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Tucson is on an alluvial plain in the Sonoran Desert, surrounded by five minor ranges of mountains: the Santa Catalina Mountains and the Tortolita Mountains to the north, the Santa Rita Mountains to the south, the Rincon Mountains to the east, and the Tucson Mountains to the west. Tucson Mountains include 4,687 ft (1,429 m) Wasson Peak.
An unpaved road connecting Sasabe to Tucson was built by 1935. [3] The route received a designation as SR 286 in the 1950s. [ 4 ] By 1963, a section of the route from SR 86 at the northern terminus to Palo Alto Ranch was paved.
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.
Oro Valley, incorporated in 1974, is a suburban town located 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Tucson, Arizona, United States, in Pima County.According to the 2020 census, the population of the town is 47,070, an increase from 29,700 in 2000.
Although the highway has been part of the state highway system since at least 1926, it was not designated as SR 79 until 1992. The highway was previously a section of U.S. Route 80 and U.S. Route 89 between Phoenix and Tucson, until both highways were decommissioned in 1977 and 1992 respectively. SR 79 is also the only state highway in Arizona ...
The route was originally called the Tucson Limited Access Highway and the Tucson Freeway. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Construction on the bypass began on December 27, 1950. [ 13 ] The first section of bypass artery, from Congress Street north to Miracle Mile West, was opened on December 20, 1951 but had no overpasses or interchanges at Grant Road (then ...