The Mother Road. America’s Highway. The Main Street of America. The Will Rogers Highway. Route 66 goes by many names, but no matter how travelers refer to it, there’s one constant everyone can agree ...
Route 66 is about to turn 100, yet the road that once carried Dust Bowl refugees and postwar vacationers still shapes how the ...
“It’s not the road and it’s not the attractions—it’s the people,” says Jim Conkle, former executive director of the California Route 66 Preservation Foundation who’s traveled Route 66 more than 200 ...
Route 66 has always been more than a line on a map, and as it approaches its centennial it is again becoming the country’s ...
As we approach the Route 66 centennial in 2026, Oklahoma is in a perfect position to leverage the over 400 miles of the iconic highway in our state to welcome visitors from across the country and ...
U.S. Highway 66 was established in 1926, which makes the upcoming New Year its 100th anniversary. Despite being decertified in 1985, the "Mother Road" remains alive and well in popular culture, and it ...
"Sixty-six is the mother road, the road of flight,” wrote John Steinbeck in his 1939 novel Grapes of Wrath. When Route 66 was first established in 1926 as one of the first official US highways, it was ...
TULSA, Okla. — The map for Tulsa's Route 66 Capital cruise, set for May 2026, was revealed on Wednesday. The Cruise Route, which aims to include 3,000 classic cars and become the largest ever on ...