![]() We've had the pleasure of driving in all eight states along Route 66, The Main Street of America! Over time the route was formalized as a Federal Highway numbered as "U.S. ![]() In the early years many sections connected only one small town to the next, and had no official federal route number. "The Mother Road" was established on November 11, 1926, and ultimately stretched 2,448 miles from Chicago to Los Angeles.įrom its beginning in Chicago, Route 66 headed southwest through Illinois and Missouri, and a small section of southeast Kansas.įrom there it turned in a more westward direction through Oklahoma and Texas, with the final stretches in New Mexico and Arizona before its termination point in Los Angeles.Īlignments of the road changed often over the years, as improved sections of highway were constructed. Route 66 was one of the United State's first continuous stretches of paved highway, and served as a major path for those who migrated to the West. ![]() ![]() The Mother Road, seen in this vintage postcard Travel Guide to Historic Route 66: The Mother Road ![]()
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