This, by far, was the most moving image of our trip. Several pieces of Route 66 were rebuilt as the years went on, and the route occasionally changed. Here you see an older alignment (around 1920's - 1930's), and how the forest took over after the maintenance stopped. It made us think what would happen if we stopped maintaining a big city like Los Angeles or New York... Notice the road is a lot narrower, probably only 10-15 feet across.
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