Tijeras, New Mexico: Route 66 Musical Road
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- 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 the National Geographic Channel for its series, "Crowd Control," in 2014, 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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The Musical Road strips are mostly missing and there's only about four seconds of the song. Disappointing.
[April, 06/21/2024]Musical Highway
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!
Musical Highway
Rumble strips play America The Beautiful at 45 mph. Eastbound lane only. Between mile markers 4 and 5.
[Doris McCauley, 04/25/2024]The official "Musical Road" signs were removed years ago, but it looks as if the roads's fans have hand-made their own sign.
This attraction is still very much there. I drive over it at least once a week. The sign that used to signal the start is gone, although there is a "pass with care" sign that is almost exactly where the other sign was. The tire-width rumble strip is hard to see and easy to miss with your tire, but someone spray painted directly in front of the spot where it starts on the road, so look closely for that. You can only experience it going eastbound, and if you see a slightly more obvious tire-width section of rumble strip, you just missed it. That section also plays a small tune, but it's not America the Beautiful.
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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.