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The historic U.S. Route 66 (US-66, Route 66), sometimes known as the Will Rogers Highway after Oklahoma native Will Rogers, ran from west to northeast across the state of Oklahoma, along the path now taken by Interstate 40 (I-40) and State Highway 66 (SH-66). It passed through Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and many smaller communities.
The Route 66 Historical Village at 3770 Southwest Boulevard in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is an open-air museum along historic U.S. Route 66 (US 66, Route 66). [1] The village includes a 194-foot-tall (59 m) oil derrick at the historic site of the first oil strike in Tulsa on June 25, 1901, which helped make Tulsa the "Oil Capital of the World". [1]
On Tulsa's Southwest Boulevard, between W. 23rd and W. 24th Streets there is a granite marker dedicated to Route 66 as the Will Rogers Highway which features an image of namesake Will Rogers together with information on the route from Michael Wallis, author of Route 66: The Mother Road; [58] and, at Howard Park just past W. 25th Street, three ...
Rhys Martin, president of Oklahoma's Route 66 Association, is pictured Nov. 28 with Eddy Gochenour, owner of Chicken Shack, in Arcadia. ARCADIA — Communities along Route 66 between Tulsa and ...
“Historic Route 66 is the quintessential American experience,” explains Ken Busby, executive director and CEO of Route 66 Alliance, a nonprofit organization in Tulsa, Oklahoma dedicated to the ...
Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell, a longtime advocate for Route 66, said the state has a lot to share with visitors choosing to drive the more than 400 drivable miles in Oklahoma. Tulsa is a showcase of an ...
11th Street Bridge. / 36.1429455; -96.0046506. The 11th Street Bridge was completed in December 1915 to carry vehicles across the Arkansas River at Tulsa, Oklahoma. Used from 1916 to 1972, it was also a part of U.S. Route 66. [1] Functionally, it has been replaced by the I-244 bridges across the Arkansas. As of 2009, the bridge was in poor ...
Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation released an updated Oklahoma Route 66 Passport. ... Buck Atom's Cosmic Curios on 66 in Tulsa is a gift shop celebrating the The Mother Road.