ROUTE 66 in NEW MEXICO
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| Glenrio. The dead-end foretold in the Texas section. Traveling
west from Amarillo, this section of 66 is the first that separates significantly
from the Interstate. (44k) |
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| West of Glenrio, on the original route when the highway was designated
in the 1920s. I believe this section had already been bypassed by the
1930s , well before I-40 swallowed everything whole. It appears to have
never been paved. (44k) |
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| East of San Jon, where this horse helpfully struck a pose. Somehow,
I don't think the I-40 bypass damaged the commercial prospects of this
area too much. (50k) |
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| East of San Jon. An abandoned and partially dismantled Santa
Fe rail line parallels a wooden, ten ton-limit bridge. (52k) |
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| Newkirk. The Southern pacific rolls on. (41k) |
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| Montoya. The original Route serves as the northern frontage road
of I-40. Most of these bridge monuments are lost or stolen, but you can
find them if you try. (46k) |
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| West of Albuquerque. As with much of the Route, the original
road serves as the Interstate frontage lanes. Incidentally, the original
route traveled a strangely circuitous path through Las Vegas and Santa
Fe, then dipped south through and past Albuquerque to Los Lunas. (46k) |
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| Rio Puerco. An old bridge at sunset. This bridge replaced one
to the north that a storm washed away.(41k) |
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| End of the line east of Correo. A long-ago bypassed section of
66 about 20 miles west of Albuquerque. It's now private property and fenced
off. (42k) |
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| Near San Fidel. I didn't see the neon Sky City Casino sign when
I lined up this shot. I never knew it was there until I developed the
picture. (61k) |
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| Manuelito. If you own the 1996 printing of the The Rough Guide,
USA edition, this is where the cover photograph was taken (though not
in this direction). (49k) |
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| State Line. A giant arch with a 66 shield hanging from it once
straddled the state line over the highway. You can see it in The Grapes
of Wrath. (46k) |
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