The map encompasses a lot of territory I’ve written about in Under Western Skies, including Chaco Canyon (red circle) and Mesa Verde National Park (red square). That section of the highway ran north from Interstate 40 (which replaced Route 66) at Gallup though Shiprock into Colorado.Īlbuquerque, NM is at the lower right and Flagstaff, AZ is on the lower left edge, connected by Interstate 40 (which replaced 66). decommissioned Route 66 in 1985, the rules required renumbering 666, and it became Route 191 in Arizona.įor a time, the rest of the road remained 666 (I don’t understand why). route - counting east to west - to cross Route 66, the storied “Mother Road,” hence, 666. There was a logical reason to name a road 666 in the U.S. The tall volcanic plug is named Chimney Rock*. routes 160 and 666 in Colorado, south of Cortez, just north of the New Mexico border. That’s me, in 2002, at the junction of U.S. Originally, it ran from the Mexican border in southeastern Arizona, north into western New Mexico, southern Colorado and into eastern Utah. I don’t have to delve into arcana regarding the Book of Revelation or numerology (neither of which I care about or give credence to). How can I resist? It HAS to be titled “Sign of the Beast.”Īs it happens, there’s a true tale related to the number 666 here in the American Southwest.
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