Louis to Los Angeles, but was not followed until New Mexico. The transcontinental National Old Trails Road led via St.Louis on its way from Chicago to Cameron, Louisiana (although US 66 would take a shorter route through Bloomington rather than Peoria). The Lone Star Route passed through St.The route that became US 66 was covered by three highways: īefore a nationwide network of numbered highways was adopted by the states, auto trails were marked by private organizations. The paved road becomes a dirt road, south of Cajon, which was also the original Route 66. Parts of the original Route 66 from 1913, prior to its official naming and commissioning, can still be seen north of the Cajon Pass. His secondary orders were to test the feasibility of the use of camels as pack animals in the southwestern desert. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers, was ordered by the War Department to build a government-funded wagon road along the 35th Parallel. Edward Fitzgerald Beale, a naval officer in the service of the U.S. This was part of the 1927 construction of US 66. Bicycle Route 66, a part of the United States Bicycle Route System that was developed in the 2010s.Ī remnant of an original state right-of-way marker serves as a reminder of the early days of the road's construction. The corridor is also being redeveloped into U.S. Several states have adopted significant bypassed sections of the former US 66 into their state road networks as State Route 66. Portions of the road that passed through Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona have been communally designated a National Scenic Byway by the name " Historic Route 66", returning the name to some maps. US 66 underwent many improvements and realignments over its lifetime, but it was officially removed from the United States Highway System in 1985 after it was entirely replaced by segments of the Interstate Highway System. People doing business along the route became prosperous, and they later fought to keep it alive in the face of the growing threat of being bypassed by the new Interstate Highway System. US 66 was a primary route for those who migrated west, especially during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, and it supported the economies of the communities through which it passed. Other designations and nicknames include the Will Rogers Highway and the Main Street of America.
In John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939), the highway symbolizes escape, loss, and the hope of a new beginning Steinbeck dubbed it the Mother Road. It was also featured in the Disney/ Pixar animated feature film franchise Cars. It was recognized in popular culture by both the 1946 hit song " (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" and the Route 66 television series, which aired on CBS from 1960 to 1964. The highway, which became one of the most famous roads in the United States, originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona before terminating in Santa Monica in Los Angeles County, California, covering a total of 2,448 miles (3,940 km). It was established on November 11, 1926, with road signs erected the following year.
Highway 66 ( US 66 or Route 66) was one of the original highways in the United States Numbered Highway System. November 26, 1926 ( ) –June 26, 1985 ( ) Ĭalifornia, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois Route 66 in red, earlier alignments in pink
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