This is interesting. YouTube poster jimvegas00 has posted a video of him driving a 1961 Volkswagen Beetle on an alignment of Route 66 near Kingman, Ariz., that predates the 1940s. You don’t see this segment documented very often.
He told me how he got to the alignment in Kingman:
Heading west on 66, at 4th St., turn (left).
Cross RR tracks.
Turn slight right onto Old Trails Road (at the intersection with Golconda Avenue).
Continue into the canyon for about three miles.
Return.
Here is the map of the approximate route. The interesting part is he turns around at a point near a railroad viaduct. He elected to go on the railroad right-of-way before turning around.
However, this map indicates if he had driven under the viaduct, he would have kept going three more miles to the hamlet of Harris, Ariz. Continuing south another three miles and then east, he would have linked up to an east frontage road of Interstate 40. After that he could have gone back north, crossed over I-40 and linked with Oatman Road.
This stretch to Harris apparently never was Route 66, but would have been an interesting side trip, if the road were passable. That’s a big “if.”
Makes me keep thinking, “Three more months ’til spring! Then I can start cruising my Sportster again!”
This was a great video to watch in Full Screen mode. I felt like I was right there in the car.
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