In a letter to her local NBC affiliate, Sowers urged her Ohio legislature to rename Route 666 to another number that won’t remind people of the devil. She also questioned Ohio’s intentions in assigning a roadway with Satan’s numbers to begin with, saying, “I don’t know what the intentions of the state of Ohio are. I only know that these signs are posted with these numbers, and these numbers make me uncomfortable.”

Sowers isn’t the first person to call for their local government to rename a highway featuring the number 666. In 2003, New Mexico, working alongside Colorado and Utah, successfully petitioned the Federal Highway Administration to rename its Route 666 to Route 491. New Mexico’s argument was that due to the road’s stigma, people circumvented it, and in turn, distressed local economies, which relied on people traveling along the road.

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An employee for Ohio’s Department of Transportation addressed Sower’s concerns but noted that it’s not easy to have a roadway’s name changed, explaining, “Short answer, yes, a state route number can be changed, but it’s rare and only done when there’s a clear transportation need.”

So until Sowers can show that there’s a “need” for renaming Route 666, she’ll have to settle for taking the Route 60 detour she’s become accustomed to, lest she find herself on the Highway to Hell.