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five to six miles (8 to 10 km) north of that city while local and state officials insisted on following a proposed route that touched the northern city limits of San Jon. In November 1969, a truce was reached when federal highway officials agreed to build the I-40 route just outside the city, therefore providing local businesses dependent on highway traffic easy access to and from the freeway via the north–south highway that crossed old US 66 in San Jon. I-40 was completed from Glenrio to the east side of San Jon in 1976 and extended west to Tucumcari in 1981, including the bypasses around both cities.
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drive US 66 uninterrupted all the way from Chicago to Los Angeles, much of the original route and alternate alignments are still drivable with careful planning. Some stretches are quite well preserved, including one between Springfield, Missouri, and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Some sections of US 66 still retain their historic 9-foot-wide (2.7 m) "sidewalk highway" form, never having been resurfaced to make them into full-width highways. These old sections have a single, paved lane, concrete curbs to mark the edge of the lane, and gravel shoulders for passing.
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the bridge, which features a "neon park" with replicas of the neon signs from Tulsa-area Route 66 motels of the era, including the Tulsa Auto Court, the Oil Capital Motel, and the famous bucking-bronco sign of the Will Rogers Motor Court. Future plans for that site also include a Route 66 Museum. Also, Tulsa has installed "Route 66 Rising", a 70-by-30-foot (21.3 by 9.1 m) sculpture on the road's former eastern approach to town at East Admiral Place and Mingo Road.
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this section was entirely bypassed by I-40 in 1975), and on two other sections; from Canute to Elk City in 1959 and Hydro to Weatherford in 1960, both of which were upgraded with the construction of a new westbound lane in 1966 to bring the highway up to full interstate standards and demoting the old US 66 paving to frontage road status. In the initial process of constructing
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businesses. Since the interstates only provided access via ramps at interchanges, travelers could not pull directly off a highway into a business. At first, plans were laid out to allow mainly national chains to be placed in interstate medians. Such lawsuits effectively prevented this on all but toll roads.
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along a combination of historic and modern alignments. The group's redesignation proposal does not enjoy universal support, as requirements that the route meet modern US Highway system specifications could force upgrades that compromise its historic integrity or require US 66 signage be moved to
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Some towns in Missouri threatened to sue the state if the US 66 designation was removed from the road, though lawsuits never materialized. Several businesses were well known to be on US 66, and fear of losing the number resulted in the state of Missouri officially requesting the designation
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The same scenario was used in western Oklahoma, when US 66 was initially upgraded to a four-lane highway such as from Sayre to Erick to the Texas border at Texola in 1957 and 1958 where the old paving was retained for westbound traffic and a new parallel lane built for eastbound traffic (much of
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Legislation for public highways first appeared in 1916, with revisions in 1921, but the government did not execute a national highway construction plan until Congress enacted an even more comprehensive version of the act in 1925. The original inspiration for a road between Chicago and Los Angeles was
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over which the route passed, and which includes a giant sculpture weighing 20,000 pounds (9,100 kg) called "East Meets West". The sculpture depicts the Avery family riding west in a Model T Ford meeting an eastbound horse-drawn carriage. In 2020, Avery Plaza Southwest opened, at the west end of
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Local and area business and civic leaders and news media called upon state and federal highway officials to get I-40 built through the area. Disputes over proposed highway routing in the vicinity of San Jon held up construction plans for several years as federal officials proposed that I-40 run some
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with train cars. Elsewhere, Tulsa has constructed twenty-nine historical markers scattered along the 26-mile route of the highway through Tulsa, containing tourist-oriented stories, historical photos, and a map showing the location of historical sites and the other markers. The markers are mostly
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were founded in Arizona in 1987 and, in 1989, Missouri (incorporated in 1990) and Illinois. Other groups in the other US 66 states soon followed. In 1990, the state of Missouri declared US 66 in that state a "State Historic Route". The first "Historic Route 66" marker in Missouri was
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When the highway was decommissioned, sections of the road were disposed of in various ways. Within many cities, the route became a "business loop" for the interstate. Some sections became state roads, local roads, or private drives, or were abandoned completely. Although it is no longer possible to
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and was the steepest along the entire route, so much so that some early travellers, too frightened at the prospect of driving such a potentially dangerous road, hired locals to navigate the winding grade. The section remained as US 66 until 1953 and is still open to traffic today as the Oatman
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In some cases, such as many areas in Illinois, the new Interstate Highway not only paralleled the old US 66, it actually used much of the same roadway. A typical approach was to build one new set of lanes, then move one direction of traffic to it, while retaining the original set of lanes for
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Since the 1950s, as Interstates were being constructed, sections of US 66 not only saw the traffic drain to them, but often the route number itself was moved to the faster means of travel. In some cases, such as to the east of St. Louis, this was done as soon as the Interstate was finished to
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Much of the early highway, like all the other early highways, was gravel or graded dirt. Due to the efforts of the U.S. Highway 66 Association, US 66 became the first highway to be completely paved in 1938. Several places were dangerous: more than one part of the highway was nicknamed "Bloody
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66 is the path of a people in flight, refugees from dust and shrinking land, from the thunder of tractors and shrinking ownership, from the desert's slow northward invasion, from the twisting winds that howl up out of Texas, from the floods that bring no richness to the land and steal what little
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became the first cities in New Mexico to work out an agreement with state and federal officials in determining the locations of their I-40 bypasses as close to their business areas as possible in order to permit easy access for highway travelers to their localities. Other cities soon fell in line
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During its nearly 60-year existence, US 66 was under constant change. As highway engineering became more sophisticated, engineers constantly sought more direct routes between cities and towns. Increased traffic led to a number of major and minor realignments of US 66 through the years,
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Originally, highway officials planned for the last section of US 66 to be bypassed by interstates in Texas, but as was the case in many places, lawsuits held up construction of the new interstates. The US Highway 66 Association had become a voice for the people who feared the loss of their
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across western Oklahoma, the state also included projects to upgrade the through routes in El Reno, Weatherford, Clinton, Canute, Elk City, Sayre, Erick, and Texola to four-lane highways not only to provide seamless transitions from the rural sections of I-40 from both ends of town but also to
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west through San Jon to Tucumcari, which was becoming increasingly treacherous due to heavier and heavier traffic on the narrow two-lane highway. During 1968 and 1969, this section of US 66 was often referred to by locals and travelers as "Slaughter Lane" due to numerous injury and fatal
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were to be constructed first with bypasses around cities to come later. However, some business and civic leaders in cities along US 66 were completely opposed to bypassing fearing loss of business and tax revenues. In 1963, the New Mexico Legislature enacted legislation that banned the
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to promote the complete paving of the highway from end to end and to promote travel down the highway. In 1927, in Tulsa, the association was officially established with John T. Woodruff of Springfield, Missouri, elected the first president. In 1928, the association made its first attempt at
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Travel Itinerary describing over one hundred individual historic sites. As the popularity and mythical stature of US 66 has continued to grow, demands have begun to mount to improve signage, return US 66 to road atlases and revive its status as a continuous routing.
