Highway 666 facts
While investigating facts about Highway 666, I found out little known, but curios details like:
U.S Route 666, nicknamed "The Devil's Highway" was renamed to Route 491 in 2003, and within days of the announcement all the old signs containing the number 666 were stolen as souvenirs.
U.S. Route 491 had its name changed from Route 666 in 2003 after people petitioned the American Association of State Highway & Transport Officials as they believed altering the name might lift the curse that many thought had been placed on the road.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 5 of the best facts about Highway 666 I managed to collect.
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Yellow Torpedos", which are bottles filled with urine, are filling the highways. Just one crew found 2,666 bottles of urine in just one county in Colorado alone. Maintenance workers will sometimes run them over causing some to explode, covering the worker in urine.
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There is a community in Canada called Redditt. Its main road used to be Highway 666 but has since changed due to a local church thinking it was inappropriate for it to be located on a "Highway to Hell"
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The US highway 491 was originally named Route 666, the Satanic connotation combined with a high fatality rate convinced people that it was cursed. The problem was compounded by the persistent sign theft. These factors led to renaming of the highway, and since then the fatality rates have decreased.
