U.S. Route 66

U.S. Route 66 (also known as Route 66, U.S. Highway 66, The Main Street of America, The Mother Road and the Will Rogers Highway) was a highway in the U.S. Highway System. One of the original U.S. highways, Route 66 was established on November 11, 1926. However, road signs did not go up until the following year.[4] The famous highway originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, through the U.S. states of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, before ending at Los Angeles, running a total of 2,448 miles (3,940 km).[5] It was replaced by freeways starting in the 1950s and stopped being a highway in 1985.

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Will Rogers Memorial Highway
Route information
Length2,448 mi (3,940 km)
ExistedNovember 26, 1926 (1926-11-26)[1]–June 26, 1985 (1985-06-26)[2]
Tourist
routes
Historic Route 66
Major intersections (in 1947)[3]
West endLua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Santa Monica, Cal.
Major intersections
  • Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Los Angeles, Cal.
  • Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). from San Bernardino to Barstow, Cal.
  • Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Kingman, Ariz.
  • Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). from Ash Fork to Flagstaff, Ariz.
  • Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). from Sanders, Ariz. to Gallup, N.M.
  • Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Amarillo, Tex.
  • Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Oklahoma City, Okla.
  • Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Baxter Springs, Ks.
  • Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). from Joplin to Carthage, Mo.
  • Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in St. Louis, Mo.
East endLua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Chicago, Ill.
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Highway system

U.S. Route 66 Media

References

  1. United States Geological Survey. United States System of Highways Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials [map], 1:7,000,000.
  2. Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (June 26, 1985). "Route Numbering Committee Agenda" (PDF) (Report). Duluth, MN: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Retrieved April 16, 2014 – via Wikimedia Commons.
  3. Rand McNally & Company. Road and Reference Atlas [map]. (1947)
  4. Route 66 Timeline
  5. A table of mileposts for the original US 66 alignment of 1926

Other websites

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