U.S. Route 491 500085 224725993 2008-07-10T03:48:31Z NE2 1757249 It's not really an article or a normal route; it's more like a New York reference route. {{Infobox U.S. Route |article_route=491 |alternate_name=Devil's Highway |map=US 491 map.png |length_mi=193.930 |length_round=0 |length_ref= <ref>This figure is derived from summing the 3 state milage logs used in the Major intersections section</ref> |yrcom=2003 (1926 as US 666)<ref name="beastofahighway"/> |direction_a=South |from={{jct|state=NM|I|40|NM|602}} in [[Gallup, New Mexico|Gallup, NM]] |junction={{jct|state=NM|US|64}} in [[Shiprock, New Mexico|Shiprock, NM]]<br/>{{jct|state=CO|US|160}} in [[Cortez, Colorado|Cortez, CO]] |direction_b=North |to={{jct|state=UT|US|191}} in [[Monticello, Utah|Monticello, UT]] |spur_of=91 }} '''U.S. Route 491''' (US 491) is a north-south [[U.S. Highway]] serving the [[Four Corners (United States)|Four Corners]] region of the [[United States]]. One of the newest designations in the U.S. Highway system, it was created in 2003 as a renumbering of '''U.S. Route 666'''. With the 666 designation, this road was given the nickname "Devil's Highway" because of the common Christian belief that [[666 (number)|666]] is the [[Number of the Beast]].<ref name="beastofahighway">{{cite web | url = http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/us666.htm | title = U.S. 666: Beast of a Highway? | accessdate = 2007-11-17 | last = Weingroff | first = Richard F | date = 2003-06-18 | publisher = ([[United States Department of Transportation]] - [[Federal Highway Administration]]) }}</ref> This satanic connotation, combined with a high fatality rate along the New Mexico portion, convinced some people the highway was cursed. The problem was compounded with chronic [[Street sign theft|sign theft]]. These factors led to two efforts to renumber the highway, first by [[Arizona]], later by [[New Mexico]]. Since renumbering, done in conjunction with safety improvement projects, fatality rates have gone down. The highway is routed through [[Colorado]], New Mexico and [[Utah]] as well as the sovereign Indian tribal nations of the [[Navajo Nation]] and [[Ute Mountain Ute Tribe]]. Features along the route include an extinct volcanic core named [[Shiprock]], [[Mesa Verde National Park]] and the self proclaimed "pinto bean capital of the world". ==Route description== {| class="infobox" width="230px" !style="background: #ccf; float:right;"|<big>Major towns</big> |- |[[Gallup, New Mexico|Gallup, NM]] |- |[[Shiprock, New Mexico|Shiprock, NM]] |- |[[Cortez, Colorado|Cortez, CO]] |- |[[Dove Creek, Colorado|Dove Creek, CO]] |- |[[Monticello, Utah|Monticello, UT]] |} The route serves the states of [[New Mexico]], [[Colorado]] and [[Utah]]. Prior to 1992, the highway also entered [[Arizona]]. The Arizona portion was renumbered separately and is now part of [[U.S. Route 191]].<ref name=quepasa> {{cite web |url = http://dot.state.nm.us/upload/images/Que_Pasa/quepasa5.pdf |title = Que Pasa - The monthly newsletter of the New Mexico Department of Transportation |accessdate = 2008-05-15 |date = January 2005 |publisher = New Mexico Department of Transportation}}</ref> The former US 666 was the only highway to have served all of the Four Corners states at the same time even though it never came near the [[Four Corners Monument]], accessed via [[U.S. Route 160]].<ref name=AAA>{{cite map |publisher = American Automobile Association |title = Western States |url = http://www.aaa.com |edition = 1979 |year = 1979 |scale = 1 inch = 40 miles |isbn =}}</ref> At several points along US 491 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 is signed east-west.<ref name=utahlaw/> ===New Mexico=== U.S. Route 491 begins at Gallup, New Mexico at a junction with [[Interstate 40 in New Mexico|Interstate 40]] and is currently routed north along Mu&ntilde;oz Drive.<ref name=nmroutelog/> This is a re-route bypassing the downtown area. The original routing used 9th Street and started at [[U.S. Route 66 (New Mexico)|U.S. Route 66]].<ref name=googlemapsgallup>{{cite map |url = http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Gallup,+New+Mexico&ie=UTF8&ll=35.531388,-108.753276&spn=0.026298,0.044332&t=h&z=15&iwloc=addr |publisher = Google Maps |cartography = NAVTEQ |title = Google Maps |accessdate = 2008-06-12}}</ref> US 491 leaves Gallup and passes north through the eastern half of the [[Navajo Nation]].