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has a section on US 66 in its "America on the Move" exhibition. In the exhibit is a portion of pavement of the route taken from Bridgeport, Oklahoma and a restored car and truck of the type that would have been driven on the road in the 1930s. Also on display is a
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of the 1930s, and it supported the economies of the communities through which it passed. People doing business along the route became prosperous, and they later fought to keep it alive in the face of the growing threat of being bypassed by the more advanced
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from the United States Highway System in 1985 after it was entirely replaced by segments of the Interstate Highway System. Portions of the road that passed through Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona have been communally designated a
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Over the years, US 66 received numerous nicknames. Right after US 66 was commissioned, it was known as "The Great Diagonal Way" because the Chicago-to-Oklahoma City stretch ran northeast to southwest. Later, US 66 was advertised by the
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in Los Angeles. A U.S. Highway 66 Association office in Oklahoma received hundreds of requests for information after the ad was published. The association went on to serve as a voice for businesses along the highway until it disbanded in 1976.
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as sites along the route such as gas stations, motels, cafés, trading posts and drive-in movie theaters are threatened by development in urban areas and by abandonment and decay in rural areas. The National Park Service developed a Route 66
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From the outset, public road planners intended US 66 to connect the main streets of rural and urban communities along its course for the most practical of reasons: Most small towns had no prior access to a major national thoroughfare.
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of the 1930s saw many farming families, mainly from Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, and Texas, heading west for agricultural jobs in California. US 66 became the main road of travel for these people, often derogatorily called
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between Chicago and Springfield, Missouri. Arguments and counterarguments continued throughout February, including a proposal to split the proposed route through Kentucky into Route 60 North (to Chicago) and Route 60 South (to
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and included a "Route 66 Roadhouse" stage on Columbus Avenue, a few yards north of old US 66/Jackson Boulevard (both closed to traffic for the festival), and a block west of the route's former eastern terminus at
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traffic flowing in the opposite direction. Then a second set of lanes for traffic flowing in the other direction would be constructed, finally followed by abandoning the other old set of lanes or converting them into a
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construction of interstate bypasses around cities by local request. This legislation was short-lived, however, due to pressures from Washington and threat of loss of federal highway funds so it was rescinded by 1965.
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between Tulsa and Oklahoma City. The new 88-mile (142 km) toll road paralleled US 66 for its entire length and bypassed each of the towns along US 66. The Turner Turnpike was joined in 1957 by the new
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richness is there. From all of these the people are in flight, and they come into 66 from the tributary side roads, from the wagon tracks and the rutted country roads. 66 is the mother road, the road of flight.
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that often denied merchants on the old road access to signage on the freeway, became factors in the closure of many established US 66 businesses as travelers could no longer easily find or reach them.
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By the late 1960s, most of the rural sections of US 66 had been replaced by I-40 across New Mexico with the most notable exception being the 40-mile (64 km) strip from the Texas border at
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At 3770 Southwest Blvd. is the Route 66 Historical Village, which includes a tourism information center modeled after a 1920s-1930s gas station, and other period-appropriate artifacts such as the
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US 66 had its western terminus in California, and covered 315 miles (507 km) in the state. The terminus was located at the Pacific Coast Highway, then US 101 Alternate and now
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US 66 covered 380 miles (610 km) in the state and passed through many Indian reservations in the western half of New Mexico. East of those reservations, the highway passed through
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On Tulsa's Southwest Boulevard, between W. 23rd and W. 24th Streets there is a granite marker dedicated to Route 66 as the Will Rogers Highway which features an image of namesake
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A remnant of an original state right-of-way marker serves as a reminder of the early days of the road's construction. This was part of the 1927 construction of US 66.
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particularly in the years immediately following World War II when Illinois began widening US 66 to four lanes through virtually the entire state from Chicago to the
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US 66 was rerouted around several larger cities via bypass or beltline routes to permit travelers to avoid city traffic congestion. Some of those cities included
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into Bridgeport. In 1933, a straighter cut-off route was completed from west of El Reno to one mile (1.6 km) south of Bridgeport, crossing over a 38-span steel
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route be US 62. Avery and highway engineer John Page settled on "66", which was unassigned, despite the fact that in its entirety, US 66 was north of US 60.
