Winslow, Arizona, will be another Route 66 town that will receive a so-called “singing highway.”
According to the September newsletter of the Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona, the city hired ROADTUNES to install rumble strips on Route 66 that will emit a melody when tires go over them at a certain speed.
The association reported that the singing road will be on Winslow’s east side, near 9/11 Remembrance Park.
Drivers maintaining a speed of 35 miles per hour will get to enjoy a line from “Take It Easy.” No surprise, but the radial-induced line will be “Standin’ on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, such a fine sight to see.”
Scheduled to be built in September, there’s no set date for completion of the musical road. Weather plays a part because conditions have to be dry for construction. But it should be up and singing before the Standin’ on a Corner Festival.
The festival is scheduled for Sept. 26-27.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico, is also set to receive a singing road on Route 66 on the city’s west side.
Tijeras, New Mexico, also has one, but it was built in 2014 and is not working as well as it once did due to age and weathering.
(Image of a sign near the musical road along Route 66 in Tijeras, New Mexico, in 2014)