With the ‘Mother Road’ celebrating its 100th birthday next year, Laura French goes back to where it all began and explores the birthplace of America’s most famous highway ...

JOPLIN, Mo. — Route 66 fans in Missouri now have a new specialty license plate that celebrates the “Main Street of America.” Over the last two years, volunteers with the Route 66 Association of ...

When we last left off, the Joads were on their last most treacherous segment of their Route 66 journey to the promised land.

There’s nothing like the beckoning open road, especially when there’s nostalgia involved. And there’s no more iconic US highway than Route 66. After all, it officially opened in 1926 as a 2,400-mile ...

SAINT ROBERT, Mo., April 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A tribute to the Mother Road is set to light up the night sky in the heart of the Ozarks! Route 66 Neon Park at George M. Reed Roadside Park in Saint ...

JASPER COUNTY, Mo. — An upcoming resurfacing and repair project along Missouri Route 66/Missouri Route 249 and I-49/Shoal Creek bridges in Jasper County will cause some traffic interruptions, MoDOT ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo., April 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Springfield Missouri has been selected as the host city for the national kickoff of America's Route 66 Centennial Celebration in 2026. The city was ...

Missouri State University gifted a property totaling more than 2,600 square feet to the city of Springfield for use as a park ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LEBANON, Mo. — The long time owner of the ...

I’ve long been fascinated by Route 66 – the freedom, adventure and hope it represented in its heyday, and the heritage, passion and nostalgia it reflects today. My first solo trip was a tour including ...