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in Arizona was another popular stop. This sharp increase in tourism in turn gave rise to a burgeoning trade in all manner of roadside attractions, including
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Traffic grew on the highway because of the geography through which it passed. Much of the highway was essentially flat and this made the highway a popular
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has the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum, designed to display the iconic ideas, images, and myths of the Mother Road. A memorial museum to the Route's namesake,
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US 66 has been a fixture in popular culture. American pop-culture artists publicized US 66 and the experience, through song and television.
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Championed by Avery when the first talks about a national highway system began, US 66 was first signed into law in 1927 as one of the original
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advertised a free 72-ounce (2.0 kg) steak dinner to anyone who could consume the entire meal in one hour. It also marked the birth of the
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in 1984 and 1989, respectively. In 2005, the State of Missouri made the road a state scenic byway from Illinois to Kansas. In the cities of
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who was influenced by his experiences in 1919 as a young Army officer crossing the country in a truck convoy (following the route of the
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The replica of a movie prop sign found on the Santa Monica Pier. The western terminus of US 66 is nine block east of this sign.
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in Missouri was located near the highway, which was locally upgraded quickly to a divided highway to help with military traffic. When
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was the last point on US 66 to be bypassed by an Interstate. The route also passed through the once-incorporated community of
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With the decommissioning of US 66, no single interstate route was designated to replace it, with the route being covered by
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In 1936, US 66 was extended from downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica to end at US 101 Alt., today the intersection of
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In Arizona, the highway originally covered 401 miles (645 km) in the state. Along much of the way, US 66 paralleled
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before entering Kansas where it covered only 13.2 miles (21.2 km). Only three towns are located on the route in Kansas:
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has the National Route 66 & Transportation Museum, which encompasses all eight states through which the Mother Road ran.
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which was released in 1940, twelve years before the association gave the road that name. A plaque dedicating the highway to
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that provided for $ 10 million in matching fund grants for preserving and restoring the historic features along the route.
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erected on Kearney Street at Glenstone Avenue in Springfield, Missouri (now replaced—the original sign has been placed at
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Parts of the original Route 66 from 1913, prior to its official naming and commissioning, can still be seen north of the
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In the 1950s, US 66 became the main highway for vacationers heading to Los Angeles. The road passed through the
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Life in the Past Lane the Route 66 Experience: Historic Management Contexts for the Route 66 Corridor in California
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United States System of Highways Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials
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along the highway's post-1932 alignment down 11th Street, with some along the road's 1926 path down Admiral Place.
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has annually held its "International Route 66 Mother Road Festival" in its downtown district surrounding the
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the next exit. The displacement of US 66 signage to the new freeways, combined with restrictions in the 1965
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gas station. All along the route, preservation efforts are under way to preserve original buildings such as this.
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On April 30, 2022, the 96th anniversary of the route's numerical designation, Route 66 was honored with a video
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Some states have kept the 66 designation for parts of the highway, albeit as state roads. In Missouri, Routes
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66" and gradually work was done to realign these segments to remove dangerous curves. One section through the
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After the new federal highway system was officially created, Cyrus Avery called for the establishment of the
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has multiple sites, starting with the Cyrus Avery Centennial Plaza, located at the east end of the historic
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US 66 covered 178 miles (286 km) in the Texas Panhandle, travelling in an east–west line between
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In 1953, the Oatman Highway through the Black Mountains was completely bypassed by a new route between
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One notable remnant of US 66 is Veterans Parkway, signed as the Interstate 55 Business route, in
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were marked by private organizations. The route that became US 66 was covered by three highways:
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The U.S. Route 66 Recommissioning Initiative is a group that seeks to recertify US 66 as a
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The numerical designation 66 was assigned to the Chicago-to-Los Angeles route on April 30, 1926, in
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although it wasn't until well into the 1970s that most of those cities would be bypassed by I-40.
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The state of Missouri released its 1926 state highway map with the highway labeled as US 60.
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US 66 underwent many improvements and realignments over its lifetime, but it was officially
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are no longer a part of the system. Highlighted routes are considered main routes of the system.
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In 1953, the first major bypassing of US 66 occurred in Oklahoma with the opening of the
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provide easy access to those cities in later years after the I-40 bypasses were completed.
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near its turnpikes. "Historic Route 66" runs for a significant distance in and near
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In 1940, the first freeway in Los Angeles was incorporated into US 66; this was the
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Highway. Despite such hazards in some areas, US 66 continued to be a popular route.
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railroad equivalent, runs parallel to US 66 for significant portions of its length
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as "The Main Street of America". The title had also been claimed by supporters of
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was built to carry the growing traffic of US 66 around the city of St. Louis.
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The beginning of the decline for US 66 came in 1956 with the signing of the
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before entering Oklahoma City. Beyond Oklahoma City, the highway passed through
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The highway covered 376 miles (605 km) in Oklahoma. Today, it is marked by
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The Route 66 Association of Illinois maintains their Museum and Hall of Fame in
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Several alternate alignments of US 66 occurred because of traffic issues.
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US 66 covered 301 miles (484 km) in Illinois. It entered Illinois in
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from San Bernardino across the Los Angeles metropolitan area to Santa Monica.
