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Between 1998 and 2000, a not-for-profit student and community project created the Towanda Historic Route 66 Parkway, also known as the Historic Route 66 Trail (as seen on Google Maps), on a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) stretch of the old disused Route 66 roadway between the south end of Towanda and a point about 3 miles (5 km) northeast, where Interstate ...
An abandoned early Route 66 alignment in central Illinois in 2006. U.S. Route 66 (US 66, Route 66) was a United States Numbered Highway in Illinois that connected St. Louis, Missouri, and Chicago, Illinois. The historic Route 66, the Mother Road or Main Street of America, took long distance automobile travelers from Chicago to Southern California.
U.S. Route 66 was a highway established on November 11, 1926, connecting Chicago, Illinois to the Southwest.Several buildings from the Route 66 era still stand and are part of the Historic and Architectural Resources of Route 66 Through Illinois Multiple Property Submission on the National Register of Historic Places.
One notable stop heading southwest is the Illinois Route 66 Hall of Fame and Museum in Pontiac, which is filled with interesting memorabilia, including a photo op with the world’s largest Route ...
Illinois Route 66 Association Hall of Fame and Museum, Pontiac (redirected to list of Route 66 museums) Chenoa railroad depot, Chenoa; Eddies Pure Oil Truck Stop, Towanda "Route 66 Exhibit: A Geographic Journey" 1.6 mile walking tour along unused portion of Route 66, Towanda; Preserved Bridge, Normal/Towanda (Camelback Bridge?)
1. Roy's Motel and Cafe. Amboy, California. Roy's started as a gas and service station in 1938, an oasis on Route 66 in the Mojave Desert. It soon grew to include a cafe and cabins for overnight ...
7. Tower Station and U-Drop Inn. Shamrock, TX. One of the most striking and iconic buildings on Route 66, Tower Station and the U-Drop Inn were built in 1936 in Art Deco style.
A curve on Historic Route 66 at Towanda, Illinois. In Marquette Township in Marquette County, Michigan , Dead Man's Curve referred to a curve on County Road 492 ( 46°31′54″N 87°28′26″W / 46.5318°N 87.474°W / 46.5318; -87.474 ), where the first state highway center line in the United States was painted when the road was ...