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Route 466
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This article is about the routing of US 466 that existed between 1935 and 1971. For the
route proposed as US 466 in 1925, see U.S. Route 85.

U.S. Route 466

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US 466 highlighted in red

Route information
Auxiliary route of US 66
Length526 mi (847 km)
Existed1935–1971
Major junctions
West end  SR 1 in Morro Bay, CA (1935-1965)
California border at Primm, NV (1965-1971)
    US 101 from Atascadero,
California to Paso Robles, California
  US 99 / US 399 in Bakersfiel
d
  US 66 in Barstow, California
  US 91 / I-15 from Barstow
to Las Vegas, Nevada
   US 93 / US 95 from Las
Vegas to Boulder City, Nevada
  US 93 from Boulder City
to Kingman, Arizona
East end  US 66 in Kingman, AZ (1935-1969)
AZ border near Boulder City, NV (1969-1971)
Location
StatesCalifornia, Nevada, Arizona
Highway system
 United States Numbered Highway System
 List
 Special
 Divided
CA
←   I-405 SR 480   →
NV
←   SR 447 SR 485   →
AZ
←   SR 464 SR 473   →

U.S. Route 466 (US 466) was an east–west United States highway. Though it reached
a length of around 500 miles (805 km), the route was co-signed with other US routes for
much of its length. When California deleted most of its U.S. Highways in the mid-1960s,
including US 466 in 1964, there was no longer a need for the designation.
The general route between Barstow and Kingman is now more directly served
by Interstate 40.
The route is known for being the highway on which actor James Dean died in a car
accident on September 30, 1955, at the intersection of CA 41 near Cholame, California.

Contents

 1Route description
o 1.1California
o 1.2Nevada
o 1.3Arizona
 2History
 3Major intersections
 4See also
 5References
 6External links

Route description[edit]
California[edit]
US 466 shield in California

US 466 began in Morro Bay, continuing to US 101 before turning north and following the
path of today's SR 41 to Shandon in San Luis Obispo County. From there, US 466
followed the path of today's SR 46 east. At Famoso, US 466 joined US 99 and ran south
to Bakersfield. From Bakersfield, U.S. Route 466 generally followed what is now the
alignment of SR 58. Between Barstow, California and the Nevada line, the route
followed the path of today's Interstate 15 and was co-signed with U.S. Route 91.
Nevada[edit]
U.S. Route 466 entered Nevada at Primm. It headed north concurrent with U.S. Route
91 to Las Vegas, where the route followed Las Vegas Boulevard. In downtown Las
Vegas, US 466 turned east on Fremont Street with U.S. Route 93 (and later, U.S. Route
95). The two routes followed Fremont Street and Boulder Highway heading southeast
through Henderson and Boulder City towards the Arizona state line on Hoover Dam.
Arizona[edit]
Main article: U.S. Route 93 in Arizona

Directional colored shields found on US 466 in Arizona during the 1950s.

From the Nevada line on Hoover Dam, U.S. Route 466 remained co-signed with US 93
as it headed southeast. The highway reached its eastern terminus in Kingman where it
connected to the old U.S. Route 66.

History[edit]
US 466 was commissioned in 1935, extending from U.S. Route 66 in Kingman,
Arizona to the Pacific Ocean at Morro Bay, California. Between Las Vegas,
Nevada and Barstow, California, the route was co-signed with U.S. Route 91. In 1951,
the U.S. Route 93 designation was extended to include the section of US 466 from its
eastern terminus at Kingman, Arizona to the US 91 junction in Las Vegas, Nevada. This
left the California segment as the only section of the route not co-signed with another
route.
In 1964, California deleted the US 466 designation. Arizona eliminated the designation
in 1969. When Nevada followed suit in 1971, the route ceased to exist.
Major intersections[edit]
State County Location mi[1] km Destinations Notes

Californi Morro Bay 0 0.0  SR 1

a

Atascadero 19 31  US 101

San Luis
Obispo
Western end of SR 41
Shandon 47 76  SR 41 west overlap

Eastern end of SR 41
Cholame 54 87  SR 41 east overlap

Blackwells 13
81  SR 33
Corner 0

19 Western end of US 99
Famoso 119  US 99 north
2 overlap

Kern
22  US 99 south / SR  Eastern end of US 99
Bakersfield 139
4 178 overlap

33
Mojave 205  US 6
0

San 39
243  US 395
Bernardino 1

Barstow 275 44  US 91 south Western end of US 91

3 to US 66 overlap
 54
Baker 338  SR 127 north
4

64
400
0
Mojave Desert California–Nevada state line

0 0.0

Jean 12 19  SR 53

Eastern end of US 91
 US 91 north /  overlap; western end of
Las Vegas 30 48
US 93 north / US 95 north US 93 and US 95
Nevada Clark overlaps

Henderson 44 71  SR 41

Eastern end of US 95
Alunite 49 79  US 95 south overlap

57 92
Colorado River Hoover Dam; Nevada–Arizona state line
0 0.0

53 85  SR 62

10
Arizona Mohave 68  SR 68
9

11
Kingman 72  US 66
6

1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

       Concurrency terminus

See also[edit]

  California Roads portal

References[edit]
1. ^ "California, Nevada, and Arizona" (Map).  Road Reference
and Atlas  (1947 ed.).  Chicago: Rand McNally. pp. 20, 25,
60.
  Endpoints of US highways: US 466 (II)

External links[edit]
Route map: 

KML file (edit • help)

  Media related to U.S. Route 466 at Wikimedia

Commons
 California @ AARoads.com - U.S. Route 466
 California Highways: US 466
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U.S. Routes related to US 66

Italics denotes former route

Categories: 
 U.S. Highways in Arizona
 U.S. Highways in California
 Former U.S. Highways
 Former state highways in California
 Former U.S. Highways in Nevada
 U.S. Route 66
 United States Numbered Highway System
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