775:. Again, a shorter route was taken, here following the Postal Highway between 6415: 6204: 6198: 6193: 6188: 6183: 6177: 6171: 6166: 6159: 6152: 6147: 6142: 6137: 6132: 6127: 6122: 6115: 6108: 6103: 6098: 6093: 6088: 6083: 6078: 6073: 6068: 6061: 6054: 6049: 6044: 6039: 6027: 6022: 6017: 6012: 6005: 5998: 5993: 5988: 5983: 5978: 5972: 5966: 5961: 5956: 5949: 5942: 5937: 5932: 5927: 5922: 5917: 5912: 5907: 5900: 5893: 5874: 5869: 5864: 5859: 5845: 5838: 5833: 5827: 5821: 5816: 5811: 5806: 5801: 5796: 5789: 5782: 5777: 5772: 5767: 5762: 5757: 5752: 5747: 5742: 5735: 5728: 5553: 5372: 5344: 5163: 4408: 4171: 3889: 3135: 2882: 2871: 2860: 2823: 2781: 2733: 2377: 2343: 2331: 2315: 2079: 1901: 1705: 1642: 1618: 1614: 1599: 1523: 1499: 1491: 1483: 1384: 1277: 1241:
over the South Canadian River, bypassing Calumet and Geary by several miles.
1191:(I-55). The original alignment, marked as Temporary 66, followed the current 1146: 1142: 1094: 913:, where the $ 25,000 first prize (equal to $ 443,605 in 2023) was awarded to 899: 871: 867: 419: 289: 274: 179: 5581: 5526: 5399: 5004: 3001: 1294: 720:
Before a nationwide network of numbered highways was adopted by the states,
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US 66 covered 292 miles (470 km) in Missouri. Upon entering from
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The final routing of U.S. Route 66 in red, with earlier alignments in pink
3394:. Springfield, Missouri, Convention & Visitors Bureau. Archived from 3161: 3033: 2958: 2946: 2855: 2785: 2773: 2761: 2545: 2150: 2108: 2030: 2000: 1721: 1351: 1268:
and Albuquerque to Los Lunas and then turned northwest along the present
1122: 1079: 1040: 961: 906: 880: 796: 5473:. America Through Time. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. 5153: 4136:"13th Annual International Route 66 Mother Road Festival & Car Show" 3881: 3474:"From Names to Numbers: The Origins of the U.S. Numbered Highway System" 2870:, nearly a ghost town once its mother road, US 66, was bypassed by 909:, greeted the runners at certain points on the route. The race ended in 902:, of which the path from Los Angeles to Chicago would be on US 66. 682: 4009: 3050: 2837: 2797: 2789: 2207: 2096:
in 1952, although a sign along the road with that name appeared in the
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also placed its first advertisement in the July 16, 1932, issue of the
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US 66 marker on the corner of Navajo Boulevard and Hopi Drive in
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Many preservation groups have tried to save and even landmark the old
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from St. Louis to Oklahoma City, Interstate 40 from Oklahoma City to
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with the King Cole Trio, and later covered by artists ranging from
2193:. It also ran concurrent to I-40 at California's very eastern end. 1776: 1653: 1440: 1020: 965: 859: 338: 330: 326: 217: 213: 205: 5355:
Portrait of Route 66: Images from the Curt Teich Postcard Archives
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American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
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American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
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system, which ended at the National Old Trails Road just south of
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An abandoned early US 66 alignment in central Illinois, 2006
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It was recognized in popular culture by both the 1946 hit song "
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network as a necessary component of a national defense system.
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Revisited: Same Road, Same Grim Story, Same Sense of Optimism"
4476:"Sculpture Dedicated to Cyrus Avery, the 'Father of Route 66'" 4135: 991:
Restored Magnolia gasoline station museum on Route 66 in
831: 811:(AASHO) for the creation of a route following the 1925 plans. 51:"Mother Road" redirects here. For the Grace Potter album, see 44:"The Mother Road" redirects here. For the route in China, see 5536:
Secret Route 66: a guide to the weird, wonderful, and obscure
5250: 5151: 4434: 2149:. The highway ran through major cities such as Santa Monica, 1897: 1407: 1349:. Even though there is a plaque dedicating US 66 as the 1187:, US 66 was shifted farther east to what is now roughly 945: 936: 386: 342: 201: 37:"Main Street of America" redirects here. For other uses, see 3960: 3362:"Route 66 Birthplace Festival Set for Springfield, Missouri" 1797:
Various sections of the road itself have been placed on the
4071:"Chicago Blues Festival 2017 Lineup, New Location Revealed" 3584:. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. p. 35. 3034:
Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (June 26, 1985).
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on US 66 after being evicted from their small farm in
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along US 66. The highway had major intersections with
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the following year, US 66 officially ceased to exist.
549: 5435:(1st ed.). Santa Fe, NM: Center for American Places. 3528:(Map). Jefferson City: Missouri State Highway Commission. 2556:. After passing through the suburbs, U.S. 66 entered 1522:
In New Mexico, as in most other states, rural sections of
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Many sections of US 66 underwent major realignments.
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Abandoned Route 66 Arizona: Where the Road Came to an End
3273: 767:. Instead, US 66 used one of the main routes of the 378: 4104:"20th Annual Chicago Blues Festival: The Reader's Guide" 3849:. National Park Service. April 5, 1989. pp. 25–26. 2288:. As in Arizona, in New Mexico, U.S. 66 paralleled 2157:. San Bernardino also contains one of the two surviving 2115:. There are more plaques like this; one can be found in 1825:
in California, there are US 66 signs erected along
744:(although US 66 would take a shorter route through 66: 4267:
Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary: Route 66
3843:"U.S. Route 66 in Arizona Multiple Property Submission" 2082:, but the US 66 group was more successful. In the 1280:, which had long dominated New Mexico out of Santa Fe. 2052: 1962: 1606:. Finally, with decertification of the highway by the 4260: 3784: 3673: 3451:. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 159. 2878:
to avoid confusion with the 1960s television series.
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from Barstow to San Bernardino, and a combination of
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The publicity worked: several dignitaries, including
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Klein, John (August 21, 2018). "Site Worth Seeing".
