{{Short description|State highway in Arizona}} {{Redirect|Red Rock Scenic Road|the one in Nevada|Red Rock Road|other uses|Red Road (disambiguation){{!}}Red Road}} {{Use American English|date=March 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=AZ |type=SR |route=179 |map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=240|frame-lat=34.777|frame-long=-111.760|zoom=10|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Arizona State Route 179}}}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=SR 179 highlighted in red |length_mi=14.49 |length_ref=<ref name="ADOT Highway Log">{{cite web |url=http://www.azdot.gov/mpd/data/Reports/PDF/2008SHSLog.pdf |title=2008 ADOT Highway Log |author=Arizona Department of Transportation |access-date=2008-04-09 |author-link=Arizona Department of Transportation |archive-date=2010-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228213727/http://www.azdot.gov/mpd/data/Reports/PDF/2008SHSLog.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> |tourist=20px|alt=|link= Red Rock Scenic Road |established= |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{jct|state=AZ|I|17}} south of Village of Oak Creek |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{jct|state=AZ|SR|89A}} in Sedona |previous_type=AZ |previous_route=177 |next_type=AZ |next_route=180A }}
'''State Route 179''', also known as '''SR 179''' or the '''Red Rock Scenic Byway''', is a north–south state highway in Arizona, United States, running from Interstate 17 to SR 89A in Sedona, entering Coconino County from Yavapai County. In 2006, the United States Department of Transportation awarded SR 179 its highest designation within the National Scenic Byways Program: the All-American Road designation, due to the red rock and sandstone formations through which it travels along its {{convert|7.5|mi|km|adj=on}} length within the hills of the Coconino National Forest. The All-American Road designation also signifies to the traveling public that this is a road that is "a destination unto itself."
==Route description== [[File:Bell Rock.JPG|thumb|SR 179 at Bell Rock]] The southern terminus of SR 179 is at exit 298 off of I-17; the exit is about {{convert|15|mi|km}} north of Camp Verde. SR 179 heads northwest from the interchange briefly before curving towards the north. It keeps this heading as it passes through the red rock area of the Village of Oak Creek on its way to Sedona, just a few miles north. As it enters the Sedona city limits, it roughly follows along the east bank of Oak Creek. It crosses the creek near Tlaquepaque Arts and Shopping Village, just before reaching its northern terminus at SR 89A.<ref name="ADOT Highway Log"/>
==History== The original SR 179 was designated between 1935 and 1939 from SR 79 (now SR 89A) to SR 69 in Prescott Valley. By 1960, this route was cancelled, and SR 179 was designated on its current route.
==Junction list== {{jcttop|state=AZ|length_ref=<ref name="ADOT Highway Log"/>}} {{AZint |county=Yavapai |location=none |mile=0.00 |road={{jct|state=AZ|I|17|city1=Flagstaff|city2=Phoenix}} |notes=Southern terminus; I-17 exit 298; continues south as Forest Service Road 618}} {{AZint |county=Coconino |location=Sedona |mile=14.49 |road={{jct|state=AZ|SR|89A|city1=Cottonwood|city2=Flagstaff|road|Hyatt Drive}} |notes=Roundabout; northern terminus; former US 89A}} {{jctbtm}}
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==External links== {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} * [https://redrockscenicbyway.org Official website of the Red Rock Scenic Byway] * [http://www.vocaz.org/ Red Rock Scenic Byway on Arizona's Scenic Roads] * National Scenic Byways
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179 Category:Transportation in Yavapai County, Arizona Category:Transportation in Coconino County, Arizona Category:Scenic highways in Arizona Category:Sedona, Arizona