<ref name=navajotourism> {{cite web | url = http://www.discovernavajo.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=61 | title = Discover Navajo - People of the Fourth World | accessdate = 2007-11-17 | author = Navajo Tourism Department | publisher = [[Navajo Nation]] [http://www.navajo.org/ Department of Information Technology] }}</ref> Along the way the road passes through the small tribal communities and trading posts of [[Tohatchi, New Mexico|Tohatchi]], [[Buffalo Springs, New Mexico|Buffalo Springs]], [[Naschitti, New Mexico|Naschitti]], [[Sheep Springs, New Mexico|Sheep Springs]] and [[Newcomb, New Mexico|Newcomb]].<ref name=nmdot/> The Navajo tribal capital at [[Window Rock, Arizona]] is just west of the highway corridor, accessed by [[New Mexico State Road 264|State Road 264]]. The largest city served by US 491 in the Navajo Nation is [[Shiprock, New Mexico|Shiprock]] which takes its name from one of several [[Shiprock|extinct volcano core]]s in the area. Shiprock is also where the US 491 crosses the [[San Juan River (Utah)|San Juan River]] and has a brief [[concurrency (road)|concurrency]] with [[U.S. Route 64]]. After passing Shiprock the route continues north to the Colorado state line. The New Mexico portion has been designated the ''John Pinto Highway'' by the New Mexico state legislature.<ref name=nmdot>{{cite web |url = http://www.us491.com/ProjectDescription.cfm |title = US 666 Corridor Highway |publisher = New Mexico Department of Transportation |accessdate = 2008-06-12}}</ref> ===Colorado=== The New Mexico&ndash;Colorado state line is also where the highway passes from the Navajo Nation to [[Ute Mountain Ute Tribe|Ute Mountain Ute]] tribal lands. In Colorado US 491 proceeds diagonally to the northwest in the extreme southwestern corner of the state.<ref name=utemountaincasino>{{cite web | url = http://www.utemountaincasino.com/map.html | title = Ute Mountain Casino | accessdate = 2007-11-17 | publisher = [http://www.utemountainute.com/ Ute Mountain Ute Tribe] }}</ref> The highway exits tribal lands near [[Cortez, Colorado|Cortez]] and [[Mesa Verde National Park]]. After leaving Cortez the road gradually increases elevation until reaching {{convert|7000|ft|m}}. The ascent features large [[Pinto bean]] farming regions, including [[Dove Creek, Colorado|Dove Creek]] which bills itself as the ''Pinto Bean Capital of the World''.<ref name=COhistory>{{cite web | url = http://www.coloradohistory.org/ripsigns/show_markertext.asp?id=861 | title = Dove Creek | accessdate = 2008-05-13 | publisher = Colorado Historical Society }}</ref> [[Canyons of the Ancients National Monument]] is also located along the ascent. A portion of the highway in Colorado has been designated the [[Trail of the Ancients]] [[National Scenic Byway]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.byways.org/explore/byways/2597/ | title = Trail of the Ancients | accessdate = 2007-11-21 | publisher = [[U.S. Department of Transportation]] National Scenic Byway program }}</ref> ===Utah=== In Utah US 491 travels west to the farming town of [[Monticello, Utah|Monticello]] at the base of the [[Abajo Mountains]]. Here the road terminates at the corner of Main and Central. The Utah section of US 491 is defined at Utah Code Annotated §72-4-137(11).<ref name=utahlaw>{{cite web |url = http://le.utah.gov/~code/TITLE72/htm/72_04_013700.htm |title = Utah Code Annotated |publisher = State of Utah |accessdate =2008-05-15}}</ref> ==History== ===Old Spanish Trail=== Prior to the [[Mexican-American War]], when this area was ceded to the United States, the main trade route through this part of Mexico was the [[Old Spanish Trail (trade route)|Old Spanish Trail]] which extended from [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]] to [[Los Angeles, California]]. The main route proceeded north towards [[Moab, Utah]], one of the few places where the [[Colorado River]] can be crossed without having to traverse steep cliffs. The modern US-491 roughly correlates with the main route of the Old Spanish Trail between its northern terminus and [[Cortez, Colorado]].