Detour to Terror (1980 TV Movie)

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Last updated: March 7, 2023

Drama featuring O.J. Simpson as a heroic bus driver. My, times do change....

I had real problems just where in the heck they are located out on the Laguna Reservation. Love that big black mountain, but where is it?


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Car Wash - Downtown Bus Station

SB on 4th next to police station, WB on Marquette

Big-I/NB, then WB

I-40 - Gallup 125

Mesa

Highway 6/I-40 overpass/SB cattle crossing (34.981431°, -107.171734°) and San Jose River bridge

Driving N & S

Bus runs off road - approx. (34.968497°, -107.174780°). This picture is taken nearby - just north of the coordinate.

Highway 6 (Detour to Terror).

Bus back on road, but where?

Turnoff

Atrisco Vista overpass over I-40

EB I-40 approx. (34.992935°, -107.241397°)

Hilltop Campground

Hijack - turn into desert

Overpass at Rio Puerco

Big Mesas

Donuts

Big Mesa

Deserted house

Gravesite

Desert chase

Drop into Rio Puerco

Final aerial shot (34.890206°, -107.068948°)