State Route 789 Former state routes in Arizona

state route 789 state highway in eastern part of state of arizona, starting in town of nogales , ending @ new mexico state line near gallup on old u.s. route 66 (presently interstate 40). route cosigned other routes, including u.s. route 89 north nogales tucson, u.s. route 80/u.s. route 89 north tucson u.s. route 60 , u.s. route 70 @ florence junction, east on 60/70 globe , 60 past show low state route 61, east on 61 u.s. 666 north of springerville, overlapped u.s. 666 , u.s. 66 gallup n.m. first appeared on arizona state map in 1956 , decommissioned around 1965 when route decertified.

state route 789 leg of proposed u.s. 789, number proposed canada mexico highway. boosters wanted route new highway marked nogales, arizona, north sweetgrass, montana. since highway routed along existing u.s. highways majority of journey, application route signed u.s. highway denied aashto. 1 remnant of u.s. 789 in wyoming remains day wyoming 789.

u.s 789 continue north u.s. 666 through farmington cortez, colorado. u.s. 160 , state route 789 turned east serve durango.

at durango, state route 789 turned north again, time via u.s. 550. @ montrose, state route 789 followed u.s. 50 northwest grand junction, turned east again, time via u.s. 6-24 (now interstate 70). @ rifle, state route 789 turned north along colo. 13, took state route 789 present wyoming routing @ baggs. state route 789 still designated through wyoming today; see routing section above. north of frannie, state route 789 continued montana via u.s. 310 laurel. state route 789 turned east via u.s. 10-212 (now interstate 90 , u.s. 212) billings. u.s. 87 , state route 789 merged billings way great falls, brought sr 789 westward again. state route 789 turned due north along u.s. 91 (now i-15) end @ sweetgrass, montana.

as association of american state highway administrators never approved concept of u.s. 789, state route segments started disappear, state route 789 decertified 1965.

the stand-alone section of putative u.s. 789 section of wyoming 789.