleling the river on the eastern side. SR 77 continues north, passing by the Central Arizona College Aravaipa Campus and Arizona College of Technology, proceeding through Dudleyville into Winkelman, where SR 77 crosses over the Gila River, next to the old Winkelman Bridge.[5] In town, the intersection with 2nd Street marks the southern terminus of SR 177, which continues west on 2nd Street, then northwest towards Superior. SR 77 continues north through town, then parallels the western bank of the Gila River to the northeast. After following the river for 7 miles (11 kilometres), SR 77 curves northwest, passing through Dripping Springs, then curves northeast through El Capitan, past Pinal Peak to a junction with U.S. Route 70 (US 70) just outside of Globe.[4]
US 70 and SR 77 run west concurrently to the outskirts of Globe, where the former highway ends at
SR 77 continues due north through the communities of
History
State Route 77 (SR 77) was first designated on May 13, 1930.
US 80 was removed from the Tucson to Oracle Junction corridor in 1977, when the U.S. Highway was truncated to
Origin of the name of Tucson's Miracle Mile
Although it was thought for several years that Tucson's Miracle Mile derived its name from a June 1937
Junction list
County | Location | mi[1][a] | km | Exit | Destinations[12][3][2][13] | Notes |
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Pima | Tucson | 68.05 | 109.52 | I-10 – Phoenix, El Paso | Southern terminus; I-10 exit 255 | |
69.05 | 111.13 | Oracle Road south ( Historic US 80 east) – Tucson City Center | Southern end of Historic US 80 concurrency; former US 80 east / US 89 / SR 93 south | |||
Oro Valley | 79.12 | 127.33 | Tangerine Road (SR 989 west) | Serves Oro Valley Hospital | ||
Northern end of Historic US 80 concurrency; southern terminus of SR 79; former US 80 west / US 89 north | ||||||
| 109.14 | 175.64 | Veterans Memorial Boulevard – San Manuel | Interchange; serves San Manuel Airport; former SR 76 | ||
Gila River | 134.62 | 216.65 | Bridge | |||
Gila | Winkelman | 134.80 | 216.94 | SR 177 north (2nd Street) – Superior | Southern terminus of SR 177 | |
Globe | 170.92 254.10 | 275.07 408.93 | US 70 east – Safford | Southern end of US 70 concurrency; mile markers change to reflect US 70 | ||
252.14 252.06 | 405.78 405.65 | US 70 ends / US 60 west (Ash Street west) – Globe, Phoenix | Southern end of US 60 concurrency; northern end of US 70 concurrency; mileposts change to reflect US 60 | |||
Navajo | | 318.15 | 512.01 | SR 73 east | Western terminus of SR 73 | |
Heber | Southern end of SR 260 concurrency | |||||
341.69 | 549.90 | SR 260 east (White Mountain Road) – Pinetop-Lakeside | Northern end of SR 260 concurrency | |||
342.01 342.20 | 550.41 550.72 | US 60 east (Deuce of Clubs east) – Springerville | Northern end of US 60 concurrency; mileposts change to reflect SR 77 | |||
Heber | Eastern terminus of SR 277 | |||||
Heber | Northern terminus of SR 377 | |||||
387.49 | 623.60 | US 180 east – St. Johns | Southern end of US 180 concurrency | |||
388.54 286.69 | 625.29 461.38 | Northern end of US 180 overlap; southern end of I-40 BL/Historic US 66 concurrency; former US 66 west; mileposts change to reflect I-40 BL | ||||
287.36 286.91 | 462.46 461.74 | Northern end of I-40 BL/Historic US 66 concurrency; southern end of I-40 concurrency; I-40 exit 286; former US 66 east; mileposts change to reflect I-40 | ||||
289.46 | 465.84 | 289 | Historic US 66 west (Navajo Boulevard) | Exit number follows I-40; former US 66 west | ||
| 292.83 395.07 | 471.26 635.80 | I-40 east – Albuquerque | Northern end of I-40 concurrency; I-40 exit 292; mileposts change to reflect SR 77 | ||
| 408.93 | 658.11 | BIA Route 6 north | Continuation beyond northern terminus at Navajo Nation boundary | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
Notes
- SR 19 Bus.) at the United States–Mexico border in Nogales.
References
- ^ a b "2008 State Highway System Log" (PDF). Arizona Department of Transportation. December 31, 2008. Retrieved April 9, 2008.
- ^ a b Arizona Department of Transportation (2014). "Arizona Parkways, Historic and Scenic Roads" (PDF). Phoenix: Arizona Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
- ^ a b "Historic Arizona U.S. Route 80 Designation". Webpage. Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation. August 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ a b c d Arizona Department of Transportation, Multimodal Planning Division (2021). State Highway System (ArcGIS) (Map). Arizona Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
- ^ a b c Google (June 16, 2023). "Overview map of SR 77" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
- ^ a b History of the Arizona State Highway Department (Report). Arizona State Highway Department and United States Public Roads Administration. June 1939. Retrieved July 27, 2019 – via Arizona Memory Project.
- ^ Arizona Highway Department (1931). State Highway Department Road Map of Arizona (Map). 1:1,267,200. Taylor Printing Company. Retrieved July 27, 2019 – via AARoads.
- ^ Arizona Highway Department (1939). State Highway Department Road Map of Arizona (Map). 1:1,267,200. Taylor Printing Company. Retrieved July 27, 2019 – via AARoads.
- ^ Weingroff, Richard F. (October 17, 2013). "U.S. Route 80: The Dixie Overland Highway". Highway History. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
- ^ Arizona Department of Transportation. "ADOT Right-of-Way Resolution 1992-08-A-056". Arizona Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
Renumber B-10 from MP. 255.26 in Tucson to U.S. 89 at M.P. 256.71. / Renumber U.S. 89 from S.R. B-10 (Miracle Mile) to Oracle Jct.
- ^ Arizona Department of Transportation. "ADOT Right-of-Way Resolution 1993-10-A-062". Arizona Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
Abandon portion of R/W to city of Tucson, priors 9-9-27, 8-21-36, 63-69, 87-109, & 92-56.
- ^ Arizona State Transportation Board Meeting Agenda (PDF) (Report). Show Low, Arizona: Arizona State Transportation Board. July 20, 2018. pp. 310 to 339.
- ^ Shell Oil Company; H.M. Gousha Company (1956). Shell Highway Map of Arizona (Map). 1:1,330,560. Chicago: Shell Oil Company. Retrieved March 31, 2015 – via David Rumsey Map Collection.