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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. The highway had previously been Illinois Route 4 (IL 4) and the ...
May 5, 2006. 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.
Carpenter Park is a 322-acre (1.30 km 2) park on the north bank of the Sangamon River on the far north side of the city of Springfield, Illinois. Part of the park is a dedicated Illinois Nature Preserve [1] and has been designated as an Important Bird Area of Illinois. [2] The park, which is operated by the Springfield Park District, is one of ...
A Route 66 museum is a museum devoted primarily to the history of U.S. Route 66, a U.S. Highway which served the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois, in the United States from 1926 until it was bypassed by the Interstate highway system and ultimately decommissioned in June 1985.
State. Supplemental. ← US 65. → Route 66. U.S. Route 66 (US 66, Route 66) is a former east–west United States Numbered Highway, running from Santa Monica, California to Chicago, Illinois. In Missouri, the highway ran from downtown St. Louis at the Mississippi River to the Kansas state line west of Joplin. The highway was originally Route ...
UTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT) Area code. 309. GNIS feature ID. 422723 [1] Funks Grove is a historic unincorporated community on U.S. Route 66 in McLean County, Illinois, United States, southwest of Bloomington. The grove for which the settlement is named, Funk's Grove, is a National Natural Landmark.
For the Grace Potter album, see Mother Road (album). U.S. Route 66 or U.S. Highway 66 (US 66 or Route 66) was one of the original highways in the United States Numbered Highway System. It was established on November 11, 1926, with road signs erected the following year. [ 3 ]
Kickapoo State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park on 2,842 acres (1,150 ha) in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. Located between Oakwood, Illinois and Danville, Illinois, this park is easily accessible through route I-74. It is 28 miles (45 km) away from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and 95 miles (153 km) from ...