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Michael Wallis. Michael Wallis (born October 7, 1945) [1] is an American journalist, popular historian, author and speaker. He has written seventeen books, [2] including Route 66: The Mother Road, about the historic highway U.S. Route 66. His work has also been published extensively in magazines and newspapers, including Time, Life, People ...
U.S. Route 66 Will Rogers Memorial Highway The final routing of U.S. Route 66 in red, with earlier alignments in pink Route information Length 2,448 mi (3,940 km) Existed November 11, 1926 (1926-11-11) –June 26, 1985 (1985-06-26) Tourist routes Historic Route 66 Major junctions West end Santa Monica, California East end Chicago, Illinois Location Country United States States California ...
66 Motel (Needles) – Former motel. Cucamonga Service Station ( Rancho Cucamonga, California) – Restored service station built in 1915 & now housing a museum of Route 66 & the local area. Bono's Historic Orange ( Fontana, California) – one of the last extant giant orange-shaped fruit stands once common to the region.
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 ...
U.S. Route 66. Welcome to the U.S. Route 66 Task Force, a joint collaboration between the U.S. Roads and U.S. History WikiProjects. The goal is to create, improve and expand the content related to the Mother Road on Wikipedia.
Now: Santa Rosa, New Mexico. Santa Rosa was bypassed by the 1972 construction of Interstate 40, which drew traffic from Route 66. It retains shreds of this past with a collection of classic hot ...
National Old Trails Road Route information Existed 1912–present Major junctions West end Los Angeles, California East end Baltimore, Maryland Location Country United States Highway system Auto trails National Old Trails Road near Holbrook, Arizona around 1915 National Old Trails Road, also known as the Ocean-to-Ocean Highway, was established in 1912, and became part of the National Auto ...
U.S. Route 66 Will Rogers Highway 1940 alignment of US 66 highlighted in red Route information Maintained by ASHD Length 385.20 mi (619.92 km) Mileage reflects US 66 as it was in 1940. Existed November 11, 1926 (1926-11-11) –June 26, 1985 (1985-06-26) History Western end at I-40 in Kingman during final years Tourist routes Historic Route 66 Major junctions West end US 66 at California state ...