Arizona State Route 79

State Route 79
State Route 79
Pinal Pioneer Parkway
	SR 79 highlighted in red; SR 79 Bus. in blue
Route information
	Maintained by ADOT
Length	58.40 mi (93.99 km)
Existed	1992–present
History	The entire route is a former section of US 80 and US 89
Tourist; routes	Historic US 80
Major junctions
South end	SR 77 / Historic US 80 in Oracle Jct.
	SR 287 in Florence; US 60 in Florence Jct.;
North end	El Camino Viejo in Florence Jct.
Location
Country	United States
State	Arizona
Counties	Pinal
Highway system
	Arizona State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Proposed; Former;

State Route 79 (SR 79), also known as the Pinal Pioneer Parkway, is a 58.40 mi (93.99 km) long state highway in the U.S. state of Arizona. It serves as the main route through the town of Florence, which is also the county seat of Pinal County. 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 that has a business route, which is SR 79 Business through downtown Florence. SR 79 is also notable for being the location where cowboy western actor Tom Mix died in a car accident on October 14, 1940.

^ Roadway Inventory Management Section, Multimodal Planning Division (December 31, 2013). "2013 State Highway System Log" (PDF). Arizona Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 16, 2019.

[ADOT_Highway_Log-1] Roadway Inventory Management Section, Multimodal Planning Division (December 31, 2013). "2013 State Highway System Log" (PDF). Arizona Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 16, 2019.

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