Route 66 is about to turn 100, yet the road that once carried Dust Bowl refugees and postwar vacationers still shapes how the ...

ST. LOUIS – Route 66, officially known as U.S. Highway 66, stands as one of America’s most iconic highways. Spanning from the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago to the Pacific Ocean in Los Angeles, ...

Route 66 has always been more than a line on a map, and as it approaches its centennial it is again becoming the country’s ...

Editor’s Note: Editor’s note: Rick Antonson is the author of “Route 66 Still Kicks: Driving America’s Main Street.” Antonson and photographer Peter Armstrong made a two-week road trip from Chicago to ...

As we approach the Route 66 centennial in 2026, Oklahoma is in a perfect position to leverage the over 400 miles of the iconic highway in our state to welcome visitors from across the country and ...

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 ...

U.S. Highway 66 was established in 1926, which makes the upcoming New Year its 100th anniversary. Despite being decertified ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Though it may be gone ...

From California to Illinois, enthusiasts will hit the historic highway in 2026 for yearlong events that honor America’s most iconic road ...

Last September, I crossed a dream trip off my bucket list. While I’d driven many sections of Route 66 over the years, I had never tackled the entire 2,448 miles from Chicago to Santa Monica in one ...

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