Route 66 had had a major impact on American history in the 20th century. Long before the interstate highways were a twinkle in Dwight Eisenhower's eye, it connected many previously isolated Western ...

In Illinois, all but 20km of the original highway is driveable today. In March, work began uncovering the old path, and in July it opened to the public as a quarter-mile walking trail, part of a slew ...

CARTHAGE, Mo., June 17 (Reuters) - Route 66 hasn't been a real highway for almost three decades. Sign up here. The last section of the fabled U.S. route from Chicago to Santa Monica, California, was ...

The Mother Road. America’s Highway. The Main Street of America. The Will Rogers Highway. Route 66 goes by many names, but no matter how travelers refer to it, there’s one constant everyone can agree ...

SAPULPA, Okla. — The City of Sapulpa is working to uncover sections of the original Route 66 roadway as crews work to construct View Stop Park along the current Route 66. "We are over here at View ...

Route 66 travels 2,448 miles across eight states linking Chicago to Los Angeles. Roughly 1,372 of those miles cut through Native American Tribes’ land. According to the American Indian Alaska Native ...