Dirt 66 Underpasses - Route 66 - The Mother Road on Waymarking.com

As you approach Santa Rosa, NM and if you're trying hard to stay on Route 66, then at one point you'll come to the underpasses above. Before I passed under I-40 I reflected on how crazy some of us are to doggedly stay on Route 66 when the Interstates are available. The path I was taking was dirty, bumpy, slow, and a bit trecherous while the huge highway above was clean, smooth, fast and safe. So why would anyone take the Interstate? :-)

When Route 66 was first patched together there were stretches that weren't paved. These were commonly referred to as "Dirt 66". While this underpass was obviously constructed to allow I-40 to go overhead, it did connect pre-existing segments of Route 66 which I-40 cut through. Since this is a low traffic stretch of road they apparently chose not to pave it and hence driving it gives you a feel of what "Dirt 66" must have felt like. The fact that it goes through two narrow cement arches only adds to the romance.

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