The route in the other three states became U.S. Route 491 in 2003, mainly through efforts of New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson. He requested the change due to the "infamy brought by the inopportune naming of the road". [2] While campaigning for governor, Richardson promised to renumber the highway as part of a larger plan to improve the highway and build relations between New Mexico and the Navajo Nation. [25] Although traditional Navajo culture does not share the belief of 666 being an evil number, some Navajos had attempted for years to change the number as a way to raise awareness about the dangerous highway. [28] The highway had largely been ignored, with few improvements made since it was first paved. [25] By 1997, US666 was named one of the 20most dangerous highways in the United States. [28] Some Navajo leaders were concerned that efforts to reduce poverty on Navajo lands, via promoting tourism and outside investment, were being hampered by the Christian aversion to the number. [2] The Roman road ends at the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum near Silchester, the centre for the local Iron Age tribe of the Atrebates. Calleva was a major crossroads. The Devil's Highway connected it with the provincial capital Londinium ( London). From Calleva, this road divided into routes to various other points west, including the road to Aquae Sulis ( Bath); Ermin Way to Glevum ( Gloucester); and the Port Way to Sorviodunum ( Old Sarum near modern Salisbury).

Devil's Highway (Roman Britain), the Roman road from Londinium (London) to Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester) Landry, Alysa (June 21, 2015). " 'Devil's Highway': Navajos Grapple With One of Most Dangerous Roads in US". Indian Country Today . Retrieved January 26, 2023. At the Yuma Medical Center, the survivors are interrogated by the police. Their accounts are greatly varied and marked by deep confusion, but all identify Mendez as their smuggler. Rita Vargas, the Mexican consul in Calexico, arrives to aid in the investigation and to advocate for both the living and the dead. The survivors realize that telling their stories might enable them to stay in the United States, so they cooperate with the police.On the northern end of the route, you can stay in Alpine and on the southern end there are motels in Clifton. Clifton If this were a documentary, it would be one of the overly-dramatic ones filled with a little too much speculation and a few too many cheesy reenactments that you find on the Discovery and History channels. He may have gotten most of his facts right, but because of the way those facts are presented, I find I have doubts about it. US491 serves the states of New Mexico, Colorado and Utah. Before 1992, US666 also served Arizona. The Arizona portion was renumbered separately and is now part of US191. [4] The former US666 was the only highway to have passed through each of the Four Corners states, even though it never came near the Four Corners Monument, which is accessed via US160. [5] At several points along US491, mountain ranges in all of the Four Corners states are visible from a single location. The alignment of the highway is mostly north–south, however the Utah portion was signed east–west. [6] New Mexico [ edit ] Gallup, New Mexico

Morenci Mine is one of the largest copper mines in Arizona. Every year millions of pounds of copper are produced here. There are some great pull off areas where you can view this expansive mine. Morenci Mine Chase Creek My father, who is now 80 years old, watches nothing, but FOX NEWS, and he asked me one day...so whatever happened to that caravan? *sigh*a b Staff (January 2005). "The Devil's Gone On US491" (PDF). Qué Pasa. New Mexico Department of Transportation: 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2009 . Retrieved May 15, 2008. Set in the unforgiving sandy ‘wastes’ of Bagshot Heath, the three sections of The Devil’s Highway consist of three agons, or battles, against our self-destructive nature. The New Mexico-Colorado state line is where the highway passes from the Navajo Nation to Ute Mountain Ute tribal lands. The highway passes to the east of the tribe's namesake, Ute Mountain, believed to belong to a great warrior god of the Ute People. [13] US491 proceeds diagonally to the northwest in the extreme southwestern corner of the state. [14] The highway exits tribal lands near Cortez and Mesa Verde National Park. After leaving Cortez, the road gradually rises in elevation while proceeding towards Utah. Here, the route features large pinto bean farming regions including Dove Creek, which bills itself as the "pinto bean capital of the world". [15] Canyons of the Ancients National Monument is located along the ascent, just west of the highway. Along this ascent is an access road for Hovenweep National Monument at the state line. A portion of the road in Colorado has been designated the Trail of the Ancients, a National Scenic Byway, which uses US491 as an access for these parks and monuments in southwest Colorado. [16] Utah [ edit ] The road then journeys south of Berkshire and ends abruptly in Silchester, where connecting Roman roads to Bath, Gloucester and Exeter were once found. Wilgoren, Jodi (June 13, 2003). "Journeys; The End of the Road For 'Devil's Highway' ". The New York Times . Retrieved April 12, 2007.

Devil's Highway (Sonora), also called El Camino del Diablo, a prehistoric and colonial trail through the Sonora Desert in Arizona (USA) and Sonora (Mexico) Newspapers and television stations interviewed people along the route about their opinions on the changing of the highway's number. Even some people who believed in the 666 curse disagreed with the change. One went on record as stating highway officials, "are messing with the wrong guy. They're making the devil mad. They should have left the 666 alone." Others were more sarcastic. One Monticello resident stated, "We'll really miss all the potheads stopping and taking pictures of the Route666 sign." Most residents took pride in living along the Devil's Highway and opposed the change. Some commented that no matter the number they would still call the road the Devil's Highway. [25] Post-renumbering [ edit ] Once in Utah, US491 gradually ascends to the Abajo Mountains. Still visible are large farming regions. Upon reaching an elevation of 7,000 feet (2,100m), the highway arrives at a weigh station and reaches the town of Monticello. US491 enters the town on Central Street and terminates near the city park at an intersection with US191, which runs along Main Street. [17] All highways in Utah are codified into law; US491 is defined at Utah Code Annotated §72-4-137(11). [6] History [ edit ] Pre-1926 [ edit ] The Abajo Mountains near Monticello Mining copper is still a big deal here. If you drive a few miles north to Morenci, you can see the Freeport-McMoRan Copper Mine. The mine runs 24/7. There is an area you can pull over to get a better view of the open pit mine and take photos if you like.Utah Road and Recreation Atlas (Map). 1:250000. Benchmark Maps. 2002. p.79. §F8. ISBN 0-929591-74-7. The Devil’s Highway is a thrilling, heart-pounding gallop across the ages in one rather unloved corner of southern England, as we hurtle towards climate breakdown. Time loops, leitmotifs echo and shapes shift in this bruising, poetic clarion call to action.”– Mike Parker If you take the New Mexico route fill your tank in Alpine and in Alma, New Mexico. Gas stations are far and few between. If you take the route from Clifton fill your tank in town. New Mexico New Mexico Three-way It begins with why a person from Mexico or Central America or any number of economically depressed countries wants to come to the United States. Usually we can begin with failed economic policies by the country of origin. If there are opportunities where they live, even the shining beacon of America would not tempt most of these people to leave the ones they love to seek a better life elsewhere. They are desperate enough to risk their lives in the hands of coyotes, many of whom are inexperienced boys controlled by criminals.