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The history and background surrounding the Arizona section of US 80 dates back to pre-Columbian Native American culture and society. It was originally a section of the ancient Gila Trail. [13] [14] When it was a commissioned U.S. Highway, US 80 was a popular and heavily promoted transcontinental route between California and Georgia.
U.S. Route 80 (US 80) is a former U.S. highway in California that continued east across the country to Georgia. The western terminus of US 80 was in San Diego , California , and it continued east through the city on several different alignments through the years.
U.S. Route 80 or U.S. Highway 80 (US 80) is a major east–west United States Numbered Highway in the Southern United States, much of which was once part of the early auto trail known as the Dixie Overland Highway. As the "0" in the route number indicates, it was originally a cross-country route, from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean.
The Old Plank Road is a plank road in Imperial County, California, that was built in 1915 as an east–west route over the Algodones Dunes.It effectively connected the extreme lower section of Southern California to Arizona and provided the last link in a commercial route between San Diego and Yuma.
As such, US 80 is no longer an active U.S. Highway in California, Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas. Today, I-8, I-10 and I-20 have largely replaced US 80 between Dallas and San Diego. Notable surviving sections of old US 80 include the entirety of both New Mexico State Road 80 and Arizona State Route 80 , and all of County Route S80 in ...
State Route 80 (SR 80) is a 120.20-mile (193.44-kilometre) long, roughly arc-shaped highway lying in southeastern Arizona. Starting in downtown Benson , the highway serves as the main route through the towns of St. David , Tombstone , Bisbee and Douglas before terminating at the New Mexico state line, becoming New Mexico State Road 80 (NM 80).
Westbound I-80 connector to eastbound Highway 50 will close from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Eastbound Highway 50 on-ramp at Harbor Boulevard will be blocked from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
These were later replaced by U.S. Route 80 (US 80) across California and part of Arizona, and Arizona State Route 84 (SR 84) between Gila Bend and Casa Grande. The US 80 freeway through San Diego was largely complete by the time it was renumbered as I-8 in the 1964 state highway renumbering ; east of San Diego, the US 80 roadway was slowly ...