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.Route 66 Timeline 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 .A table of mileposts for the original US 66 alignment of 1926 It was replaced by freeways starting in the 1950s and stopped being a highway in 1985.

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 Other websites 
 Official Website of Historic Route 66 (National Scenic Byway) in Illinois
 Route 66 : From Chicago to California 


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