Arizona State Route 79
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| Pinal Pioneer Parkway | ||||
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| Maintained by ADOT | ||||
| Length: | 58.40 mi (93.99 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1992 – present | |||
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 SR 77
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 US 60
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| Location: | Florence |
| Length: | 2.05 mi (3.30 km) |
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, 25 miles (40 km) 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 access), but the town of Florence is easily accessible from State Route 287, State Route 87, and Hunt Highway. It serves as the back-road to the Phoenix and Tucson Metropolitan Areas and control cities along this route show either Phoenix or Tucson.
The southern portion of SR 79 from Oracle Junction to just south of Florence is designated Pinal Pioneer Parkway, a scenic road of the high desert plain with views of the Santa Catalina and Tortilla Mountains. The 41-mile stretch of road was so designated by the Arizona Highways Department in 1961.
Also along this road is a memorial marker for Tom Mix, who died after his Cord 812 convertible crashed into what is now designated the Tom Mix Wash while bridge construction was incomplete. The single-car high-speed accident led to his death after leaving the Oracle Junction Inn in 1940.
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