With the blessings of officials from three Western states, the stretch of highway that cuts across northwestern New Mexico got a new identity
Wednesday: U.S. 666 became U.S. 491.
"We're kicking the devil out of New Mexico," said Rhonda Faught, secretary of New Mexico's Department of Transportation.
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