<ref name=oldspanishtrail>{{cite web |url=http://www.oldspanishtrail.org/trail_history.php |title=Old Spanish Trail History |accessdate=2008-03-19 |last=von Till Warren |first=Elizabeth |publisher=Old Spanish Trail Association}}</ref> ===U.S. Route 666=== [[Image:USA Route666 UT.jpg|thumb|right|Old and new route number at the intersection with US 191 in Monticello, UT]] The route was first created in 1926 as U.S. Route 666. This number was appropriate per the numbering guidelines for [[U.S. Highway]]s as the sixth spur along the highway's parent, [[U.S. Route 66]], branching off at [[Gallup, New Mexico]]. The number was assigned by the [[American Association of State Highway Officials]] (AASHO), a coordinating body that created the U.S. Highway system.<ref name="beastofahighway" /> At that time the northern terminus of the route was in Cortez at an intersection with then [[U.S. Route 450]] (modern [[U.S. Route 160]]). <ref name=1926map>{{cite map |publisher = U.S. Department of Agriculture |title = [[w:Image:1926us.jpg|United States System of Highways]] |year = 1926 |accessdate = 2008-03-03 |accessmonth= 03 |accessyear = 2008 }}</ref> Over time route became known as the "Devil's Highway", a reference to the [[Number of the Beast]].<ref name=saltlaketribune/> This nickname and association made some people uncomfortable,<ref name="nationalgeographic">{{cite journal | last = NGZ | date = 2003-12 | title = It's Number Was Up | journal = [[National Geographic Magazine]] }}</ref> as well as making the signs targets for [[Street sign theft|theft]].<ref name="nytimes2"/> Because of the highway's number, accidents and other phenomena became repeated as legend. These legends convinced some people the highway was cursed.<ref name=abqjournal>{{cite news |url = http://www.abqjournal.com/quirky/67534news07-31-03.htm |title = It's Now U.S. 491, Not U.S. 666 |last = Linthicum |first = Leslie |work = Albuquerque Journal |publication-place = Albuquerque, New Mexico |date = 2003-07-31 }}</ref> One unnamed highway patrol officer was quoted in [[USA Today]] as stating that a drunk-driving suspect told him that, "Triple 6 is evil. Everyone dies on that highway".<ref name="beastofahighway" /> Skeptics point out that the highway has a lower than average fatality rate in Utah and Colorado,<ref name="nytimes"> {{cite news |url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=9506E3D71E39F930A25755C0A9659C8B63 |title = JOURNEYS; The End of the Road For 'Devil's Highway' |accessdate = 2007-04-12 |last = Wilgoren |first = Jodi |date = 2003-06-13 |work = New York Times }}</ref> only the New Mexico portion is statistically a dangerous highway.<ref name=abqjournal/> Skeptics further state the high fatality rate in New Mexico can be explained by an inadequate design for the traffic loads at the time. Several people suggested the highway improvements started at the same time as the renumbering have done more to reduce fatalities than the renumbering itself.<ref name=abqjournal/> ===Extensions into Arizona and Utah=== By 1942, the southern terminus of the route was extended to [[Douglas, Arizona|Douglas]], [[Arizona]] at the [[Mexico|Mexican]] border.<ref name=quepasa/> It ran [[concurrency (road)|concurrent]] with U.S. Route 66 for 30 miles (48.3 km) before the turn south.<ref name=beastofahighway/> The Arizona portion of the highway is known as the [[Coronado Trail Scenic Byway]] as it approximated the path of the Spanish explorer, [[Francisco Vásquez de Coronado]].<ref name="coronado">{{cite web | url = http://www.byways.org/explore/byways/2059/ | title = Coronado Trail Scenic Byway | accessdate = 2007-11-17 | publisher = [[U.S. Department of Transportation]] [[Federal Highway Administration]] }}</ref> This portion is noted for [[hairpin turn]]s and steep grades in mountainous terrain that reaches an altitude of over {{convert|9000|ft|m|sigfig=2}}. The curves force a speed limit of {{convert|10|mph|km/h}} in spots.<ref name=beastofahighway/> [[Image:US 666.svg|thumb|left|100px|US 491 was originally US 666]] In 1970, several U.S. highways in the Four Corners region were re-aligned. As part of this change, US 160 was rerouted west of [[Cortez, Colorado|Cortez]] to serve the [[Four Corners Monument]] and enter [[Arizona]] instead of [[Utah]]. US 666 was extended up part of the old route of US 160 to Monticello, Utah, at an intersection with then [[U.S. Route 163]] (now [[U.S. Route 191]]).