NM Route 66 Cities
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NM Route 66 Cities -AlbuquerqueIt has:Jones Motor CompanyAlbuquerque, New MexicoThe Jones Motor Company, now Kelly’sBrew Pub, is located at 3222 CentralAve. SE in Albuquerque, NM. It isopen 7 days a week. For restauranthours, call 505-262-2739 or visit the Kelly's Brew Pub website. Kelly’s ishandicapped accessible.In 1939, Ralph Jones,prominent local businessmanand president of the Route 66Association and the Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce, commissioned the construction of a gas station,a car dealership, and service station along Route 66 in Albuquerque. Architect Tom Danahy designed the one-story building in an Art Moderne style with white stucco, red brick coping, and a flat roof. The intent was to attract travelers with its location, design, and accessibility. The detailed stepped tower with abstract ornamental molding above the central portion of the building was one of the first icons encountered by westbound travelers on Route 66.In 1957, the Jones Motor Company moved out to a new location, and ownership of this building changed hands several times. Kelly’s Brewery purchased the building in 1999 and restored many of the original design elements, including Texaco pumps and the original garage doors. Today, the building is a popular brewpub and restaurant. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.Kelly's Brew Pub courtesy of Bill TondreauJones Motor Company, 1939Nob Hill Shopping CenterAlbuquerque, New MexicoThe Nob Hill Shopping Center is located at thecorner of Central Ave. and Carlisle Blvd. inAlbuquerque, NM’s Nob Hill district. Visitorswill find a number of restaurants, specialtyshops, and services.The impact of the automobile has been the single most important factor in shaping Albuquerque’s physical, cultural, and social landscape as we see it today. Travellers going east along Albuquerque’s Central Avenue, the old Route 66, , can see evidenceofNob Hill Shopping Centercourtesy of Andy Housethe evolution of the automobile landscape in the historic urban fabric. Approaching the University of New Mexico, one begins to see one-story commercial storefronts built shoulder to shoulder at the sidewalk’s edge forming a continuous street wall. Continuing into Nob Hill, these neighborhoods developed around local business districts and the ability of residents and merchants to travel short distances for work and daily needs. As one reaches the end of the district, a visible shift in the treatment of the streetscape is evident at the Nob Hill Shopping Center.In 1946, local developer DKB Sellers constructed the Nob Hill Shopping Center, New Mexico’s first drive-in shopping center The Nob Hill Shopping Center was also the first major investment in significant commercial infrastructure outside of downtown. Many considered the Nob Hill Shopping Center to be too far away from the city core to be successful, because it was on the eastern edge of town. The center of town, however, was nearly filled to capacity by 1949, and the new shopping center garnered tenants such as Stomberg’s Men’s Clothing and Rhodes Supermarket.The Moderne style center has white-stuccoed walls, architectural neon, decorative brick courses, bands of terra cotta tile, and large expanses of plate glass display windows. Two pairs of decorative towers rise from the four corners.Despite threats from shopping malls and other neighborhood centers, the Nob Hill Shopping Center remains an anchor in one of the most vibrant parts of the city. It was renovated in the early 1980s. Today, the center houses restaurants, specialty shops, and services.ThenRio Puerco BridgeRio Puerco, New MexicoThe Rio Puerco Bridge is located off of and parallel to Interstate 40 at exit 140 west of Albuquerque, NM. A post-1937 alignment of Route 66, now used as a frontage road, is east of the bridge and reconnects with the interstate at exit 149. Visitors can walk across the bridge.The Federal Government funded the bridge in1933 as part of President Roosevelt’seffort to use emergency monies for highwayconstruction. Completed within a year, thebridge opened the Laguna Cutoff totranscontinental traffic. In 1937, thealignment officially became U.S. Route66.The Kansas City Structural SteelCompany conceived the structure, and F.D.Shufflebarger was in charge ofconstructing the bridge. The Rio PuercoBridge has a 250 foot long span and is oneof the longest single span steel trussbridges built in New Mexico. This bridge served motorists on Route 66 for many years, and when I-40 was completed, the Rio Puerco Bridge became part of afrontage road across the Rio Puerco.In 1999, the New Mexico State Highway and Transportation Department replaced it but preserved the historic bridge. Though currently closed to car traffic, the old bridge is open for people to walk across, allowing visitors a glimpse of the old Highway 66 slowly curving and dipping as it disappears into the vast New Mexico desert.Rio Puerco Bridge National Park Service Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program。
