U.S. Route 66

U.S. Route 66
U.S. Route 66
Will Rogers Memorial Highway
Route information
Length	2,448 mi (3,940 km)
Existed	November 26, 1926–June 26, 1985
Tourist; routes	Historic Route 66
Major intersections (in 1947)
West end	; US 101 Alt. in Santa Monica, Cal.
	US 6 / US 99 / US 101 in Los Angeles, Cal.; US 91 from San Bernardino to Barstow, Cal.; US 93 / US 466 in Kingman, Ariz.; US 89 from Ash Fork to Flagstaff, Ariz.; US 666 from Sanders, Ariz. to Gallup, N.M.; US 60 / US 87 / US 287 in Amarillo, Tex.; US-77 in Oklahoma City, Okla.; US-166 in Baxter Springs, Ks.; US 71 from Joplin to Carthage, Mo.; US 40 / US 50 / US 61 in St. Louis, Mo.;
East end	US 41 / US 54 in Chicago, Ill.
Location
Country	United States
States	California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois
Highway system
	United States Numbered Highway System; List; Special; Divided;

U.S. Route 66 (also known as Route 66, U.S. Highway 66, The Main Street of America, The Mother Road and the Will Rogers Highway) was a highway in the U.S. Highway System. One of the original U.S. highways, Route 66 was established on November 11, 1926. However, road signs did not go up until the following year.^[4] The famous highway originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, through the U.S. states of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, before ending at Los Angeles, running a total of 2,448 miles (3,940 km).^[5] It was replaced by freeways starting in the 1950s and stopped being a highway in 1985.