<ref name=resolutions>{{cite web|url=http://www.dot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=200609190935441|title=Route 163|publisher=Utah Department of Transportation|accessdate=2008-02-07}}</ref> In 1985, the [[Utah Department of Transportation]] petitioned to extend US 666 northwest to [[Richfield, Utah|Richfield]], but the proposal was rejected. The proposed extension followed [[Utah State Route 95|State Route 95]], [[Utah State Route 24|State Route 24]], and [[Utah State Route 119|State Route 119]]. A concurrency with US 191 would have been routed through [[Blanding, Utah|Blanding]] and Monticello to connect to the rest of the route. One of the reasons cited for rejecting the proposal was that portions of SR 24 were not built to standards desired for additions to the U.S. Highway system.<ref name=extend666>{{cite web | url = http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=566642327241913602 | title = Route 666 | accessdate = 2007-11-17 | publisher = Utah Department of Transportation }}</ref> ===Elimination and renumbering of US 666=== [[Image:Shiprock NM.jpg|thumb|right|[[Shiprock]], landmark along US 491]] In 1985, the US 66 designation was eliminated, leaving US 666 (and others) as orphans. This fact would be used as a supporting factor in later petitions to renumber the highway. In 1992, the part in [[Arizona]] was renumbered as an extension of US 191. This truncated US 666 again at Gallup, New Mexico; now at [[Interstate 40 (New Mexico)|Interstate 40]].<ref name=quepasa/> 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".<ref name="beastofahighway" /> In New Mexico's motion to renumber the highway they selected U.S. Route 393. Since the route came nowhere near [[U.S. Route 93]], [[American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials|AASHTO]] instead suggested US 491, noting it as a branch of US 191 at Monticello, Utah. Although the next 3-digit "child" of [[U.S. Route 91]] would have been U.S. Route 291, both the 291 and 391 designations were already in use as state route numbers in at least one of the affected states.<ref name=beastofahighway/> At the news that the motion had passed a New Mexico spokesperson stated "The devil's out of here, and we say goodbye and good riddance."<ref name="abqjournal"/> Referring to the motion passing with a different number from what New Mexico requested, another spokesperson responded "As long as it's not 666 and it's nothing satanic, that's OK."<ref name=beastofahighway/> US 666 officially ceased to exist on [[2003-05-31]] though temporary "New 491 &ndash; Old 666" signs were posted after the change to aid travelers using old maps.<ref name="abqjournal"/> Although sign theft has always been a problem along this highway, thefts reached epidemic proportions when the pending number change was announced. Within days of the announcement, virtually every US 666 sign had been stolen, some for sale on [[eBay]].<ref name="sttimes">{{cite news |url = http://www.sptimes.com/2003/07/20/Worldandnation/US_666_is_gone__but_s.shtml |title = U.S. 666 is gone, but signs went first |accessdate = 2007-11-17 |first = Susan Taylor |last = Marten |date = 2003-07-20 |work = St. Petersburg Times }}</ref> Officials in Utah reported that five entire sign assemblies had been cut at the base with a chainsaw and stolen, while New Mexico officials reported that even signs welded to metal posts (to prevent thefts) had been stolen. Officials speculated from one scene that someone had intentionally crashed their car into the sign post to break the welds.<ref name="nytimes2">{{cite news |url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9503E4D71E3CF933A15754C0A9659C8B63&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/S/Signs%20and%20Symbols |title = Renaming U.S. 666 Prompts a Run on 'Satanic' Souvenirs |accessdate = 2007-11-17 |date = 2003-07-20 |work = New York Times }}</ref> The dedication of the "new" highway was postponed until [[2003-07-30]], to coincide with the start of construction projects to improve safety on the highway.<ref name="abqjournal"/><ref name="saltlaketribune">{{cite news |url = http://www.sltrib.com/search?vertical=archive |title = Sixes nixed on 'devil's road' |accessdate = 2007-04-12 |first = Christopher |last = Smart |date = 2003-07-30 |work = Salt Lake Tribune }}</ref> At the dedication George Blue Horse, a [[Navajo people|Navajo]] medicine man, performed a ceremony to remove the curse from the highway. In the Navajo language he stated, "The road itself never ends. It goes on generation to generation. The new number is a good one. The new road will be a medicine."