Exit 48 is a major interchange; it is the gateway to Las Vegas and Hoover Dam via US-93. Mostly 4-lane and an excellent highway, the traffic flows well even though it is usually very heavy. 
  Note: If you don’t know for sure you have enough fuel to reach Flagstaff, fill up here at this exit. The prices between here and Flagstaff are enough to give you a coronary! This is also an excellent place to take a breather and enjoy a leisurely meal. There is an especially good Chinese restaurant just north of the interchange (on the left about across from the Texaco station. It is dangerous to call out names of businesses – they change so quickly.

Visitors' Center - From I-40 take exit 48 and turn east (to the right if you're eastbound on I-40) on I-40-Business. Six blocks from the exit (at the Sheriff's Station) I-40-Business and US-93 split. Stay to the right and continue on I-40-Business. This is (what used to be) the famous Route 66. The Tourist Information and Visitor Center is just ahead to the right in the old Powerhouse at 120 W. Route 66. For more information phone 1-866-427-7866 (toll free).

Kingman Powerhouse - Placed in service in 1907 to generate electrical power for the city of Kingman. It also supplied the area mines with power to operate their hoists and pumps. Completion of the Hoover Dam in 1938 'pulled the plug' on the local generating station. It did remain in service for a few more years as a substation but technological advances made that impractical, also.
  Rescued by a group of concerned citizens, the old Powerhouse has been converted into a busy Visitors' Center and houses a number of other historic-centered organizations.

LocomotivePark - Here, also at the old Powerhouse, famed steam locomotive #3759 awaits your inspection. Designed as a coal burning engine, it was converted to burn oil in 1941. It was the last of the big steam engines to traverse the Santa Fe line to Kingman. It was finally taken out of service and presented to the city in 1957. Old #3759 was joined by a brightly decorated caboose in 1987. Don't you know someone who would love to see them?

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Route 66 Museum - This 'Route 66' Museum is housed in the old Powerhouse. Kingman is in the “heart” of the longest (remaining) stretch of the 2400 mile-long US-66 that is now one of America's legends. Here you can view displays from photos to life-sized dioramas depicting the travel and travelers along this road which was so important in its day. For more information phone 1-928-753-9889.
  The museum is housed in the same building (the old Powerhouse) as the Kingman Visitors' Center.

Kingman Army Airfield Museum - In 1943, this Army Air Field was commissioned to train gunners for our bombers. During the course of World War II, over 36,000 gunners were trained.
  When the War was won in 1945, there was no further need to train gunners - nor for the aircraft in which they flew. The Air Field was given the task of converting the aluminum in these planes to aluminum ingots. This assignment was finally completed in 1948. 70,000,000 pounds of aluminum were rescued from 7,000 thousand airplanes.
  After this last assignment was completed, the military had no further use for the facility and ownership was transferred to Mohave County. It now serves as a museum.
  To pass on a quote from the Museum: "A relatively few of the airplanes escaped destruction, and some are still flying today. Others rest in the museum to be viewed by people who do not remember, or who do not understand the meaning of what they are seeing. For more information phone 1-928-757-1892.
  From I-40 take exit 53. Turn left onto Route 66 and follow it along the railroad tracks to Mohave Airport Drive. Turn right, drive to the end of the road and turn right onto Flightline Drive. You'll easily see the museum.

Mohave Museum of History and Arts - This private, not-for-profit organization was founded in 1961. To quote: "(We) are dedicated to the purposes of preserving the heritage of Northwestern Arizona and of presenting that history to the public."
   The museum also maintains a library in which are housed documents, manuscripts, maps, and photos about Mohave County, Arizona and the American Southwest. For more information phone 1-928-753-3195.
  The Museum is located just a couple hundred yards east of the Kingman Visitors' Center.