Is this highway thing really true? How many Accidents have taken place on it in the past years? I was told that if you drive down it there are crosses across the entire highway

Is it true that there is a highway that has the official number 666? Yes, there really is. In fact, there’s more than one. The one in the story I linked above is in Canada. The U.S. also has a highway 666 located in New Mexico which the Governor there is trying to get renumbered for the same stupid reasons.

The number of the Beast: Gov. Bill Richardson was applauded near the end of his State of the State address Tuesday when he announced he not only supports renovation on U.S. 666 in northwestern New Mexico, but he’s working to change the name.

Rhonda Faught, the state Highway and Transportation Department secretary designate, said Tuesday she would immediately begin the process of changing the name.

“It has negative connotations,“ she said in a written statement. “It also discourages tourism and economic development in the area.“

For those not familiar with the Book of Revelations — or heavy-metal music — the number 666 is associated with the Anti-Christ.

Rep. Ray Begaye, D- Shiprock, told a reporter the Navajo Nation has been trying to get the name changed for about 10 years because of the Satanic connotations.

Begaye said he will introduce a memorial requesting the federal government change the road’s name to the Sen. John Pinto Memorial Federal Highway to honor the Democratic senator from Tohatchi, currently serving his seventh term.

U.S. 666, which in this state runs between Gallup and Shiprock, has enough problems without being associated with the Devil, Begaye said.

“There’s a significant number of alcohol-related deaths on that highway, but because it’s on the Navajo reservation, the major media ignores it,“ Begaye said.

Because U.S. 666 also runs through Utah and Colorado, highway officials from all three states must coordinate, state highway spokesman S.U. Mahesh said.

The agency that recommends such changes is the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.

So how did Satan get his paws into the highway? “This is the sixth major route of Route 66,“ Mahesh said, noting the road was named in the 1940s.—Santa Fe New Mexican.com

As is usual in these stories no one provides any hard numbers on how many accidents occur on the roads as opposed to any other road. No word in either article about crosses all over the place, but that’s not all that surprising as you can drive down almost any freeway and find crosses all over from makeshift memorials at accident sites. At least in Santa Fe they admit the name change is purely for PR purposes.

You people ain’t seen nothing yet, for me i live and grew up near the 3-6 strip and nothings wrong with me or anyone i know! To me all you people are scared for no reason at all. If they do change the route name from 666 to somthing else, forsay 420 are they going to change it again?

I have heard this story of highway 666 and they say there is a satan truck there that runs you over i read this story before and wondering if its real one time when i grow up i know im gonna go to us Highway 666

I live In Gallup, New Mexico which is a town on 666, recently they have been lobbying to have the name changed. The reason for the accidents is because the road is undermaintained in some places and is small. The hills and turns in the route contribute to human error as people speed through there. But there are a unusually large amount of accidents and fatalities on this strip of road. There is really nothing to worry about the road, there is nothing supernatural about the highway. Although they say there are some strange things. One I can contribute is there are reports of creatures that run across the road at night. At least twice I think UFO’s were actually spotted in the area and chased down by police and curious onlookers. There are a lot of fiction that spread but there is not enough calm people around to tell the facts. But it makes a kind of morbid tourist attraction for people.

There is/was also a highway 666 in Ontario and Arizona.

the road formallly known as 666 (aks US491)

hard numbers you want?  the motor vehicle crash fatality rate for navajos is about 79 per 100,000.  ...compare this to 19 per 100,000 for all Americans.

Interesting numbers Zoey, but the questions I have are: why are you picking on the Navajo’s? As a people are they aligned with Satan thus suffer more highway related fatalities than the rest of us? What are the numbers of fatalities for other ethnic groups along the same evil stretch of road? Could there be other reasons non-diabolical that would account for the higher death rate among the native peoples travelling along the devil’s driveway? Might it have anything to do with say a higher incidence of alcoholism among native Americans, up to 3 times the rate in the general U.S. population? Maybe the devil made them drink and drive…

Dunno about the exact ethnic breakdown of road fatalities…but I’d be more inclined to believe that it has something to do with the concentration of folks who live in the area… I mean… in the town I moved from… most traffic fatalties involved either Irish or Brazilians…‘cause that’s who lives there…

everyone, shut the fuck up. 666 means shit. its the same thing as 444 or 999 or whatever else. You people are all stupid as hell.

Okay Hoody or is it Mr. Hoo? Although it is not a prerequisite to posting you might want to actually READ the previous entries and search for signs of sarcasm. I believe most people posting are expressing incredulity at the name change, not thanking god that yet another diabolical highway has been converted to as nice god fearing road.

Next thing you know some idiot will start thinking about renaming Pennsylvania’s historic Hershey Highway.

Highway 666 was renamed to HWY 491. My memorial bill was signed by Governor Richardson that prop the name change.

Why the change? Not because of its satanic symbolism, but to correct the federal numbering system. Highway stretching north to south are odd numbered and east to west are even numbered. Go figure.

This is the main reason.

Rep. Begaye

Far out - we’ve got politicians hanging out at the Bastard’s!

My grandfather was a truck driver and he told me of stories he had heard about a woman walking up and down highway 666 a ghost they said has anyone every heward those stories? if so email me with them im very interested

I live in Gallup and heard that a nice looking woman in a black mini skirt hitch hikes between Mexican Springs and Shiprock.  I have driven that rode and look for her, but I haven’t seen her because at times the danger is from the living.  The dangerous
drivers and of course the drunk drivers create havoc on that road.  Occasional cattle and coyotes cross your path and be prepared for the skin walker too.  I haven’t seen a UFO yet, but I will keep my eye out for them too.  I am hoping to meet that sexy hitch hiker too, but I hear she disappears on you when you are driving, scaring the pants off of you.

Satan here- zilch is channeling me, or rather I’m channeling him, a cinch for me since he’s got Darwin instead of Jesus in his soul.

Those pathetic fools in New Mexico think they outwitted me by changing the number of U.S. 666.  Luckily for me, I saw what they were up to (I’m everywhere, as Laurie Anderson says) and “suggested” 491 to them.  Most Christians can’t do math, so they didn’t suspect a thing. 4 times 9 is, any hands?  Right, 36, which is what? 6 times 6.  And what’s 1 times 6?  Buahahaha!

oh the devil is everywhere and he is smarter than any human ever thought of being, the only thing that can possibly kick his red arse is the ever living Word of God!!!!  the dev loves to lurk in shadows in stealthiness, his flonts aint an outright 666, but rather like such: 238215, or for instance the booze “O” with a little “3” meaning 6 powered by 3 equaling 666. the dev loves “0"s because its the 15th letter.look at the boeng 747, one miss could cost hundreds of souls… “747” subtract one from both sevens and add them to the four…or the .57 mag, take one from the seven and add it to the five equalling 66, 66 always make 66 by doing: 6x6=36… 6 powered by 3=666, look at this, the back of your eye sees $999 as 666, your subconsc see 666 all day long to wash ya sub thinkin… I kno about the dev and S.S.,theyve got a price on the prize, but I’ve got an axe and 2 38’s (acts 2:38 haha), actually have luke 10"38, eph 6:10-18, ps 91, and sev more… the dev is losing his battle, his advisers are all skitz, Gods in full control haha.

oops=luke 10:19

Thanks Wendell O, that was one of the funnier comments we’ve gotten in awhile.

ii have heard about this highway!!
ive heard that 666 is the devils address
and if yuu follow this highway it lead you strait 2 hell!!
now if this is true when ii turn 17 ima take some of mah homies and were gonna find this highway 666 and follow it!! coz ii wanna no if it really does take you 2 hell!!