{"id":118,"date":"2020-03-29T15:45:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T20:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/route66map.wordpress.com\/?page_id=118"},"modified":"2021-06-30T14:02:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T14:02:22","slug":"lost-road-segments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/?page_id=118","title":{"rendered":"Lost Roads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:19px\">I have located a couple of lost road segments.  Finding a 1949 USGS Topo map started it. \u00a0I was looking for some information to help locate a Whiting Brothers gas station East of Ash Fork that was torn down. \u00a0As I looked at the map and then an aerial view I thought how nice it would be to overlay them in the same scale. \u00a0So I captured the two images and imported them into Paint Dot Net in separate layers. \u00a0That way I could scale the map and move it to perfectly align it over the image. \u00a0First I adjusted contrast to white out the background and then made the background transparent so only the roads and railroad tracks were left and the aerial view could be seen behind them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:19px\">Once I got them aligned I noticed something. &nbsp;There was a place that Rt 66 went just North of where I-40 is now. &nbsp;I had always thought it was under I-40 all the way to the East. &nbsp;This got me to checking closer so I zoomed in on Google Maps and looked at that spot. &nbsp; There is was, right where the map showed it should be, an old road bed between the tracks and the Interstate with the right arch and angle. &nbsp; I checked my books and on-line references and could not find any mention of this little segment. &nbsp;To me this was every bit as exciting as panning for gold and finding a nice nugget. &nbsp;(just not as profitable) &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:19px\">In June of 2011 we made a quick run to Ash Fork to have a look at this location. &nbsp;It was really exciting. &nbsp;We pulled off Interstate 40 as far as possible and walked up a slight hill to find an original stretch of asphalt topping the hill and angling down towards the access road on the opposite side that used to be 66. &nbsp;So this myth is CONFIRMED. &nbsp;A small piece of lost 66 rediscovered!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/usgs-orig.png?w=696\" data-id=\"145\" class=\"wp-image-145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/usgs-orig.png 696w, https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/usgs-orig-300x109.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1189\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/closeup.png?w=1024\" data-id=\"144\" class=\"wp-image-144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/closeup.png 1189w, https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/closeup-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/closeup-1024x399.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/closeup-768x299.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1189px) 100vw, 1189px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1230\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ash-fork-overlay.png?w=1024\" data-id=\"143\" class=\"wp-image-143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ash-fork-overlay.png 1230w, https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ash-fork-overlay-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ash-fork-overlay-1024x500.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ash-fork-overlay-768x375.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1230px) 100vw, 1230px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/stripe1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-568\" width=\"476\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/stripe1.png 727w, https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/stripe1-300x25.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tucumcari Nugget<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:19px\">This lost road segment is a little less complicated to find and comes from a 1930 USGS Topo map. \u00a010 miles East of the center of Tucumcari the USGS map shows RT 66 taking a small dip to the South right at a river. \u00a0I had a look with an aerial view and there are a faint remnants of a road at the place and angle shown in the map. \u00a0The images are pretty self explanatory. \u00a0It looks like there should be some sign of a crossing at that point. \u00a0We stopped here on a trip and there appears to be cuts made for a roadway. \u00a0 They are mostly visible at the east end. \u00a0 There were no signs of construction at the creek so maybe it was a temporary low water crossing?   Get online historical maps and see if you can find some lost road segments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1230\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tucumcari.jpg?w=1024\" data-id=\"147\" class=\"wp-image-147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tucumcari.jpg 1230w, https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tucumcari-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tucumcari-1024x450.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tucumcari-768x337.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1230px) 100vw, 1230px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1328\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tucumcari-usgs.jpg?w=1024\" data-id=\"146\" class=\"wp-image-146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tucumcari-usgs.jpg 1328w, https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tucumcari-usgs-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tucumcari-usgs-1024x359.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tucumcari-usgs-768x269.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1328px) 100vw, 1328px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-black-background-color has-black-color is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/66.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-270\" width=\"230\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/66.png 860w, https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/66-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/66-768x607.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"yoast-breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">Lost Roads<\/span><\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have located a couple of lost road segments. Finding a 1949 USGS Topo map started it. \u00a0I was looking for some information to help locate a Whiting Brothers gas station East of Ash Fork that was torn down. \u00a0As I looked at the map and then an aerial view I thought how nice it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-118","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lost road segments of old Route 66 - Route 66 map<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lost road segments that got bypassed and forgotten waiting to be discovered and explored. There are still some lost bits of Route 66 to find.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/?page_id=118\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lost road segments of old Route 66 - Route 66 map\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lost road segments that got bypassed and forgotten waiting to be discovered and explored. There are still some lost bits of Route 66 to find.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/?page_id=118\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Route 66 map\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"route66-map.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-06-30T14:02:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/usgs-orig.png?w=696\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/?page_id=118\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/?page_id=118\",\"name\":\"Lost road segments of old Route 66 - Route 66 map\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/?page_id=118#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/?page_id=118#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/usgs-orig.png?w=696\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-29T20:45:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-30T14:02:22+00:00\",\"description\":\"Lost road segments that got bypassed and forgotten waiting to be discovered and explored. There are still some lost bits of Route 66 to find.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/?page_id=118#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/?page_id=118\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/?page_id=118#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/usgs-orig.png?w=696\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/usgs-orig.png?w=696\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/?page_id=118#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lost Roads\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/\",\"name\":\"Route 66 map\",\"description\":\"Route 66 historical alignment map\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4c411d12326d573bcff336d7942ec8ae\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4c411d12326d573bcff336d7942ec8ae\",\"name\":\"Rick Martin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cropped-corvette66eighth-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cropped-corvette66eighth-1.jpg\",\"width\":100,\"height\":100,\"caption\":\"Rick Martin\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"},\"description\":\"Route 66 roadie\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/route66-map.com\",\"route66-map.com\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lost road segments of old Route 66 - Route 66 map","description":"Lost road segments that got bypassed and forgotten waiting to be discovered and explored. There are still some lost bits of Route 66 to find.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/?page_id=118","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lost road segments of old Route 66 - Route 66 map","og_description":"Lost road segments that got bypassed and forgotten waiting to be discovered and explored. There are still some lost bits of Route 66 to find.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/?page_id=118","og_site_name":"Route 66 map","article_publisher":"route66-map.com","article_modified_time":"2021-06-30T14:02:22+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/usgs-orig.png?w=696","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/?page_id=118","url":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/?page_id=118","name":"Lost road segments of old Route 66 - Route 66 map","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/?page_id=118#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/?page_id=118#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/usgs-orig.png?w=696","datePublished":"2020-03-29T20:45:20+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-30T14:02:22+00:00","description":"Lost road segments that got bypassed and forgotten waiting to be discovered and explored. There are still some lost bits of Route 66 to find.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/?page_id=118#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/?page_id=118"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/?page_id=118#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/usgs-orig.png?w=696","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/usgs-orig.png?w=696"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/?page_id=118#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lost Roads"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/","name":"Route 66 map","description":"Route 66 historical alignment map","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4c411d12326d573bcff336d7942ec8ae"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4c411d12326d573bcff336d7942ec8ae","name":"Rick Martin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cropped-corvette66eighth-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cropped-corvette66eighth-1.jpg","width":100,"height":100,"caption":"Rick Martin"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"},"description":"Route 66 roadie","sameAs":["http:\/\/route66-map.com","route66-map.com"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":628,"href":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118\/revisions\/628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.route66-map.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}