- Current maps do not include the old Route 66.
- The Route is 2448 miles long (about 4000 km).
- It was commissioned in 1926, picking up as many as possible bits and
pieces of existing road.
- It crosses 8 states and 3 timezones.
- It starts in Chicago, and ends in L.A. (Santa Monica).
- Driving the Route in the opposite direction is historically wrong, and
a lot harder as all available documentation goes the "right" way.
- In 1926 only 800 miles were paved, only in 1937 Route 66 got paved end-to-end.
- You can only drive parts of Route 66 these days... it has been replaced
by the interstate highways I-55, I-44, I-40, I-15 and I-10, but still a
surprisingly high amount of old road is waiting to be found by the more
adventurous traveler.
- Route 66 is also know as "The Mother Road", "The Main
Street of America" and as "The Will Rogers Highway".
- During all of its life, Route 66 continued to evolve, leaving many abandoned
stretches of concrete, still waiting to be found by the more adventurous
traveler.
- Route 66 was also the title of a TV series playing from 1960 till 1964.
- Cyrus Stevens Avery from Tulsa Oklahoma can be called the father of Route
66.
- In 1985 Route 66 was officially decommissioned, but for daily use it
was replaced far earlier by the Interstates.
Route 66 Links
The Californian Route 66 Association is creating an archive of
Route 66 material for downloading. Check out http://www.wemweb.com/.
The Historic Route 66 Association of Arizone has a WWW site: http://www.azrt66.com/.
http://www.route66place.com/.
ROUTE
66 PHOTO LOUNGE by Isao Saito, a photographic drive over Route 66.
Route 66 passes near some of the national
parks.
Route
66 in Williams AZ
http://www.national66.com/
http://www.route66.no/
is the website of the Norwegian Route 66 Association
Across The
Tracks: A Route 66 Story.
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