Rich Dinkela posted this video of an old and hard-to-access piece of Route 66 west of the ghost town of Glenrio in New Mexico. This old road carried Route 66 from the 1950s to the early 1970s and runs up to the current Russell’s Travel Center.
You can see the old road on satellite imagry here:
I’ve walked that portion just west of Glenrio, but not the one that stretches north of the interstate. Fascinating.
Very Cool Video !!! Thanks for posting, Ron !! I went with Rich on a small exploring trip on the north side of Joplin during the festival and it was very interesting !! Rich amazes me with all of the cool and interesting things he finds !!!!
I remember driving this section in 1967, 1970. It was the main road the, it has always been one of my favorite sections. I wish you could still drive it from Glenrio all the way to Tucumcari without that stupid interstate in the way.