The state government approved plans in 1969, despite local opposition, and the highway was named the Valley Parkway by the city government in January 1972. Construction began later that year and the highway opened to traffic in November 1972 at a cost of $615,479. SR 11 was routed onto the new highway upon its completion as part of a provision added by the state legislature in 1971. SR 110 was repealed and decommissioned in 1975; the designation was later assigned to a separate route in 1991.
