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The freeway between Rio Rico and Nogales was completed in 1974. The major section between Green Valley and Rio Rico was finished in 1978. The official completion date of the I-19 segment between Tucson (km 100) and Green Valley (actually Helmet Peak Road at km 75) was February 12, 1972.
Rio Rico is located in Santa Cruz County, north of Nogales at the confluence of Sonoita Creek and the Santa Cruz River. [8] According to the United States Census Bureau, the community has a total area of 62.3 square miles (161.2 km 2), all land. [9] Rio Rico includes the site of the ghost town of Calabasas, Arizona.
The county seat is Nogales. [2] The county was established in 1899. It borders Pima County to the north and west, Cochise County to the east, and the Mexican state of Sonora to the south. Santa Cruz County includes the Nogales, Arizona Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Tucson-Nogales, Arizona Combined Statistical Area.
Nogales (Spanish:; English: / n ə ˈ ɡ ɑː l ɪ s / or / n oʊ ˈ ɡ ɑː l eɪ s /) [4] is a city in and the county seat of Santa Cruz County, Arizona.The population was 20,837 at the 2010 census and estimated 20,103 in 2019. [5]
Río Rico Río Rico, Tamaulipas: The Thayer Bridge (also called the Río Rico Bridge) was built in 1928 and opened up the Mexican border town of Río Rico as a tourist destination during prohibition with bars and even a casino. [7] The crossing was located about two miles (3.2 km) downstream from where the Progreso bridge would later be built.
The route was originally established as a state highway in 1956, from Interstate 19 in Nogales to U.S. Route 89. In 1974, the route was formally established in the city of Nogales with its current routing from the Mexican border to I-19 Business. In 1979, the section east of I-19 was given to the county, but it was given to the city of Nogales ...
The route ran from a connection with the Southern Pacific Railroad in Benson, then south to Fairbank (about 13 km or 8 miles west of Tombstone) then west to Sonoita – Patagonia and Rio Rico, then south to Nogales. The railroad was constructed in 1881–82 and was abandoned in five phases between 1927 and 1962.
Nogales: SPRR: 1914: Last mixed passenger service, 1951. Razed, 1963 for an enlarged border crossing. Parker: ATSF: 1907: Built by Arizona and California Railroad. Last Santa Fe passenger service 1955. Still in use by Arizona and California Railroad as a company office. Patagonia: SPRR: 1900: Built by New Mexico & Arizona Railroad.