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Hip to the Trip: A Cultural History of Route 66
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Route 66 Across New Mexico: A Wanderer's Guide
4534:"Tulsa resurrects a lost piece of Route 66 history" 3961:"Historic Route 66 Association of Missouri website" 361:, covering a total of 2,448 miles (3,940 km). 4503:"Cyrus Avery plaza's Construction Nearly Finished" 3987:"Route 66 Association of Illinois history website" 3215:"Beale's Wagon Road from New Mexico to California" 1356:placed at the intersection of Ocean Boulevard and 702:to build a government-funded wagon road along the 27:Former US Highway between Chicago and Santa Monica 5452:American Signs: Form and Meaning on Route 66 3296: 708:camels as pack animals in the southwestern desert 677: 6413: 6307: 4950:. Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau. 4828:"About California Route 66 – Info & History" 5565:. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. 5492:. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. 5152:Illinois Division of Highways (April 1, 1955). 4383:"National Route 66 & Transportation Museum" 3633: 3609: 3607: 3605: 3603: 3601: 2984:American Association of State Highway Officials 818: 809:American Association of State Highway Officials 410:. Other designations and nicknames include the 381:from 1960 to 1964. It was also featured in the 30:"Route 66" redirects here. For other uses, see 5509:Haunted highway : the spirits of Route 66 3876:. Vol. 94, no. 5. pp. 396–399. 3739: 3330: 3328: 3124:Illinois Department of Transportation (2007). 2007:, while his birthplace ranch is maintained in 1829:, and also on Huntington Drive in the city of 1657:"Sidewalk highway" section of US 66 near 466:. The corridor is also being redeveloped into 6293: 5646: 5506: 5432:Route 66: Iconography of the American Highway 5093:"About Missouri Route 66: Info & History" 4789: 4164: 3465: 2874:. The title was eventually changed to simply 2866:, and described the decline of the fictional 2564:starting in 1938, having originally ended at 1793:. The eatery is still a popular tourist stop. 4296:. Route 66 Recommissioning Initiative. 4167:"Route 66 Motels an Endangered Species" 3598: 3410: 3302: 2943:, precursor to western portion of US 66 2033:together with information on the route from 1210:but Watson Road had not been completed yet. 790:became the rest of the route to Los Angeles. 6452:1985 disestablishments in the United States 5487: 5285:: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( 5193:. New York: St Martin's Press. p. xii. 4975:"About Texas Route 66 – Info & History" 4727: 4478:. KJRH-TV. November 9, 2012. Archived from 4102:Whiteis, David; Dahl, Bill (May 29, 2003). 4101: 3325: 2917:National Register of Historic Places portal 2818:TV series in the 1960s, which itself had a 1169:, along a section of Route 66 named a 6300: 6286: 5653: 5639: 5580:Scott, Quinta; Kelly, Susan Croce (1988). 5579: 5533: 5251:drmcreif; paladin-64; preshusbane (2014). 4318: 3759:. New York: St. Martin's. pp. 90–92. 3519:Missouri State Highway Commission (1926). 3029: 3027: 1680:are all original sections of the highway. 1291:; now again known as Arroyo Seco Parkway. 696:U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers 317:) was one of the original highways in the 5560: 5178:– via Illinois Digital Collections. 3471: 3449:Father of Route 66: The Story of Cy Avery 2949:, a petroleum company named for the route 528:Learn how and when to remove this message 6447:1926 establishments in the United States 5586:. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. 5425: 5379: 5357:. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. 5337:Arizona Highways: The Window of the West 4698: 4696: 4562: 4068: 3926: 3871: 3740:Gribbin, John; Feynman, Richard (1997). 3573: 3335: 2408:. Past there, US 66 passed through 2305: 2206: 2132: 1913:National Route 66 Preservation Bill 1781: 1735: 1652: 1648: 1580: 1557: 1505: 1414: 1406: 1394: 1293: 1179:In 1930, between the Illinois cities of 1160: 986: 970: 830: 822: 694:, a naval officer in the service of the 681: 458:and much of the former route within the 5583:Route 66: A Highway and Its People 5507:Robson, Ellen; Freeman, Dianne (1999). 5203: 5145: 4734:McClure, Rosemary (November 29, 2010). 4733: 4702: 4681:from the original on September 15, 2020 4593: 4531: 4359:. National Museum of American History. 3872:Petroski, Henry (2006). "On the Road". 3853:from the original on September 12, 2021 3793:from the original on September 20, 2016 3472:Weingroff, Richard F. (April 7, 2011). 3024: 2836:, depicts the Joad family traveling to 2682:U.S. Route 66 Alternate Business: 2470:, the world's first drive-thru stands, 2145:, at Lincoln and Olympic Boulevards in 1035:east of Amarillo, Texas, listed on the 917:, a Cherokee runner from Oklahoma. The 710:. This road became part of US 66. 14: 6414: 5600: 5468: 5406: 5188: 5090: 5029: 4972: 4838:from the original on November 29, 2014 4825: 4500: 4494: 4363:from the original on February 25, 2009 4165:Juozapavicius, Justin (May 20, 2007). 