U. S. 66 Route Marker
notes: label: Description
content: Cyrus Avery, a highway advocate in Tulsa, Oklahoma, founded Route 66 while helping to plan a national highway system in the 1920s. New, long-distance highways crossed the nation east to west and north to south, superseding short, local roads. Roadside markers with route numbers, like this example from Clinton, Oklahoma, directed motorists and replaced road names. Avery’s proposal for a route from Chicago to Los Angeles through his home state was approved and designated U. S. 66 in 1926. Route 66 became a corridor for important migrations by Dust Bowl victims, military personnel, veterans, and vacationers.
place: label: used
content: United States: Oklahoma
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
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content: Road Transportation
label: Exhibition
content: America On The Move
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of State of Oklahoma, Department of Transportation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0282.01
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0282.01
label: accession number
content: 1993.0282
objectType: label: Object Name
content: route marker, US 66, Oklahoma
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (letters color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 1/2 in x 16 1/2 in; 41.91 cm x 41.91 cm