Arizona State Route 210 is Aviation Parkway, which connects Downtown Tucson at Broadway Boulevard with Davis-Monthan Air Force Base at Golf Links Road. The controlled access expressway is 3.40 miles in length.
Added to the state highway system in 1983, construction on the initial 2.3 mile section of State Route 210 got underway in January 1992. This section opened intermittently during a six month period leading to January 11, 1995, when the link from Alvernon Way west to S Kino Parkway fully opened to traffic.> Work on the remaining 1.7 mile long stretch commenced in March 1995 and was completed in 1998. First planned by city officials in 1980, the expressway was extremely controversial, resulting in numerous delays to construction. The $150 million project was eventually turned over to the state after a route was selected in 1985.1
The original plans for SR 210 were to connect Interstate 10 with Downtown Tucson as a freeway. These plans were abandoned by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) in 2001, and the City of Tucson was tasked to construct the remainder of Barraza-Aviation Parkway between Interstate 10 and Broadway Boulevard. Plans moved slowly on the final link, and the current plan received unanimous approval by the Tucson City Council on July 8, 2008.
Split into three phases, the Downtown Links Corridor Project is a 1.3 mile long multi-model corridor costing $76.1 million. Phase I construction for the 8th Street Drainage Improvements was completed in May 2012. Phase II work rebuilding St. Mary's Road into a divided boulevard from I-10 to Church Avenue was finished in May 2014. Phase III realigns 6th Street onto an overpass over the Union Pacific Railroad and 9th Avenue. The rebuilt roadway for 6th Street ties into an extension of Maclovio Barraza Parkway northwest from the end of SR 210 at Broadway Boulevard.2
Construction on the Downtown Links Phase III Improvement Project commenced in August 2020. Work runs through mid 2023.3
SR 210 is named for Maclovo Barraza, who was a union leader in the Copper mines around Tucson. The eastern portion of SR 210 beyond Kino Parkway replaced Aviation Highway, which paralleled the Union Pacific Railroad tracks.
| Heading east from Downtown Tucson, Broadway Boulevard shifts south through an S-curve below Toole Avenue and the Union Pacific Railroad to a signalized intersection with SR 210 (Barraza Aviation Parkway). 05/24/03 |
| Broadway Boulevard east at what was a partially built SPUI with SR 210 (Barraza Aviation Highway). SR 210 does not connect directly to any other state route. 05/24/03 |
| The first confirming marker for SR 210 east stands south of Broadway Boulevard. 04/26/17 |
| The first of two exits along SR 210 / Aviation Parkway is with Kino Parkway. The exchange was numbered Exit 3 under the premise that Exits 1 and 2 would have been along the unbuilt portion of SR 210 to the west. 04/26/17 |
| SR 210 is a limited access expressway southeast from Broadway Boulevard to 22nd Street. 04/26/17 |
| Eastbound SR 210 at Exit 3 for Kino Parkway. Kino Parkway is notable for being the proposed route of the defunct Interstate 710. I-710 was to begin at I-10 at the Kino Parkway/Tucson-Benson Highway interchange (Exit 262) and continue north past Aviation Parkway (SR 210) to Broadway Boulevard, and possibly Speedway Boulevard. 04/26/17 |
| Kino Parkway was constructed as a controlled access arterial north to Broadway Boulevard at Campbell Avenue and south from SR 210 to I-10 in place of a freeway for Interstate 710. 04/26/17 |
| Passing under Kino Parkway, SR 210 (Aviation Parkway) advances southeast a half mile to the left turn for 22nd Street eastbound. 07/26/08 |
| SR 210 continues southeast between the Union Pacific Railroad and Beverly Drive. 04/26/17 |
| The first in a series of signalized turns from SR 210 east links Aviation Parkway with 22nd Street eastbound at Wilson Avenue. 04/26/17 |
| 22nd Street spans Campbell Avenue, the adjacent UP Railroad and Aviation Parkway along a viaduct. 04/26/17 |
| A dual turn lane links with the ramp joining both directions of SR 210 with 22nd Street eastbound. 04/26/17 |
| Country Club Road stems north from SR 210 (Aviation Parkway) at the succeeding intersection in 0.75 miles. 04/26/17 |
| ADOT recorded 20,162 vehicles per day (vpd) along SR 210 between 22nd Street and Country Club Boulevard in 2019. 04/26/17 |
| Country Club Road heads north between the Barrio Centro and Julia Keen neighborhoods to Gene C. Reid Park. 04/26/17 |
