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The Blue Swallow Court in Tucumcari, New Mexico, United States, is a 12-unit L-shaped motel listed on the National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico as a part of historic U.S. Route 66. Original architectural features included a façade with pink stucco walls decorated with shell designs and a stepped parapet, on-site office and manager ...
Blue Swallow Motel, 2012 Route 66 in Tucumcari, 2020. For many years, Tucumcari has been a popular stop for cross-country travelers on Interstate 40 (formerly U.S. Route 66 in the area). It is the largest city on the highway between Amarillo, Texas and Albuquerque, New Mexico. Billboards reading "TUCUMCARI TONITE!" placed along I-40 for many ...
This new NM 6 was approved as a future realignment of Route 66 by 1932, and in 1933, a new bridge over the Rio Puerco opened. Once paving was completed in 1937, with AASHO approval given on September 26, 1937, [8] Route 66 was moved to this shorter route, known as the Laguna Cut-off west of Albuquerque and the Santa Rosa Cut-off east of ...
Route 66 New Mexico Then: Albuquerque, New Mexico Another important antecedent to Route 66 was the National Old Trails Road, cobbled together in 1910 and spanning 3,096 miles from Washington, D.C ...
The Cactus Motor Lodge, later known as the Cactus RV Park, was a motel located along historic U.S. Route 66 in Tucumcari, New Mexico. I.E. and Edna Perry built the lodge in 1941. The motel included three wings of units forming a "U" shape and an office, the latter of which was a dance hall when the motel opened.
The only counties lacking U.S. Route coverage are: Bernalillo, Cibola, Harding, Los Alamos, Mora, Sierra, and Valencia. [2] One decommissioned U.S. Route, U.S. Route 66, colloquially known as the nation's Mother Road, [3] and briefly known as U.S. Route 60, [4] crossed through Northern New Mexico, connecting the cities of Albuquerque and Gallup ...
Mar. 19—Roaring car engines, service station bells and train whistles once were part of the peppy soundtrack to a jaunt on bustling Route 66. Now, the only sound in spots along the long ...
Ran concurrent with former US 66 I-40 BL: 2.922: 4.703 I-40 in Moriarty: I-40 in Moriarty — — Runs concurrent with former US 66 I-40 BL: 4.367: 7.028 I-40 in Santa Rosa: I-40 in Santa Rosa — — Runs concurrent with US 84 in its entire length I-40 BL: 7.652: 12.315 I-40 in Tucumcari: I-40 in Tucumcari — — Runs concurrent with former US 66