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Route 66 was anointed on November 11, 1926, but it would take until 1938 before the entire route was paved with concrete. It quickly became one of the nation’s principal east-west routes, not ...
Interstate 66 (I-66) is a 76.32 mile east–west Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. The highway runs from an interchange with I-81 near Middletown, Virginia , on its western end to an interchange with U.S. Route 29 (US 29) in Washington, D.C. , at the eastern terminus.
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Life in the Past Lane the Route 66 Experience: Historic Management Contexts for the Route 66 Corridor in California. Statistical Research, Inc. ISBN 978-1879442887. OCLC 68569034. Freeth, Nick (2001). Route 66. St. Paul, MN: MBI Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7603-0864-6. Krim, Arthur; Wood, Denis (2005). Route 66: Iconography of the American Highway ...
Now: Truxton, Arizona. Truxton wasn't much of anything until the 1950s postwar car boom, and then became one among many Route 66 cities bypassed by the construction of Interstate 40 in 1979.
The route would have utilized the existing I-24 bridge at Paducah and new four-lane bridge at Cape Girardeau. The 66 Corridor concept was heavily opposed in Illinois from farmers to environmentalists because the plan required that I-66 cross the Shawnee National Forest. [13] The FHWA and IDOT canceled the 66 Corridor Study on July 9, 2015. [14]
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.
National Old Trails Road, also known as the Ocean-to-Ocean Highway, was established in 1912, and became part of the National Auto Trail system in the United States. It was 3,096 miles (4,983 km) long and stretched from Baltimore, Maryland (some old maps indicate New York City was the actual eastern terminus) to California.