<ref name=abqjournal/> Multiple newspapers and television stations interviewed people along the route about their opinion 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."<ref name="saltlaketribune" /> Others were more sarcastic. One Monticello resident stated, "We'll really miss all the potheads stopping and taking pictures of the Route 666 sign."<ref name="saltlaketribune" /> 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.<ref name="saltlaketribune" /> ===Post renumbering=== Since the renumbering in 2003, portions of US 491 in New Mexico have been upgraded to a four lane [[divided highway]] with [[grade separation]]s at the busiest interchanges. The New Mexico Department of Transportation has noted that as sections are upgraded fatality rates improve on the four lane portions but remain high on the two lane portions. As construction has proceeded the most dangerous portions of the highway have moved to points where the four lane portion ends and traffic merges to two lanes. This has caused the department to coordinate the phases of the upgrades to minimize the number of two lane/four lane transitions.<ref name=nmdot2>{{cite web |url = http://www.us491.com/documents/US491_S_EA_text.pdf |title = Environmental Assessment US 491 South Corridor phase B MP 15 to MP 46 |publisher = New Mexico Department of Transportation |date = 2006 |accessdate = 2008-06-12}}</ref> Construction on the final phase was scheduled to begin January, 2008.<ref name=nmdot/> ===State route numbers=== Prior to being signed as a U.S. Highway, the New Mexico portion was numbered [[New Mexico State Road 32|State Road 32]] from Gallup to Shiprock and SR 121 from Shiprock to the Colorado state line.<ref name=broernm>{{cite map |url = http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/Southwest/NewMexico/unitedstates1926ra_061.html |title = Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas |year = 1926 |publisher = Rand McNally (hosted by Broer Map Library) |page = 69 |accessdate = 2008-06-26}}</ref> Route 32 extended south beyond Gallup and a portion of this road is still signed as SR 32.<ref>{{cite map |url = http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Gallup,+New+Mexico&ie=UTF8&ll=34.28729,-108.525696&spn=0.317132,0.382462&z=11&iwloc=addr |title = Google Maps |publisher = Google |cartography = NAVTEQ |accessdate = 2008-06-26}}</ref> The portion in Colorado was numbered State Highway 108 from the New Mexico state line to Cortez, and [[Colorado State Highway 10|SH 10]] from Cortez to Utah.<ref name=broerco>{{cite map |url = http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/NorthernRockies/Colorado/unitedstates1926ra_062.html |title = Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas |year = 1926 |publisher = Rand McNally (hosted by Broer Map Library) |page = 70 |accessdate = 2008-06-26}}</ref> Highway 10 traversed most of Colorado, while most of this route was absorbed by the U.S. Highway system a portion of SH 10 still exists.<ref name=gmwalsenburg>{{cite map |url = http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Walsenburg,+Colorado&ie=UTF8&z=13 |title = Google Maps |publisher = Google |cartography = NAVTEQ |accessdate = 2008-06-26}}</ref> In Utah the route was originally numbered [[Utah State Route 9|State Route 9]] which also included what is now US 191 from Monticello to [[Crescent Junction, Utah|Crescent Junction]]. Though signed as a US highway, the state legislature kept the route 9 designation for internal purposes until [[1977 Utah state route renumbering|1977]].<ref name=UTSR9>{{cite web |url = http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=200609121817391 |title = Highway Resolutions - Route 9 |publisher = Utah Department of Transportation |accessdate = 2008-06-26}}</ref> ==Depictions in media== The curse of US 666 is discussed in the book "Copper Crucible" by Jonathan D. Rosenblum. The book is about the [[Arizona Copper Mine Strike of 1983]] which occurred at a copper mine along the highway near [[Morenci, Arizona]].