Kino Parkway - Cancelled Interstate 710

Interstate 710 was part of the urban Interstate numerology approved by the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) Route Numbering Committee for the state of Arizona on November 10, 1958. The route was outlined as following S Campbell Avenue north from I-10 at the Tucson-Benson Highway to E Broadway Boulevard. It remained on planning maps for Tucson until at least 1971.¹

Highway proposals in the 1970s for Tucson included the Butterfield Expressway, a route following Golf Links Road west from Kolb Road to the Union Pacific Railroad, then along a portion of what was built for Barraza-Aviation Parkway (SR 210) to I-10 south of Downtown Tucson. Interstate 710 was outlined as heading south from the Butterfield Expressway near Campbell Avenue to Tucson International Airport (TUS). Both plans were largely controversial, with opponents citing concerns about environmental losses, property condemnation and suburban sprawl.²

Cancelled by 1976 due to opposition, I-710 as proposed from I-10 near Ajo Way north to the intersection of Broadway Boulevard and Campbell Avenue was estimated to cost $30 million with federal funding. The city of Tucson instead built Kino Parkway, which was both considerably less costly in funds and in impact to the community³ Kino Parkway was constructed along the same corridor outlined for I-710 along Campbell Avenue.

Kino Parkway is named after Father Eusebio Kino, a well known missionary-explorer who visited Southern Arizona and Sonora, Mexico on many trips during the late 1600s.⁴

Kino Parkway - North

Kino Parkway continues north from a cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 10 to an access road linking with Ajo Way and the westbound entrance ramp.
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Duval Vista represents the main entrance to the Western Hills neighborhood east of Kino Parkway.
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36th Street intersects Kino Parkway by Silverlake Park and the South Park neighborhood.
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Silverlake Road leads west to become 29th Street in the city of South Tucson.
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Continuing north from Silverlake road, a lane drop occurs along Kino Parkway at the exit for 22nd Street.
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22nd Street leads west to the Millville and Santa Rita Park neighborhoods and east along a viaduct spanning the Union Pacific Railroad line and SR 210 (Aviation Parkway).
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Kino Parkway spans 22nd Street at the SPUI joining the two arterial routes.
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Curving northeast, Kino Parkway elevates across Warehouse Avenue and the Union Pacific Railroad into a SPUI with SR 210 (Barraza-Aviation Parkway).
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Measuring 3.40 miles in length, SR 210 constitutes a controlled access expressway southeast to Golf Links Road around Davis Monthan AFB and northwest to Broadway Boulevard east of Downtown Tucson.
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Kino Parkway - South

Kino Parkway continues south from SR 210 (Aviation Parkway) to a SPUI with 22nd Street.
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Kino Parkway south at Silverlake Road and the South Park neighborhood.
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36th Street heads west to the city of South Tucson and east between the Las Vistas and Pueblo Gardens neighborhoods.
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The succeeding traffic light on Kino Parkway south is with Duvall Vista east to the Western Hills neighborhood and Tucson Marketplace Boulevard west to nearby big box retail.
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Kino Parkway meets Interstate 10 at a cloverleaf interchange south across Ajo Way.
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The entrance ramp for Interstate 10 west to Downtown Tucson and Phoenix departs from Kino Parkway southbound next.
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An access road links Kino Parkway with Ajo Way between the ramps for Interstate 10.
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