Description: US Highway 66 or Route 66 was and is the most famous road in the United States highway system and quite possibly the most famous and storied highway in the world. Check out our many links and facts about this great highway.
Recently the building of I-40 has changed Route 66 into America's Ghost Highway due to many stretches being by-passed. You can only drive parts of Route 66 these days as it has been replaced by Interstate highways 55,44,40,15 and 10.
The Route 66 designation was officially dropped in 1985. Route 66 crosses 8 states and 3 time zones. In 1926 only 800 miles of Route 66 were paved. Only in 1937 did Route 66 become paved end-to-end.
US Route 66 originally ran from Chicago, Illinois through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California before ending at the beach at Santa Monica for a total distance of 2448 miles. In the early 1900's the route was known as the National Old Trails Road. In 1926 it became U.S. Highway 66, and within a decade was paved all the way from L.A. to Chicago.
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