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Dozens of new Route 66 signs are being installed across the Texas Panhandle with support from the Big Texan and TxDOT ahead ...
Route 66 often conjures images of quaint small towns, but its foundation has always been rooted in Chicago.
From apps to maps, several states and groups along the route are providing resources ahead of the centennial on Nov. 11, 2026 ...
ROUTE 66 has become an icon in American popular culture as a road symbolic of adventure and freedom. Here is what we know about the 2,000 mile-long legendary route.
Our Route 66 road trip ended at the beginning, at East Jackson Boulevard and South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, where a brown sign hanging 12 feet high on a light post tells people they’ve ...
There’s a piece of the road in the museum—square slabs of aged asphalt excised from west of Oklahoma City. I’ve never seen such a thing in a museum. I have seen shrunken human heads and ...
Internationally famous Route 66, which runs across eight states, has been listed as one of the country's most endangered historic sites by a preservation organization.
November 11, 1926, 92 years ago today, was the day highway officials green-lighted plans for the future Route 66. Completed in 1928, U.S. Route 66 started in Chicago, and stretched west more than ...
In November 1926, the Mother Road became a main thoroughfare in the country and the legend began. Timeline of Route 66Now, nearly 100 years later Route 66 is decommissioned, but it is a beloved ...