U.S. Route 66
former U.S. Numbered Highway in the United States
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.
Will Rogers Memorial Highway | |
Route information | |
Length | 2,448 mi (3,940 km) |
Existed | November 26, 1926[1]–June 26, 1985[2] |
Tourist routes | Historic Route 66 |
Major intersections (in 1947)[3] | |
West end | US 101 Alt. in Santa Monica, Cal. |
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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 | |
References
change- ↑ Bureau of Public Roads & American Association of State Highway Officials (November 11, 1926). United States System of Highways Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials (Map). 1:7,000,000. Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey. OCLC 32889555. Retrieved November 7, 2013 – via Wikimedia Commons.
- ↑ Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (June 26, 1985). "Route Numbering Committee Agenda" (PDF) (Report). Duluth, MN: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Retrieved April 16, 2014 – via Wikimedia Commons.
- ↑ Rand McNally & Company (1947). Road and Reference Atlas (Map). Chicago: Rand McNally & Company. pp. 20–21, 25, 38–39, 54–55, 72–73, 80, 104, 107, 110.
- ↑ Route 66 Timeline
- ↑ A table of mileposts for the original US 66 alignment of 1926
Other websites
change- Official Website of Historic Route 66 (National Scenic Byway) in Illinois
- Route 66 : From Chicago to California Archived 2010-09-07 at the Wayback Machine