The Singing Highway

 

Route 66 near Albuquerque in 2016.  One tire had to ride on the "rumble strip"

#146  December 17: When Dave and I were traveling in our RV we came across “The Singing Hiway” outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico along Route 66.  It was constructed in the 70’s and used rumble strips or grooves to play America the Beautiful if you drove across it at exactly the speed limit.  We disconnected our little truck from the RV and drove it several times.  We chronicled it in our travel blog, Dave the RV and Me (https://davethervandme.blogspot.com) on March 21, 2016.   I’ve often wondered if it is still there.  I found an article about it.  It was rebuilt in 2014 which explains why we were able to still hear it in 2016.  Sadly it was paved over in 2020 because it was too hard to maintain.  12/17