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ADIT AMOND PR 76 WRETCHESS CONSHINE EINS Ka De 41 483 first BEBE FIRST UG! ENTRE EROT -9 Zla 104 CURIOS XX IBERTY สั TO YIMIG LIBANIN Y TE GB LLA ERG ALBUQUERQUE (ALT. 4,934 FT.) THE ORIGINAL VILLA- "OLD TOWN"- WAS FOUNDED IN 1706. THIS IMPORTANT CROSSROADS - THE HOT AIR BALLOON CA- PITAL OF THE WORLD" IS THE LARGEST CITY ON 66 BETWEEN OK- LAHOMA CITY & L.A. ABAI 1. un min 11 ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO Central Avenue VINTAGE VIEW FROM THE SANTA FE RAILROAD OVERPASS, FACING WEST. ALONG CENTRAL AVE. "WORLD'S LONGEST MAIN STREET" (18 MILES! ) - IS ONE OF THE GREAT CONCENTRATIONS OF CLASSIC NEON SIGN ART. FROM THE EAST, CITY 66 PASSES MILES OF MOTELS-MANY STILL OPERATING THEN THE STATE FAIR- GROUNDS THE UNIVERSITY OF N.M. CAMPUS, WITH ITS FUNKY "CAMPUSTOWN" DOWN TOWN ALBUQUERQUE, HISTORIC OLD TOWN, MORE CLASSIC MOTELS, THEN CROSSES THE RIO GRANDE & BEGINS ITS LONG GRADUAL ASCENT UP THE MESA, CLIMBING OUT OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. WESTBOUND 66 TRAVELLERS CROSS OVER I-40 (AT EXIT #149) & CONTINUE WEST ON THE FR. RD. (OLD 66), TO RIO PUERCO BRIDGE. YOU MUST ENTER I-40 HERE.. ORIGINALLY, RT. 66 WAS ROUTED THROUGH SANTA FE, ENTERING ALBUQ. FROM THE NORTH & PROCEEDING SOUTH TO LOS LUNAS, THEN WEST TO CORREO. BY 1937 THE NEW, STRAIGHT-EAST-WEST ALIGNMENT WAS COM- PLETED, SHAVING 98 MILES OFF BY STRAIGH- TENING OUT THE OLD MEANDERING ROAD. AKTIVE OLD ROUTE 66 Scenes! by R. Waldmire 1991 8

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ROUTE 66 WAS CERTIFIED IN 1926 WHEN THE NATION ADOPTED A NUIMBERED SYSTEM OF CROSS- COUNTRY, INTER-STATE ROADS. FULLY PAVED BY 1936, ROUTE 66 BECAME AN IMPORTANTE LEGENDARY HIGHWAY IMMORTALIZED IN LITERATURE, MUSIC, & ON TELEVISION GRADUALLY "REPLACED BY HUGE, HOMOGENEOUS INTERSTATES," 66 WAS PECERTIFIED IN 1985, CEASING TO EXIST OFFICIALLY: BUT WELL OVER 80% OF THE OLD ROAD IS STILL DRIVEABLE SO, TRAVEL BACK IN TIME, & LEAVE THE STRESS BEHIND ON THE INTERSTATES... AND THEN, YOU TO WILL SAY: I STILL GET MY KICKS, ON OLD ROUTE 66 SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL OLD IS BEAUTIFUL SLOW IS BEAUTIFUL SAFE IS BEAUTIFUL. SANTA MONICA! CLAREMONT LOS ANGELES PASADENA Pacific Ocean CAL. BARSTOW VICTORVILLE TUDLOW SAN BERNARDINO Great Ba's IMAYE DESERT INEY./ MEEDLES Flor POCK COLORADO RA CORTMAN Fo NOMAN Grand Canyon FOR $ RIO Colorado Plateau COLO. GRANDE 14 UTAH ARIZ NM. Painted Desert Petrified For STAR WINONA- WINSLOW- JOSEPA CITY HOLBROOKO FONT DIVIDE GALLUP THOREAU GRANTS MORIARTY 62563 TUCUMCARI SIONITTI SANTA ROSA ROCHESTER R.R. 2. Box 110, -DMIRE ALBUQUERQUE still the best way west? TAKE OLD ALMOST ALL THE WAY! MAIN STREET,USA-ChicagotoL.A.! WALD GLENRIO VEGA VEGA (midway on 66) Fo. (write small> ZIP KAN. OKIA we TEKSUS ARCADIA EDMOND OXLAHOMA CITY CAMARILLO -GROOM MCLEAN Prairie ATHER HER FORED OCH BENO CLINTON SHAMROCK Province OKLA GALENA BAXTER SPGS. KANSAS MISSOU MALLTOWN R. Waldmire Food SAPULPA BRISTOW -CHAN! DEPEW MIAMI VINITA CLAREMORE TULSA PACIFIC SULLIVAN CUBA SAINT LOUIS JOPLIN CARTHAGE CHICAGO ILLINOIS BROADWELL $$ OLINCOLN LI Lake Michigan SPRINGFIELD MT. ESTILLE GRANITE CITY EAST ST. LOUIS -ST. JAMES Mississippi R. WAYNES VILLE ROLLA LEBANON COMWANA SPRINGFIELD PLATEAU JULIET DWIGHT PONTIAC LITCHO 1990... PRINTED ON 100% RECYCLED STOCK