Tijeras, New Mexico: Route 66 Musical Road
RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report
- Address:
- Route 66, Tijeras, NM
- Directions:
- West of town. I-40 exit 170, then drive east about 3.5 miles on Hwy 333/Route 66. Between mileposts 4 and 5, shortly after Route 66 crosses to the south side of I-40. The road is only musical driving eastbound. Look for the "pass with care" sign and a spray-painted spot on the road where the music begins. The rumble strip is narrow and easy to miss with your tire.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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Paid for by an insurance company for the 2014 National Geographic Channel series, "Crowd Control." The road plays part of "America the Beautiful" -- but only if you travel the speed limit: 45 mph. Signs removed and maintenance stopped in 2020, but it's still there. By 2024 someone had hand-made a "Musical Road" sign to mark its position.
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As of July 2025 the music is still there. We missed it a couple times and had to turn around. The rumble strips are just inside the white line and you have to go 45 mph, heading out of Albuquerque.
[Robyn, 07/20/2025]We took a detour off 1-40 on our way to Albuquerque in order to experience this. It's very easy to distinguish where the beginning of the song starts as its marked with white and blue paint on the road. We set the cruise control to 45mph, and made sure we drove with the right tires to the right of your highway lines (remember trick is to drive on the rumbles). With the exception of maybe two/three words, we heard the entire song! We enjoyed it so much we circled back around to hear it again.
[Nona Fisher, 05/20/2025]The Musical Road strips are mostly missing and there's only about four seconds of the song. Disappointing.
[April, 06/21/2024]
While visiting I traced over the "Singing Road" sign to make it more legible, and put a white mark on the road where the rumble strip begins.
[Dots McCauley, 05/11/2024]Coldhearted officials no longer mark the Musical Highway, but the people do!
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Visitors have had widely different opinions about how much of this 10-year-old music-in-asphalt experiment remains. As long as something's there, travelers should try it for themselves.