| SR 210 runs along a Union Pacific Railroad yard southeast to Palo Verde Road. 04/26/17 |
| 34th Street branches east from Aviation Parkway through an industrial area south of the Julia Keen neighborhood. 04/26/17 |
| Reassurance marker posted east of the signalized intersection with 34th Street. 04/26/17 |
| The succeeding left turn is for Palo Verde Road. 04/26/17 |
| Richey Boulevard north and Golf Links Road east connects Aviation Parkway with Palo Verde Road. 04/26/17 |
| SR 210 concludes along Aviation Parkway at the viaduct for Palo Verde Road. The expressway continues east into a SPUI with Alvernon Way. 04/26/17 |
| Aviation Parkway passes under Alvernon Way east into the trumpet interchange with Golf Links Road. 04/26/17 |
| Aviation Parkway defaults onto Golf Links Road east along the northern boundary of Davis Monthan Air Force Base. 04/26/17 |
| Replaced guide sign for the trumpet interchange joining Golf Links Road west with Aviation Parkway 07/26/08 |
| The interchange joining Golf Links Road with Barraza-Aviation Parkway was constructed along with the extension of Golf Links Road in the early 1980s by the City of Tucson. 04/26/17 |
| Traffic partitions with three lanes continuing south along Golf Links Road to Alvernon Way south and a two lane exit for Aviation Parkway west to Alvernon Way north. 04/26/17 |
| The entrance ramp to Aviation Parkway west from Golf Links Road south partitions with an exit to Alvernon Way. 04/26/17 |
| Aviation Parkway commences west through a SPUI with Alvernon Way. 04/26/17 |
| SR 210 begins along Aviation Parkway 0.42 miles west beyond the Alvernon Way over crossing. 04/26/17 |
| The grade separation at Alvernon Way was built in 1984. 04/26/17 |
| Aviation Parkway curves northwest alongside the Union Pacific Railroad beyond the intersection with Dodge Boulevard north. 04/26/17 |
| Palo Verde Road spans Aviation Parkway, the UP Railroad and E 36th Street along a decorative viaduct. 04/26/17 |
| Richey Boulevard links SR 210 (Aviation Parkway) with Palo Verde Road via a separate section of Golf Links Road. 04/26/17 |
| The first confirming marker for SR 210 westbound stands beyond Richey Boulevard. 04/26/17 |
| E 34th Street ties into SR 210 (Aviation Parkway) at a signalized intersection south of the Julia Keen neighborhood. 04/26/17 |
| SR 210 continues northwest between the Julia Keen neighborhood and a Union Pacific Railroad yard. 04/26/17 |
| Country Club Road heads north from a signalized intersection with Aviation Parkway to the Barrio Centro and Arroyo Chico neighborhoods and Gene C. Reid Park. 04/26/17 |
| Reassurance marker posted northwest of Country Club Road. 04/26/17 |
| The turn off for 22nd Street east is numbered Exit 4. 04/26/17 |
| SR 210 extends 1.5 miles northwest to Broadway Boulevard east of Downtown Tucson. 04/26/17 |
| Exit 4 departs Aviation Parkway west for 22nd Street eastbound at the Arroyo Chico neighborhood. 04/26/17 |
| A viaduct takes 22nd Street over SR 210, the UP Railroad yard and Campbell Avenue. 04/26/17 |
| The limited access section of the expressway along SR 210 begins just beyond the traffic light for 22nd Street east. 04/26/17 |
| A single point interchange joins SR 210 (Aviation Parkway) and Kino Parkway at Exit 3. 04/26/17 |
| The entrance ramp from 22nd Street west adds an auxiliary lane along SR 210 (Aviation Parkway) west to Exit 3 for Kino Parkway. 04/26/17 |
| Kino Parkway is a controlled access arterial stretching 3.53 miles overall from Broadway Boulevard at Campbell Avenue southward to I-10 at the continuation of Campbell Avenue. The arterial was built instead of the proposal for I-710. 04/26/17 |
| SR 210 continues 0.75 miles from Kino Parkway to the half built SPUI (Exit 2) with Broadway Boulevard. 04/26/17 |
| The final confirming marker for SR 210 westbound. 04/26/17 |
| SR 210 passes between the Millville and Barrio San Antonio neighborhoods ahead of the Park Avenue underpass. The Aviation Bikeway spans Park Avenue along the north side of SR 210 here. 04/26/17 |
| SR 210 (Barraza-Aviation Parkway) concludes at Broadway Boulevard by the Iron Horse neighborhood. 04/26/17 |
| Construction underway through mid-2023 extends Barraza-Aviation Parkway along an at-grade route northwest from Broadway Boulevard to 6th Avenue. 04/26/17 |
| Broadway Boulevard leads west onto Congress Street across Downtown Tucson. 04/26/17 |
Connect with:
Kino Parkway - Cancelled Interstate 710
Page Updated 04-28-2022.