4146:from the original on November 29, 2014 4116:from the original on November 25, 2017 4050:from the original on December 30, 2014 3780: 3778: 3776: 3535:from the original on December 26, 2011 3372:from the original on November 29, 2014 3280:(Map). Old Spanish Trail Association. 3225:from the original on November 29, 2014 3212: 3194:from the original on November 29, 2014 3145:– via Illinois Digital Archives. 3105:from the original on December 25, 2018 3075:from the original on December 25, 2018 2357: 1360:, the highway never terminated there. 6457:United States Numbered Highway System 6281: 5668:United States Numbered Highway System 5634: 5449: 5352: 5170:from the original on December 3, 2020 4746:from the original on December 6, 2010 4715:from the original on October 15, 2019 4703:Overall, Michael (October 15, 2019). 4693: 4624: 4575:from the original on January 30, 2019 4459: 4319:Charboneau, Michael (July 16, 2018). 4201: 4020:from the original on November 5, 2014 4007: 3979: 3953: 3813:"Santa Fe, Pre 1938 Rt. 66 Alignment" 3721:from the original on January 28, 2015 3655:from the original on January 23, 2016 3579: 3506: 3446: 2925:Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino 2767: 2242:. Notably, just between Seligman and 1156: 319:United States Numbered Highway System 237:United States Numbered Highway System 5220:from the original on October 3, 2016 4637:from the original on August 18, 2019 4606:from the original on January 5, 2022 4563:Canfield, Kevin (January 30, 2019). 4544:from the original on August 24, 2020 4532:Overall, Michael (August 23, 2020). 4333:from the original on August 25, 2018 4183:from the original on August 18, 2019 3967:from the original on August 16, 2020 3932: 3914:from the original on August 28, 2017 3847:National Register of Historic Places 3684:National Register of Historic Places 3667: 3621:from the original on August 23, 2020 2992:(Map). 1:7,000,000. Washington, DC: 2578:Special routes of U.S. Route 66 2068: 1811:National Register of Historic Places 1799:National Register of Historic Places 1037:National Register of Historic Places 964:, all readily accessible to passing 835:Modern 'historic' signage in Chicago 510:adding citations to reliable sources 481: 5534:Ross, Jim; Graham, Shellee (2017). 5511:. Phoenix: Golden West Publishers. 5311:from the original on April 29, 2022 4767:"Historic Route 66: Galena, Kansas" 4655:Per the granite marker at the site. 4513:from the original on March 17, 2020 4415:from the original on August 2, 2018 4389:from the original on August 2, 2018 4242:from the original on April 16, 2012 3773: 3748: 3428:from the original on April 12, 2015 3313:from the original on April 27, 2012 3284:from the original on April 16, 2012 3008:from the original on April 13, 2017 2812:. The highway lent its name to the 2053:Museum and Hall of Fame in Illinois 1969:National Museum of American History 1963:National Museum of American History 1803:Williams Historic Business District 1708:. A surface street stretch between 1684:(SH-66) in Oklahoma remains as the 1466:equivalent for military transport. 24: 5327: 5204:McGreal, Chris (August 27, 2009). 5133:from the original on June 23, 2016 5103:from the original on June 29, 2016 5072:from the original on July 15, 2016 4954:from the original on June 29, 2016 4928:from the original on June 17, 2016 4807:from the original on April 8, 2015 4777:from the original on June 14, 2012 4764: 4441:from the original on April 2, 2006 4300:from the original on April 6, 2012 4069:Matthews, David (March 28, 2017). 3963:. Missouri66.org. April 14, 2012. 3754: 3691:from the original on June 15, 2010 3036:"Route Numbering Committee Agenda" 2972: 2931:List of landmarks on U.S. Route 66 2520:. The highway then passed through 2258:contains one of the two surviving 1957:United States Bicycle Route System 1229:, then southwest across the South 898:", a footrace from Los Angeles to 472:United States Bicycle Route System 418:, the latter nickname shared with 99:2,448 mi (3,940 km) 25: 6473: 5626: 5349:Entire issue about Route 66. 5267:from the original on June 9, 2015 4985:from the original on July 2, 2016 4898:from the original on May 22, 2006 4868:from the original on May 12, 2015 4625:Klein, John (November 27, 2018). 4594:Christy, Erin (January 4, 2022). 4273:from the original on July 6, 2017 3488:from the original on May 21, 2011 3255:from the original on July 8, 2015 2571: 2384:east of there. After entering at 1988:Museums and monuments in Oklahoma 1951:designated the first sections of 474:that was developed in the 2010s. 460:San Bernardino County, California 366:(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66 6390: 6320: 5661: 5610:. New York: St. Martin's Press. 5411:. St. Paul, MN: MBI Publishing. 5011:from the original on May 1, 2019 4321:"Get Your Kicks Biking Route 66" 4291: 3945:on January 31, 2013 – via 3904:"Route 66 Sidewalk Highway" 3823:from the original on May 4, 2012 3184:"Historic Route 66: Description" 2909: 2895: 2458:. From there, it passed through 2272:U.S. Route 66 in New Mexico 2129:U.S. Route 66 in California 2094:U.S. Highway 66 Association 2076:U.S. Highway 66 Association 1944:for some portions of the route. 