Re: Traveling on Highway 60 in Arizona and New Mexico

hank Wrote:
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> "Dump it over the side" comments bring to mind the
> old new (I think it's been rebuilt again since the
> last time I went over it in '73) highway through
> the Salt River Canyon in Arizona (US 60). It was
> like a reverse mountain pass, you wound down one
> side, crossed the river, then climbed out the
> other.

A few years ago, I was driving from Southern California to Santa Fe for a cousin's daughter's wedding and going east from the Phoenix area to the Rio Grande I travel on US 60.

Even though there has been work (and repaving at the time of that trip) and a fairly recent bridge at the bottom. All I can say about the decent and the climb at the Salt River is "OMG!"

A very interesting trip on US40 to the Rio Grande. Stayed the night at Show Low. And east of there in the middle of nowhere there was a double-track grade crossing! Well it is part of the The Very Large Array Radio Telescope facility.

Brian Norden



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/20/2021 03:29PM by Brian Norden.