U.S. Route 366

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U.S. Route 366 was a short-lived east-west United States highway, with two distinct identities. Its second designation, a New Mexico intrastate route, incorporated the entire route of U.S. Route 470, but the U.S. 366 designation was permanently decommissioned by 1938.

1 U.S. Route 366 (I)
- 1.1 Termini
- 1.2 States traversed
2 U.S. Route 366 (II)
- 2.1 Termini
- 2.2 States traversed
3 Related US Routes
4 Sources and external links

[edit] U.S. Route 366 (I)

U.S. Route 366

Length:

437 mi (703 km)

Formed:

1926

Decomd.:

1931

West end:

El Paso, TX

East end:

Amarillo, TX

United States Numbered Highways

The original 1926 route extended through Texas and New Mexico. In 1931, US 366 (I) was decommissioned in favor of an expanded U.S. Route 60 through Texas, and a rerouted U.S. Route 70 through New Mexico. The southern segment, from Alamogordo, New Mexico to El Paso, Texas would later become part of U.S. Route 54.

[edit] Termini

The highway's eastern terminus was in Amarillo, Texas at an intersection with its parent, U.S. Route 66. Its western terminus was in El Paso, Texas at the U.S.-Mexico border.

[edit] States traversed

The highway passed through the following states:

[edit] U.S. Route 366 (II)

U.S. Route 366

Length:

73 mi (117 km)

Formed:

1931

Decomd.:

1937

West end:

Albuquerque, NM

East end:

Moriarty, NM

United States Numbered Highways

When the original US 366 was decommissioned in 1931, the designation was assigned to the route previously designated U.S. Route 470. This routing lasted until 1937, when outgoing New Mexico Governor Arthur T. Hannett changed the route of US 66 to bypass the state capitol, Santa Fe [1]. The new alignment of US 66 overlapped US 366 enough that the remaining portion, from Moriarty to Willard, became a state route.