1113:curio shops, and reptile farms. 827:The route sign from 1926 to 1948 486: 389:animated feature film franchise 284: 269: 132: 65: 5293: 5244: 5232: 5197: 5182: 5115: 5084: 5054: 5023: 4997: 4966: 4940: 4910: 4880: 4850: 4819: 4758: 4667: 4658: 4649: 4618: 4587: 4556: 4525: 4468: 4453: 4427: 4411:. Oklahoma Historical Society. 4401: 4375: 4345: 4312: 4285: 4254: 4228: 4195: 4158: 4128: 4095: 4062: 4032: 4001: 3896: 3865: 3835: 3805: 3733: 3703: 3547: 3512: 3500: 3440: 3384: 3354: 3274:Old Spanish Trail Association. 3267: 2994:United States Geological Survey 2560:itself, where it terminated at 2238:, the route is still signed as 1904:along the road in some states. 1439:), and his appreciation of the 1325:, was virtually abandoned as a 1298:Route 66 just west of the 497:needs additional citations for 5607:Route 66: The Mother Road 5538:. St. Louis, MO: Reedy Press. 5488:Rittenhouse, Jack D. (1989) . 4501:Barber, Brian (May 18, 2008). 4435:"Will Rogers Memorial Museums" 4261:National Park Service (n.d.). 4204:"House OKs Route 66 Bill" 4040:"Finding Your Way on Route 66" 4010:"A Bit of Missouri 66 History" 3989:. il66assoc.org. June 23, 2017 3785:National Park Service (n.d.). 3555:"The Great American Foot Race" 3482:Federal Highway Administration 3321:– via Broer Maps Online. 3309:(Map). Chicago: Rand McNally. 3237: 3206: 3176: 3149: 3117: 3087: 3057: 2756:U.S. Route 66 Alternate: 2704:U.S. Route 66 Alternate: 2688:U.S. Route 66 Alternate: 2598:U.S. Route 66 Alternate: 2500:U.S. Route 66 in Illinois 2446:U.S. Route 66 in Missouri 2364:U.S. Route 66 in Oklahoma 2318:, at the midpoint of the route 1787:Delgadillo's Snow Cap Drive-In 1769:directly onto the road surface 1019:Notable buildings include the 678:Before the U.S. Highway System 359:Los Angeles County, California 13: 1: 5454:. New York: Monacelli Press. 5384:. Statistical Research, Inc. 5155:Illinois Official Highway Map 5123:"Historic Route 66: Illinois" 4675:"Route 66 Historical Village" 4202:Welch, Kevin (July 1, 1999). 3340:. History Press. p. 10. 3099:Route 66 Web & Atlas 2965: 2750:U.S. Route 66 Business: 2744:U.S. Route 66 Business: 2738:U.S. Route 66 Business: 2732:U.S. Route 66 Business: 2726:U.S. Route 66 Business: 2714:U.S. Route 66 Business: 2694:U.S. Route 66 Business: 2670:U.S. Route 66 Business: 2650:U.S. Route 66 Optional: 2640:U.S. Route 66 Business: 2630:U.S. Route 66 Business: 2624:U.S. Route 66 Business: 2618:U.S. Route 66 Business: 2608:U.S. Route 66 Business: 2454:, the highway passed through 2324:Glenrio, New Mexico and Texas 2265: 2203:U.S. Route 66 in Arizona 2122: 1696:(SR 66). This runs from 1518:, along I-40 (old US 66) 1221:, US 66 turned north to 763:, but was not followed until 6462:Culture of the United States 4627:"Landmark Rises on Route 66" 3941:. p. 18. Archived from 3933:Cobb, Nathan (May 3, 1992). 3817:Shadows of Old Route 66 2780:", which was popularized by 2778:(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66 2388:, US 66 passed through 2368:U.S. Route 66 in Kansas 2046:Frisco 4500 steam locomotive 1929:Discover Our Shared Heritage 1270:New Mexico State Road 6 819:Birthplace and rise of US 66 663: 650: 637: 624: 611: 598: 585: 572: 559: 79:Will Rogers Memorial Highway 7: 5062:"Kansas Route 66 Main Page" 5038:. p. 2. Archived from 5032:"Route 66 Through Oklahoma" 3649:Texas Historical Commission 3447:Kelly, Susan Croce (2014). 3422:Route66 Chamber of Commerce 3418:"Exactly Where Is Route 66" 2941:National Old Trails Highway 2888: 2720:U.S. Route 66 Bypass: 2676:U.S. Route 66 Bypass: 2660:U.S. Route 66 Bypass: 2512:. Near there, it passed by 2493: 2439: 2302:U.S. Route 66 in Texas 1617:from Chicago to St. Louis, 1574:accidents on this stretch. 1198:From downtown St. Louis to 919:U.S. Highway 66 Association 891:U.S. Highway 66 Association 866:–Los Angeles highway to be 107:November 11, 1926 10: 6478: 6442:Scenic highways in Arizona 5490:A Guide Book to Highway 66 5380:Bischoff, Matt D. (2005). 5353:Baker, T. Lindsay (2016). 4888:"Holbrook: Wigwam Village" 3645:Texas Historic Sites Atlas 3392:"Then, Now and In Between" 3338:Illinois' Haunted Route 66 3038:(Report). Washington, DC: 2752:San Bernardino, California 2575: 2518:UNESCO World Heritage Site 2497: 2443: 2361: 2299: 2269: 2200: 2196: 2126: 1959:, in Kansas and Missouri. 1857:, California. The city of 1752:Route 66 associations 1731: 1390: 1335:Highway Beautification Act 1213:In Oklahoma, from west of 1151:San Bernardino, California 1145:restaurant, and the first 477: 468:U.S. Bicycle Route 66 432:controlled-access highways 50: 46:China National Highway 312 43: 36: 29: 6399: 6388: 6327: 6318: 6264: 6241: 5675: 4269:. National Park Service. 4142:. The Promotion Company. 3789:. National Park Service. 3757:Route 66: The Mother Road 3687:. National Park Service. 3336:Tremeear, Janice (2013). 