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Old Route 66 westbound near I-40 exit 104. The historic U.S. Route 66 (US 66) ran east–west across the central part of the state of New Mexico, along the path now taken by Interstate 40 (I-40). However, until 1937, it took a longer route via Los Lunas, Albuquerque, and Santa Fe, now roughly New Mexico State Road 6 (NM 6), I-25, and US 84.
This broad, gentle mountain pass, located in McKinley County between Gallup and Grants, is the site of the town of Continental Divide. The pass was selected as the route to be traversed by the original main line of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1880 (now the Southern Transcon of the BNSF Railway). [2] The famous U.S. Route 66 was ...
The official route of the CDT in New Mexico is 794.5 miles (1,278.6 km) long, [1] although many alternate routes shorten or lengthen that distance. The lowest elevation of the trail in New Mexico is 4,189 feet (1,277 m) in the town of Lordsburg [24] and the highest elevation in New Mexico is 11,301 feet (3,445 m) at the summit of Mount Taylor ...
The route sign, 1926–1948. The Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona was established in February 1987 and dedicated to the U.S. Route 66 in Arizona.The Arizona association was instrumental in making the Seligman-Kingman stretch of Route 66 to be officially recognized as "Historic Route 66" later that year, a designation subsequently extended to the whole Route 66 in Arizona.
Continental Divide is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. [2] It has a post office with ZIP code 87312. [ 4 ] As of the 2020 census , it had a population of 187.
Route 66 enters the state in Lupton (on the border of New Mexico) and continues for 250 miles across the northern half of Arizona—passing through Holbrook, Winslow, Flagstaff, Williams, Seligman ...
The Alaska Highway crossing of the Continental Divide in south central Yukon, also known as Yukon Hwy 1. Bering Sea or Arctic Ocean drainage. Bering Sea or Arctic Ocean drainage. 58°26′00″N 130°01′27″W / 58.43333°N 130.02417°W / 58.43333; -130
The Continental Divide in North America in red and other drainage divides in North America The Continental Divide in Central America and South America. The Continental Divide of the Americas (also known as the Great Divide, the Western Divide or simply the Continental Divide; Spanish: Divisoria continental de las Américas, Gran Divisoria) is the principal, and largely mountainous ...