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U. S. Highway "Route" 66 was commissioned in 1926, the
year U. S. numbered highways came into existence. It
consisted of a 'collection" of two-lane concrete or
asphalt paved roads extending from Chicago to Santa
Monica, running through the states of Illinois,
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona,
and California. Route 66 is considered the "Mother Road"
of American highways. The old "Main Street of America"
was deactivated in 1984 and the U. S. 66 highway shields
taken down, after being replaced by the modern
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Route "66" Links
Route "66"
U.S. Route 66 (also known
as the Will Rogers Highway after the humorist, and
colloquially known as the "Main Street of America" or
the "Mother Road") was a highway in the U.S. Highway
System. One of the original U.S. highways, Route 66, US
Highway 66, was established on November 11, 1926.
However, road signs did not go up until the following
year.The famous highway originally ran from Chicago,
Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New
Mexico, Arizona, and California, before ending at Los
Angeles, encompassing a total of 2,448 miles (3,940 km).
It was recognized in popular culture by both a hit song
(written by Bobby Troup and performed by the Nat King
Cole Trio and The Rolling Stones, among others) and the
Route 66 television show in the 1960s. More recently,
the 2006 Disney/Pixar film Cars featured U.S. 66. |
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