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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.
Route 66 passed through a section of Kingman in what once was known as "Front St." and is now known as Andy Divine Ave. It played an important role in the history of Kingman and had a positive impact on the businesses on its path. Though historical, Route 66 lost its official United States Highway designation in 1985. [7]
State Route 66 is a relic of the former U.S. Route 66 in Arizona and is the only part of old US 66 in Arizona to have state route markers. Its western terminus is near Kingman at exit 52 on Interstate 40 and its eastern terminus was near Seligman at exit 123 on Interstate 40. In 1990, the state turned over the easternmost 16.8 miles (27.0 km ...
A museum is also dedicated to Historic Route 66 at the Powerhouse Visitor Center in Kingman. [94] A further byway designation was granted to the original section of US 66 through Oatman, designated the Route 66 Historic Back Country Byway by the Bureau of Land Management as part of the BLM's Back Country Byways system. [61]
Kingman Visitor's Center Interior, 2022. Desert Power & Water Co. Electric Power Plant is located at 120 Andy Devine Avenue in Kingman, Arizona. The building was built in 1907–08 with additions in the following years 1909 through 1911. Tracy Engineering Company was the architect and McCafe Contracting Company of Los Angeles was the contractor.
The museum's library collects documents, manuscripts, maps, and photos about Mohave County, Arizona and the American Southwest. [2] A mining exhibit was added in 2008, a ranching exhibit added in 2010. The museum also includes an Andy Devine exhibit, a local boy turned movie star in the 1930s known for his funny voice. Outdoor exhibits include ...
Route 66 just west of the Sitgreaves Pass between Oatman and Kingman. In 1953, the Oatman Highway through the Black Mountains was completely bypassed by a new route between Kingman, Arizona, and Needles, California; [28] by the 1960s, Oatman, Arizona, was virtually abandoned as a ghost town.
The route sign, 1926–1948. The Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona was established in February 1987 and dedicated to the U.S. Route 66 in Arizona.The Arizona association was instrumental in making the Seligman-Kingman stretch of Route 66 to be officially recognized as "Historic Route 66" later that year, a designation subsequently extended to the whole Route 66 in Arizona.