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Historic Route 66 crosses 8 states… Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.

The famous road stretches 2,400 miles.

Route 66 became official on November 11, 1926, the day state and federal highway spokesmen mapped out interstate highway routes connecting the entire nation.

It took 11 years to fully pave the entire route.

Of all America’s great highways built during the big road boom in the 1920’s, none epitomized American culture better than the National Trails Highway, better known as Route 66. Stretching from Chicago to California, it wove hundreds of miles through the Midwest and across Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Route 66 was the 20th century version of the golden road to the promised land.

In Arizona, Route 66 stretched 376 miles across the state, beginning at Lupton... Read more >>

You'll find attractions along the entire route as you drive through the small towns where Route 66 had been an integral part of their downtown, sometimes even as their Main Street. Some structures still remain, preserved for our generation and generations to come. Roadside attractions have been revived, restored, and reopened along the fabled highway. The road still hospitably welcomes pilgrims, not only from across America, but also people from every corner of the world.