History
US 366 was one of the original routes of the network of United States Numbered Highways as published by the American Association of State Highway Officials in 1927. The route branched off from its parent route US 66 in Amarillo, Texas and was then defined as passing through Canyon before crossing the New Mexico state line west of Farwell. The route then passed through Clovis, Portales, Roswell, Hondo, Alamogordo, and Orogrande before reentering Texas south of Newman. The route then continued through El Paso to the U.S.-Mexico border for a total length of 416 miles (669 km). Texas portions of the route were part of Texas State Highway 33 along both portions within the state. US 366 followed or replaced portions of New Mexico State Road 50, NM 3, NM 16, NM 13, NM 2, NM 18, and NM 15. The route was realigned in 1931 effective with the following year's route log and was replaced by US 54 from El Paso to Tularosa, NM, US 70 from Alamogordo to Farwell, US 60 from Clovis to Amarillo, and US 84 between Clovis and Farwell in 1935.
The realigned US 366 replaced U.S. Route 470 in New Mexico which was also one of the original routes of the 1927 AASHO log. The parent route of U.S. 470 was US 70 which it met at Willard. The route as published proceeded from Willard through Moriarty ending at Albuquerque for at total of 73 miles (117 km). US 470 followed part of the route of NM 41 north from Willard to Moriarty, and NM 6 west to Albuquerque where it ended at the combined route of US 66 and US 85. US 470 was renamed US 366 when US 70 was relocated southward over the previous US 366 ending the parent route connection, but creating a new one with US 66. In the late 1930s, US 66 was rerouted south from its original path through Santa Fe over to NM 6 from Albuquerque to Santa Rosa including the section of US 366 west of Moriarty. At that time, US 366's designation was canceled, and the portion between Willard and Moriarty retained its NM 41 designation. The segment between Albuquerque and Moriarty is now part of I-40 and NM 333.
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