The Needles - Route 66

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LOCATOR MAP 195 SEARCH GOFFS 1-2 66 (40 LIGHT JCT. COLORADO R. BLACK MTS. NEEDLES Mojave A Desert To BLYTHE OATMAN KINGMAN GOLDROAD GOLDEN SHORES 3.-2 TOPOCK GONTO ASH FORK 40 to Flagstaff APAI MTS ROUTE 66 CROSSED THE COLORADO RIVER ON THIS GRACEFUL BRIDGE, BUILT IN 1916, & THE FIRST TO CARRY AUTO TRAFFIC OVER THE RIVER IN THE AREA. THE BRIDGE-PAINTED WHITE- NOW CARRIES A GAS PIPELINE. THERE IS A PARKING AREA AT THE FOOT OF THE BRIDGE, ON THE ARIZO NA SIDE, WHICH AFFORDS A CLOSE LOOK. DO NOT TRESPASS; TAKE ONLY MEMORIES, LEAVE ONLY FOOT PRINTS 103 RECASTS The COLORADO RIVER BASIN, OF LIKE AN EMERALD STRAND, WINDS THROUGH THE DESERT, BETWEEN LOW, JAGGED RANGES. THE RIVER'S BANKS & MARSHY LOWLANDS ARE HOME TO DENSE, LUSH THICKETS WILLOWS, TAMARISKS, COTTON WOODS, & REEDS PROVIDING A VALUABLE HABITAT FOR MANY SPECIES. THE... W COLORADO RIVER IS AN IMPORTANT MIGRATORY FLYWAY FOR MANY SPECIES OF BIRDS. The Need lesa. TWO GREAT DESERTS INTERFACE" HERE: THE SONORAN & THE MOJAVE. we. W yine THE NEEDLES VIEWED FROM TOPOCK, ARIZONA (ALT. 510 FT.) FACING SOUTH, ACROSS A BEND IN THE COLORADO RIVER SPIRES REPRESENTS MAGMA THAT COOLED & HARDENED IN THE CONDUITS OF NON- ERODED VOLCANOES. LONG AN IMPORTANT LANDMARK FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, & MORE RECENT SURVEYORS & TRAVELLERS NEEDLES, CALIFORNIA WAS NAMED FOR THIS JAGGED RANGE. THE 1940 FILM "THE GRAPES OF WRATH" SHOWS AUTOS CROSSING THIS BRIDGE, WITH THE NEEDLES LOOMING ON THE HORIZON THIS IS A LOW, HOT DESERT RANGE WITHIN THE BASIN & RANGE PROVINCE, by R. Waldmire. WHICH ENCOMPASSES MUCH OF THE ARID SOUTHWESTERN U.S. MOST OF MEXICO. OLD ROUTE 66 Scenes 1990

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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 IMPORTANT & LEGENDARY. HIGHWAY IMMORTALIZED IN LITERATURE, MUSIC, & ON TELEVISION, GRADUALLY "REPLACED BY HUGE HOMOGENEOUS "INTERSTATES," 66 WAS DECERTIFIED IN 1985, CEASING TO EXIST OFFICIALLY BUT WELL OVER 80% OF THE OLD ROAD IS STILL PRIVEABLE SO, TRAVEL BACK IN TIME, & LEAVE THE STRESS BEHIND ON THE INTERSTATES... AND THEN, YOU TOO WILL SAY: "I STILL GET MY KICKS, ON OLD ROUTE 66 SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL OLD IS BEAUTIFUL SLOW IS BEAUTIFUL SAFE IS BEAUTIFUL. CAL. SANTA MONICA! PASADENA CLAREMONT LOS ANGELES Pacific Ocean YUDLOW. SAN BERNARDINO Great Basin VICTORVILLE! HOJAVE DESE NEV./ COLORADO R NEEDLES FORTMAN ORK POCK Grand Canyon UTAH ARIZ NM. WINSLOW- JOSEPA CITY HOLBROOK JASHFORK & Painted Desert! Retrified Fore Colorado Plateau RIO COLO. GRANDE 44 WINONA FLAGSTAFFO GALLUP THOREAU CONT GLENRIO GPANTS MORIARTY SANTA ROSA 62563 SIONITTI TUCUMCARI ROCHESTER ကျ R.R. 2. Box 110, R. ALBUQUERQUE Jos still the best way west. TAKE OLD ALMOST ALL THE WAY! MAIN STREET,USA ChicagotoL.A.! (write small) OKLA WEATHERFORD NYDRONO VEGA HAN TEKSUS VEGA (midway on 66) ARCADIA EDMOND OXLAHOMA CITY GROOM CAMARILLO MCLEAN SHAMROCK ELK CITY CLINTON Prairie Province OKLA GALENA BAXTER SRGS. KANSAS R. Wald WALLTOW -SAPULPA MIAMI SAINT LOUIS PACIFIC SULLIVAN- CUBA- JOPLIN VINITA CLAREMORE TULSA CARTHAGE OSPRINGFIELD CHICAGO ILLINOIS BROAD WELL NORMALINGTON ST. JAMES ROLLA WAYNE VILLE LEBANON COMMAN DEPEW W - CHAN Ⓒ1990 PRINTED ON 100% RECYCLE OLINCOLN Lake Michigan KAU JOLIET DWIGHT MOPONTIAC SPRINGFIELD LITCHFIELD EDWARDSVILLE GRANITE CITY EAST ST. LOUIS Mississippi R. CRE STOCK 201