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A Route 66 museum is a museum devoted primarily to the history of U.S. Route 66, a U.S. Highway which served the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois, in the United States from 1926 until it was bypassed by the Interstate highway system and ultimately decommissioned in June 1985.
The Tewa Lodge is a historic motel on Central Avenue (former U.S. Route 66) in Albuquerque, New Mexico.It is notable as one of the best-preserved Route 66 era motels remaining in the city, [3] and one of the few still operating as a motel. [4]
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.
In 1926, U.S. Route 66 was established. The highway initially ran through Albuquerque on a north–south alignment along 4th Street, but in 1937 it was rerouted to its more famous east–west alignment along Central Avenue. Over the next several decades, the road brought a steady stream of travelers through town, and dozens of motels, diners ...
Here's a rundown of what's still there when you drive cross-country and how things have changed along the famed "Mother Road."
Jones Motor Company is a historic U.S. Route 66-era building in Albuquerque, New Mexico.Built in 1939, on Central Avenue in the Nob Hill neighborhood of Albuquerque, the building originally housed Ralph Jones' service station and Ford Motor Company car dealership.
The Aztec Motel, also known as the Aztec Auto Court or Aztec Lodge, was a historic motel located on former U.S. Route 66 in the Upper Nob Hill neighborhood of Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. Until its demolition in 2011 it was the oldest continuously-operating Route 66 motel in New Mexico [ 3 ] and "one of the five most important motels ...
The project, called Route 66 Flats, near Central and Unser, is being developed by BlueLine Development Inc. and has 47 one-bedroom units and one two-bedroom unit, according to Housing New Mexico.