U.S. Route 491

U.S. Route 491 was created in 2003 as a renumbering of US Route 666. The highway runs through Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, as well as the tribal nations of the Navajo Nation and Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. It was nicknamed the “Devil’s Highway” because of the significance of the number 666 to many Christian denominations, which believe it to...