<ref name=coppercrucible>{{cite book | last = Rosenblum | first = Jonathan D. | title = Copper Crucible | year = 1998 | edition = 2nd edition | url = http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=3447 | publisher = [[Cornell University]] Press | isbn = 978-0-8014-8554-1 }}</ref> The highway was used as a plot element in the movies [[Route 666 (film)|Route 666]] and [[Natural Born Killers]]<ref name=beastofahighway/> and a two-part episode of the series [[Married With Children]] titled "Route 666".<ref name=sonypictures>{{cite web |url = http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=20500102 |title = Married with Children - complete season 5 DVD |publisher = Sony Electronics Inc. |accessdate = 2008-06-14}}</ref> None of these movies and television programs used the highway corridor as a filming location. ==Major intersections== ''Note:Utah Mileposts are reversed in this table to maintain continuity.'' {|class=wikitable !County !Location !Mile<ref name=nmroutelog>{{cite web |url = http://nmshtd.state.nm.us/main.asp?secid=13852 |title= New Mexico Department of Transportation Mile Post Map |accessdate=2008-03-01 |publisher=New Mexico Department of Transportation}}</ref><ref name=coroutelog>{{cite web |url =http://www.dot.state.co.us/app_DTD_DataAccess/Highways/index.cfm?fuseaction=HighwaysMain&MenuType=Highways |title = Highways Data |accessdate=2008-03-01 |publisher = Colorado Department of Transportation}}</ref><ref name=utroutelog>{{cite web |url = http://www.dot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=6655715352153989 |title = Highway Reference Information |accessdate=2008-03-01 |publisher=Utah Department of Transportation}}</ref> !Junction !Notes |- |rowspan=2|[[McKinley County, New Mexico|McKinley]] |[[Gallup, New Mexico|Gallup]] |0.000 |{{Jct|state=NM|I|40|NM|602|dir2=south|city1=Albuquerque|city2=Zuni}}, [[Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff]] | |- | |7.002 |{{jct|state=NM|NM|264}} – [[Window Rock, Arizona|Window Rock]] | |- |rowspan=4|[[San Juan County, New Mexico|San Juan]] |[[Sheep Springs, New Mexico|Sheep Springs]] |47.25 |{{Jct|state=NM|NM|134|dir1=west|city1=Crystal}} | |- |rowspan=2|[[Shiprock, New Mexico|Shiprock]] |91.186 |{{Jct|state=NM|US|64|dir1=west}} – [[Teec Nos Pos, Arizona|Teec Nos Pos]] | |- |92.038 |{{Jct|state=NM|US|64|dir1=east|city1=Farmington}} | |- | |107.308 (NM)/0.000 (CO) !colspan=2|'''Colorado/New Mexico state line''' |- |rowspan=4|[[Montezuma County, Colorado|Montezuma]] | |6.422 |{{Jct|state=CO|US|160|dir1=west}} – [[Four Corners]] | |- |[[Cortez, Colorado|Cortez]] |26.371 |{{Jct|state=CO|US|160|dir1=east|city1=Durango}} | |- | |36.801 |{{Jct|state=CO|SH|184|dir1=east|city1=Dolores}} | |- | |45.131 |[[Hovenweep National Monument]], [[Canyons of the Ancients National Monument]] | |- |rowspan=2|[[Dolores County, Colorado|Dolores]] | |63.272 |{{Jct|state=CO|SH|141|dir1=north|city1=Egnar|city2=Uravan}} | |- | |69.602 (CO)/17.020 (UT) !colspan=2|'''Utah/Colorado State Line |- |rowspan=2|[[San Juan County, Utah|San Juan]] | |0.675 |[[Weigh station]]/Inspection station | |- |[[Monticello, Utah|Monticello]] |0.000 |{{Jct|state=UT|US|191|city1=Moab|city2=Blanding}} | |} ==See also== * British [[A666 road]] ===Related routes=== * [[U.S. Route 91]] * [[U.S. Route 191]] * [[U.S. Route 66]] * [[U.S. Route 166]] * [[U.S. Route 266]] * [[U.S. Route 366]] * [[U.S. Route 466]] * [[U.S. Route 566]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.geocities.com/usend9099/End491/end491.htm Endpoints of U.S. highways - U.S. 491] * [http://www.arizonaroads.com/us/us666.html Arizona Roads by Alan Hamelton] * [http://www.mesalek.com/colo/r400-789.html Colorado Highways by Matt Salek] * [http://members.aol.com/utahhwys/301-666.htm Utah Highways by Dan Stober] {{start srbox}} {{ut browse|previous_type=UT|previous_route=281-320|route=[[List of Utah State Routes|UT]]|next_type=US|next_route=6}} {{co browse|previous_type=CO|previous_route=470|route=list|next_type=US|next_route=550}} {{nm browse|previous_type=NM|previous_route=485|route=[[List of New Mexico highways|NM]]|next_type=|next_route=494}} {{end box}} {{DEFAULTSORT:U.S. Route 91-4}} [[Category:Three-digit U.S. Highways|91-4]] [[Category:U.S. Highways in New Mexico|91-4]] [[Category:U.S. Highways in Colorado|91-4]] [[Category:U.S. Highways in Utah|91-4]] [[Category:U.S. Route 91| 4]] [[Category:Gallup, New Mexico]] [[Category:San Juan County, Utah]]