2039:Route 66: The Mother Road 1631:California State Route 66 1276:to punish the Republican 1078:located on US 66 in 1027:, constructed in 1936 in 795:planned by entrepreneurs 541:Lengths (1926 alignment) 436:Interstate Highway System 262: 232: 227: 223: 185: 175: 170: 166: 156: 146: 141: 126: 103: 95: 90: 83: 78: 62: 32:Route 66 (disambiguation) 5561:Schneider, Jill (1991). 4664:Per plaques at the site. 4238:. World Monuments Fund. 4236:"Historic Route 66" 3935:"Searching for Route 66" 3580:Dedek, Peter B. (2007). 3065:"Route 66 Timeline" 2936:List of Route 66 museums 2822:written and arranged by 2636:East St. Louis, Illinois 2295: 2222:. It entered across the 2147:Santa Monica, California 2113:Santa Monica, California 1922:added US 66 to the 1807:Urban Route 66, Williams 1757:Route 66 State Park 1741:Restored service station 1512:Leaning Tower of Britten 1399:Abandoned, fire-damaged 788:National Old Trails Road 757:National Old Trails Road 151:Santa Monica, California 115:–June 26, 1985 6308:U.S. Routes related to 5191:Welcome to the Old Road 3679:"Texas: Wheeler County" 3277:Map of the Ozark Trails 2853:The 2006 animated film 2762:Los Angeles, California 2734:Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 2486:before passing through 1562:Old Route 66 near 1385:Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 803:, and John Woodruff of 692:Edward Fitzgerald Beale 6437:National Scenic Byways 5429:; Wood, Denis (2005). 5301:"Celebrating Route 66" 5091:Weiser, Kathy (2012). 5030:Weiser, Kathy (2013). 4973:Weiser, Kathy (2011). 4858:"Old Route 66: Oatman" 4826:Weiser, Kathy (2010). 3213:Weiser, Kathy (2014). 2980:Bureau of Public Roads 2851: 2794:The Manhattan Transfer 2666:Sunset Hills, Missouri 2646:Sunset Hills, Missouri 2544:. It then entered the 2530:Illinois State Capitol 2319: 2234:. Between Kingman and 2215: 2138: 1873:was held each year in 1871:Chicago Blues Festival 1794: 1747: 1724:retains its number as 1686:alternate "free" route 1661: 1590: 1566: 1519: 1429:Interstate Highway Act 1424: 1412: 1404: 1358:Santa Monica Boulevard 1310: 1246:Santa Rosa, New Mexico 1235:suspension toll bridge 1173: 999: 984: 950:mom-and-pop businesses 836: 828: 687: 452:Historic Route 66 438:in the 1960s and 70s. 416:Main Street of America 396:beginning in 2006. In 353:before terminating in 5469:Miller, Blue (2021). 5407:Freeth, Nick (2001). 4922:AmericanSouthwest.net 4797:"Route 66 California" 4614:– via MSN News. 4353:"The Peoples Highway" 3675:National Park Service 3303:Rand McNally (1926). 2986:(November 11, 1926). 2846: 2684:Springfield, Missouri 2678:Springfield, Missouri 2672:Springfield, Missouri 2626:Springfield, Illinois 2614:Bloomington, Illinois 2548:, originally through 2309: 2210: 2136: 1953:U.S. Bicycle Route 66 1924:World Monuments Watch 1887:Springfield, Illinois 1785: 1739: 1656: 1649:After decertification 1585:US 66, going to 1584: 1561: 1509: 1460:Bloomington, Illinois 1418: 1410: 1398: 1377:Springfield, Missouri 1365:Springfield, Illinois 1297: 1287:, later known as the 1256:, followed (roughly) 1254:Las Vegas, New Mexico 1250:Los Lunas, New Mexico 1200:Gray Summit, Missouri 1193:Illinois Route 4 1171:National Scenic Byway 1164: 1139:Springfield, Missouri 997:Wheeler County, Texas 990: 977:Chain of Rocks Bridge 974: 924:Saturday Evening Post 911:Madison Square Garden 841:Springfield, Missouri 834: 826: 805:Springfield, Missouri 773:Las Vegas, New Mexico 759:led via St. Louis to 755:The transcontinental 698:, was ordered by the 685: 448:National Scenic Byway 6427:Former U.S. Highways 6404:denotes former route 5450:Mahar, Lisa (2002). 5335:"Arizona Highways". 5189:Snyder, Tom (2000). 5042:on November 29, 2014 5005:"Oklahoma: Route 66" 3522:Road Map of Missouri 3398:on November 29, 2014 3127:Illinois Highway Map 2111:is still located in 1920:World Monuments Fund 1859:Glendora, California 1476:Will Rogers Turnpike 1433:Dwight D. Eisenhower 1141:, site of the first 1047:, west of Amarillo. 929:1932 Summer Olympics 506:improve this article 307:U.S. Highway 66 39:Main Street, America 18:U.S. Route 60 (1925) 5208:The Grapes of Wrath 4357:America on the Move 4209:Amarillo Globe-News 3882:10.1511/2006.61.396 3715:TheRoadWanderer.net 3366:Hemmings Motor News 2961:, named after US 66 2927:, named after US 66 2829:The Grapes of Wrath 2808:in their eponymous 2700:Webb City, Missouri 2656:St. Louis, Missouri 2508:after crossing the 2468:Red's Giant Hamburg 2358:Oklahoma and Kansas 2103:The Grapes of Wrath 2089:The Grapes of Wrath 1942:Interstate highways 1907:In 1999, President 1694:State Route 66 1369:St. Louis, Missouri 1319:Needles, California 1285:Arroyo Seco Parkway 1264:US 85 through 1165:Modern-day sign in 1135:Red's Giant Hamburg 1062:was working on the 1011:, was fraught with 542: 462:, is designated as 456:State Route 66 412:Will Rogers Highway 403:The Grapes of Wrath 53:Mother Road (album) 6432:All-American Roads 5097:Legends of America 5066:Legends of America 5036:Legends of America 4979:Legends of America 4948:"Route 66 History" 4832:Legends of America 3874:American Scientist 3617:. 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