Head over to New Mexico and take a drive down Route 66. There, the road will sing "America the Beautiful" to you. The rumble strips on this stretch of road have been carved into the road to create specific intervals and pitches when your tires run over them. The only catch is that you have to drive at 45 miles per hour for it to happen.
To make the road sing, a local contractor put down metal plates along the road then poured asphalt on top of them. The plates combined with the rumble strips is what makes the sound when someone drives over it.
The singing road was paid for by National Geographic. It is a permanent addition to Route 66.
The only other singing road in the country is in California. It plays “William Tell Overture.”
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