Benson Highway in Tucson was part of U.S. 80 until the route was truncated east from California to Benson in 1977. Business Loop I-10 was then established along a 5.98 mile long section of Benson Highway from Interstate 10 at Exit 262 to Exit 267 in south Tucson.
Business Loop I-10 was decommissioned when the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) relinquished maintenance of Benson Highway northwest from Valencia Road. A 0.33 mile segment of Valencia Road east into the diamond interchange with I-10 remains under state control and inventoried by ADOT as SB010 2.
A separate section of Business Loop I-10 in Tucson was previously assigned to Miracle Mile between Interstate 10 at Exit 255 and Oracle Road, the former alignment of U.S. 80/89. This route was deleted following a recommendation by the ADOT Ad Hoc Committee on Mileposting and Route Numbering on March 26, 1991 associated with the eventual truncation of U.S. 89 north from Nogales to Flagstaff.
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Benson Highway (old U.S. 80) stems east from S 6th Avenue alongside Interstate 10. Exit 262 connects the freeway eastbound with the former Business Loop ahead of a loop ramp back to S 4th Avenue.
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Benson Highway spans a Union Pacific Railroad ahead of the eastbound entrance ramp for I-10.
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Business Loop I-10 along Benson Highway diverged from I-10 ahead of Park Avenue.
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Park Avenue intersects Benson Highway south from a parclo interchange with Interstate 10.
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Ajo Way extends 0.92 miles east from the former end of SR 86 at S 6th Avenue to meet Benson Highway at an industrial area. Ajo Way continues east through the exchange joining I-10 and Kino Parkway to the Kino Sports Complex.
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Continuing southeast, Benson Highway intersects Kino Parkway north to SR 210 (Aviation Parkway) and Campbell Avenue south to Valencia Road. Historically, Kino Parkway was planned to be I-710, but instead constructed as a controlled access arterial.
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Benson Highway doglegs east alongside Irvington Road from Tucson Boulevard.
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Benson Highway resumes southeast from Irvington Road.
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Benson Highway curves south to conclude at Valencia road across from Swan Road.
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Business Loop I-10 turned east onto Valencia Road into the nearby modifield diamond interchange with Interstate 10 at Exit 267.
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The eastbound entrance ramp to Benson, Wilcox and Las Cruces, New Mexico joins Interstate 10 from Valencia Road via the south I-10 Frontage Road.
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Business Loop I-10 rejoined Interstate 10 east ahead of Exit 268 for Craycroft Road.
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Photo Credits:
11/10/07 by AARoads
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Interstate 10
Page Updated 04-06-2022.