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Why Does Business I-40 in Glenrio Exist?
kphoger:
Of note may be the designation file for the route's previous iteration, from before its mileage was transferred to I-40-BL:
--- Quote from: Texas Department of Transportation ---Highway Designation File
STATE HIGHWAY SPUR NO. 504
Minute Order 066067, dated 04/03/1972; Adm. Cir. 036-1972, dated 04/15/1972
Glenrio Spur - From Texas/New Mexico State Line at Glenrio, eastward 0.45 mile over old location US 66 and northward over new connection to IH 40, a total distance of approximately 0.61 mile. (Deaf Smith County) New Designation.
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Had US-66 already been relocated off of this road by 1972? I don't see anything in the AASHTO database for US-66 in Texas from before 1975, and that was for a relocation onto I-40 at the Oklahoma line.
JayhawkCO:
--- Quote from: kphoger on November 14, 2022, 06:50:50 PM ---Of note may be the designation file for the route's previous iteration, from before its mileage was transferred to I-40-BL:
--- Quote from: Texas Department of Transportation ---Highway Designation File
STATE HIGHWAY SPUR NO. 504
Minute Order 066067, dated 04/03/1972; Adm. Cir. 036-1972, dated 04/15/1972
Glenrio Spur - From Texas/New Mexico State Line at Glenrio, eastward 0.45 mile over old location US 66 and northward over new connection to IH 40, a total distance of approximately 0.61 mile. (Deaf Smith County) New Designation.
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Had US-66 already been relocated off of this road by 1972? I don't see anything in the AASHTO database for US-66 in Texas from before 1975, and that was for a relocation onto I-40 at the Oklahoma line.
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Good find. According to this, I-40 was designated in 1975, but I don't see anything specifically about US66 being removed.
US 89:
--- Quote from: kphoger on November 14, 2022, 06:50:50 PM ---Had US-66 already been relocated off of this road by 1972? I don't see anything in the AASHTO database for US-66 in Texas from before 1975, and that was for a relocation onto I-40 at the Oklahoma line.
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The USGS topo dated 1971 shows US 66 still going through Glenrio with no bypass. Per that map, I-40 had not yet been built around there in New Mexico, and began in Texas immediately east of Glenrio.
So it makes sense that Spur 504 was created for TxDOT to keep track of its old mileage as 66 was being transferred over to I-40. It is curious why it was renumbered to a business loop, though...
Alps:
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--- Quote from: JayhawkCO on November 14, 2022, 05:46:54 PM ---I know there have been many posts about this over the years, but I'm curious why it exists in the first place and was curious if others had any info. From the looks of it, it was created in 1990 per this document. Everything you read says that the town died in 1975 when I-40 bypassed US66, and that by the 80's, there were only 5 people and all the businesses (all three) seemed to have closed. So why designate this highway when literally there wasn't a single business at the time of designation? I traveled it a long time ago and didn't have any idea of the history of it at the time.
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I just looked at the map, where does BR I-40 end at? I see the label on old 66 until the NM border but nothing past that.
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State line.
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I wonder if it used to extend to San Jon in NM?
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Not to my knowledge.
Avalanchez71:
Could they possibly been trying to entice interest in the area? A business route to place a business on? Maybe they thought there would be more excitement with US 66 tourism?
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