Arizona State Route 80

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BL 10 near Benson
Major intersections
East end NM 80 near Rodeo
Location
CountryUnited States
StateArizona
CountiesCochise
Highway system
  • Arizona State Highway System
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SR 81

State Route 80 (SR 80) is a 120.20-mile (193.44-kilometre) long, roughly arc-shaped highway lying in southeastern

business route
in Douglas.

Both SR 80 and NM 80 were once part of

San Diego, California and Savannah, Georgia, starting in 1926. The US 80 designation was retired from this route in 1989 after being made redundant by Interstate 10. Despite being replaced by the Interstate, this segment of old US 80 was not closely paralleled by or reconstructed into I-10, as the Interstate was constructed further north and instead supplants the shorter former route of SR 86 and NM 14
.

Route description

State Route 80 (SR 80) begins at an intersection with

San Pedro Valley. At the intersection with Apache Powder Road, SR 80 turns eastward, crossing over the San Pedro River and entering St. David as Patton Street. In St. David, SR 80 turns south as Lee Street. South of St. David, SR 80 continues to parallel the San Pedro River until the highway steers southeast, where the river continues due south. from Just north of Tombstone, SR 80 intersects the eastern terminus of SR 82. While SR 82 heads west towards Nogales, SR 80 continues southeast, before entering Tombstone.[3]

SR 80 in Tombstone seen towards south.

In Tombstone, SR 80 becomes Sumner Street, before curving southeast on Fremont Street through town, past the infamous

Mule Pass Tunnel, entering the Bisbee city limits, then skirts around the southern edge of downtown Bisbee. Downtown Bisbee is accessible from SR 80 via two grade-separated interchanges at Tombstone Canyon Road and Main Street. After passing both the inactive Copper Queen Mine and the Lavender Pit, the road meets the eastern terminus of SR 92 at a traffic circle. SR 92 heads southwest towards Sierra Vista, while SR 80 continues east of the traffic circle, past the Warren district of Bisbee. The highway turns southeast at the intersection with Double Adobe Road.[3]

SR 80 between Tombstone and Bisbee, seen towards south.

Southeast of Bisbee, SR 80 approaches the

US 191 Business, which serves the Raul H. Castro Port of Entry between Douglas and Agua Prieta.[4] As US 191 Business does not intersect its parent route, US 191, both routes rely on SR 80 as a direct connection.[3]

SR 80 turns north on Pan American Avenue away from US 191 Business. After a short distance, the route takes a more northeasterly route away from the international boundary, paralleling the abandoned trackbed of the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad. SR 80 heads through the San Bernardino Valley, passing through the small hamlet of Apache, where the Geronimo Surrender Monument is located. Northeast of Apache, the highway crosses the appropriately named State Line Road at the New Mexico state line and becomes New Mexico State Road 80 (NM 80). NM 80 continues through Rodeo towards Interstate 10.[3]

History

Main article: U.S. Route 80 in Arizona
Arizona Route 80 skirts the edge of the Lavender Pit in Bisbee

State Route 80 (SR 80) was originally conceived as part of the proposed state highway system in 1919.

San Diego, California and Savannah, Georgia.[6] The road was paved at this time between Douglas and Bisbee as well as a portion south of Tombstone. The remainder of the highway was a gravel road.[7] By 1931, the highway was paved from Bisbee to the New Mexico state line as well as a portion south of Benson and another portion south of Tombstone.[8] By 1934, the only portion of the highway yet to be paved was a section between Tombstone and Bisbee.[9] The entire route had been paved by 1935.[10]

By 1964, most of the US 80 nationwide was being largely replaced or made redundant by

I-10 Business.[1]

On September 21, 2018, most of SR 80 was designated as the Benson to New Mexico segment of Historic U.S. Route 80.

I-10 Business Loop in Benson was also designated as part of the Historic Route, as the loop between I-10 and SR 80 was part of US 80 before 1989.[15]

Junction list

The entire route is in Cochise County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinations[16]Notes
Historic US 80 west – Tucson, Willcox
Interchange; western terminus; western end of Historic US 80 concurrency
​313.91505.19
 SR 82 west – Nogales
332.88535.72
 SR 90 west – Sierra Vista, Fort Huachuca
338.74545.15
Historic US 80
east (Old Divide Road)		Eastern end of Historic US 80 concurrency
339.07545.68
Mule Pass Tunnel
Historic US 80
)		Interchange
341.44549.49
Historic US 80
west)		Interchange; western end of Historic US 80 concurrency
343.29552.47
 SR 92 west / Bisbee Road – Sierra Vista		Traffic circle
Douglas364.67586.88
 US 191 north – Willcox		Southern terminus of US 191
366.12589.21
Historic US 80 east ("G" Avenue) – Business/Historic District, Mexico
Northern terminus of US 191 Bus.; eastern end of Historic US 80 concurrency
368.06592.34
Historic US 80
west ("A" Avenue) – Business/Historic District		Western end of Historic US 80 concurrency
​415.39668.51
Historic US 80
ends		Continuation into New Mexico; eastern end of Historic US 80 concurrency
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Roadway Inventory Management Section, Multimodal Planning Division (December 31, 2013). "2013 State Highway System Log" (PDF). Arizona Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Arizona Department of Transportation (December 15, 1989). "ADOT Right-of-Way Resolution 1989-12-A-096". Retrieved October 20, 2019 – via Arizona Highway Data. Change U.S. 80 to S.R. 80 in designated area.
  3. ^ a b c d e Google (April 7, 2012). "SR 80" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved April 7, 2012.
  4. ^ Google (July 22, 2019). "Map of US 191 Business" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  5. ^ Arizona State Highway Department (1919). Map of Proposed State Highway System of Arizona (Map). 1:1,584,000. Cartography by Lamar Cobb. Arizona Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 3, 2008 – via AARoads.
  6. OCLC 32889555. Retrieved November 7, 2013 – via Wikimedia Commons
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  7. ^ Arizona State Highway Department (1926). Map of Arizona (Map). 1:1,267,200. Cartography by E.W. Miller. Arizona Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 3, 2008 – via AARoads.
  8. ^ A. G. Taylor Printing Company (1931). Arizona Highway Department Condition Map of the State Highway System (Map). 1:1,267,200. Arizona State Highway Department. Retrieved May 3, 2008 – via AARoads.
  9. ^ A. G. Taylor Printing Company (1934). Arizona Highway Department Condition Map of the State Highway System (Map). 1:1,267,200. Arizona State Highway Department – via AARoads.
  10. ^ Arizona State Highway Department (1935). State Highway Department Road Map of Arizona (PDF) (Map). 1:1,267,200. Cartography by W.M. DeMerse. Arizona Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 6, 2008.
  11. ^ a b Weingroff, Richard F. (October 17, 2013). "U.S. Route 80: The Dixie Overland Highway". Highway History. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  12. ^ Rand McNally & Co. (1963). State Highway Department Road Map of Arizona (Map). 1:1,584,640. Arizona State Highway Department. Retrieved June 25, 2023 – via AARoads.
  13. ^ Photogrammetry and Mapping Division (1971). State Highway Department Road Map of Arizona (Map). 1:1,267,200. Arizona State Highway Department. Retrieved June 25, 2023 – via AARoads.
  14. ^ "Historic Arizona U.S. Route 80 Designation". Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation. August 2017. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  15. ^ Arizona State Transportation Board Meeting Agenda (PDF) (Report). Show Low, Arizona: Arizona State Transportation Board. July 20, 2018. pp. 310 to 339. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  16. ^ Arizona State Transportation Board Meeting Agenda (PDF) (Report). Show Low, Arizona: Arizona State Transportation Board. July 20, 2018. pp. 310 to 339.

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