Historic Route 66

Profile manager: Carole Taylor [send private message]

The goal of this project is to ..research each city, finding the "Settlers of the day" 1927 and linking them and their stories to " John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. February 27, 1902–December 20, 1968) dubbed it the Mother Road. Other designations and nicknames for the highway include the Will Rogers Highway and the Main Street of America."

"US 66 served as a primary route for those who migrated west, especially during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s"

Right now this project just has one member, me. I am Carole Taylor.

1. name the historic or well known places on or nearby
2. well known People involved with it, from beginning to today.

Beginning

"Route 66 was one of the original highways in the United States Numbered Highway System.

US 66 was established on November 11, 1926, with road signs erected the following year.

The highway, which became one of the most famous roads in the United States, originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona before terminating in Santa Monica in Los Angeles County, California, covering a total of 2,448 miles (3,940 km)." ^[1]

"In 1990, Congress passed the Route 66 Study Act of 1990, finding that Historic Route 66 had become “a symbol of the American people’s heritage of travel and their legacy of seeking a better life.” Consequently, the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program was created in 1999, and the Route itself was designated an All-American Road."

The People associated with it

1. Cyrus Stevens Avery "The Father of Route 66"
2. President John Calvin (Calvin) Coolidge Jr. He just happened to be US President and is not known for being involved with Highway commission.
3. William Penn Adair Rogers Will Rogers Highway
4. John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. The Grapes of Wrath
5. Andrew Vabre Devine The Andy Divine Hwy. aka: Route 66, named after him in Arizona. He, a COWBOY STAR of Hollywood, California, was born in Flagstaff/grew up in in Kingman, Arizona. (including, the sidekick of Roy Rogers, and several movies with John Wayne.
6. Olive Oatman-Fairchild also in Arizona
7. Nathaniel Adams "Nat King" Cole Popular song of the 1940s Get your Kicks on Route 66
8. Martin Milner star of TV Series "route 66"
9. Edward M. Stanley Editor of the Kansas City, Associated Press mostly the DUST BOWL

Families of the Dust Bowl

Dust Bowl

"The "Black Sunday" black blizzards of April 14, 1935, were witnessed by Associated Press reporter Robert E. Geiger who happened to be in Boise City, Oklahoma that day; "

1. Allen Bernon "Jiggs" Luker Born 20 Nov 1927 in Greer, Oklahoma LEFT and took the Route 66 all the way to Lytle Creek, California on the ROUTE 66 trail and then SOUTH to Nuevo, Riverside, California.
2. Charles R. Tanquary son and his father Charles, and family lived in Arcadia, Oklahoma...........
3. Helen Rae Miller-McClary aka Ward Born Oct 1934 in Okemah, Okfuskee, Oklahoma went west all the way to Denver, Colorado. So IF her family took Route 66 they would have left it to go NORTH...........thru Oklahoma City, past El Reno to take the 270 north and then the 70 (Designated in 1956)..........

So far neither of these have used the US ROUTE 66 to get out of the DUST into a better life............

1. Admiral Toco Breland married 2 Feb 1929 in Chicot, Arkansas. "Married 2 Feb 1929 in Chicot, Arkansas. The Census shows Admiral and Pearl lived off Highway 80 to Arkansas Camp."
2. William Houston Jordan born Hancock, Tennessee, married 12 Jun 1895 in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas, Died 5 Dec 1944 at age 76 in Encinitas, San Diego.....

Legendary places it is used or spoken about

1. The Grapes of Wrath (1939), "the highway symbolizes escape, loss, and the hope of a new beginning;" (The BOOK, and The MOVIE)
2. "Dust Bowl of the 1930s" highway out and WESTWARD . "an estimated 210,000 people migrated to California in a bid to escape financial hardship."
3. The Rose Parade every News Yeas day since "Members of Pasadena's Valley Hunt Club first staged the parade in 1890." The Tournament of Roses Parade has followed the same route mainly following Colorado Boulevard (Pasadena's main thoroughfare and a segment of the former US 66) for many decades
4. route 66 CBS TV series 1960-1964 Starring: Martin Milner/George Maharis/Glenn Corbett (not really legendary but POPULAR for awhile)
5. The song "Get Your Kicks, on Route 66--"Nat King Cole Trio "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" - YouTube [1] (written by Bobby Troup, 1946)

Sites within walking distance

1. 4.2 miles= [The Will Rogers State Historic Park, Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles, California..which was their home until his wife's death. The ranch became a State Park in 1944 after the death of Mrs. Rogers, and the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971
2. 3.5 miles, Rose Bowl Pasadena, California
3. ARCADIA Arboretum was the Rancho of Elias "Lucky Baldwin"
4. Santa Anita Race Track, Arcadia, California
5. BUSCH STADIUM Missouri and Stanislaw "Stan the Man's" Musial statue.

MAPs all the way

Since it is hard to find a map on the internet that will

TRACE the actual ROUTE 66 thru every town and county

we have to go section by section...............

I have 22 map sections that have the name HISTORIC ROUTE 66 I won't download all of them just the important ones like this one............

Historic ROUTE 66 turns into Arroyo Seco Pkwy #10

The map " California 66 to END of TRAIL" goes all the way thru California

HOWEVER', DO NOT take the BLUE line, that is the San Bernardino Fwy #10 that will take you from Santa Monica to Florida...................... and turn right.

follow the north blue pointing line into Pasadena, Arcadia, Azusa, Glendora, all the way out to San Bernardino................ on Route 66, as the song goes, "get your kicks, on Route 66"

The States

1. Illinois
2. Missouri
3. Kansas and yes I found "Rt 66" there... like 11.4 miles to the BORDER
4. Oklahoma
5. Texas
6. New Mexico
7. Arizona
8. California,

Thru CALIFORNIA- END of TRAIL to ARIZONA

When you leave Route 66 End of the Trail, 330 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica you do take Colorado Ave. north until it DEAD ENDS (which means the original ROAD was destroyed for the freeways) then you have to turn south on Centinela Ave. then left on West Olympic Blvd right on Centinela Ave again, which takes you to the Santa Monica FREEWAY #10, that turns into the Harbor Fwy #10, which then turns into Arroyo Seco Parkway #10 which ENDS in South Pasadena at HISTORIC ROUTE 66 which will then take you north until you turn east onto HISTORIC ROUTE 66 otherwise named "West Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, California

Route 66 north turns RIGHT onto W. Colorado Blvd.

These are the DIRECTIONS using the maps.com as close as I can understand them.............AND PLEASE try not to laugh, it was not easy finding IT all the way..................

The only change of names from EAGLE ROCK to ARCADIA is East to West/back again when you enter the next town.......ARCADIA has it running right next to the Foothill Fwy... and then right past the ARCADIA Arboretum was the Rancho of Elias "Lucky Baldwin" and then the EVER Popular and world wide known..........

SANTA ANITA RACE TRACK............ at that point it splits one turns into Huntington Dr. and goes WEST. the other keeps going east first Colorado St. then Colorado Pl and then at the SPLIT turns into "Huntington Dr. aka: Route 66" it keeps going straight east through ARCADIA, MONROVIA, DUARTE, AZUSA, (which was talked about in a 1941 movie, where they say, "I'm from Azusa, A-Z U S A") and when it curves south past Irwindale Ave. the name changes to "Foothill Blvd." until you get to Azusa Pacific University, West Campus and it turns south and the name changes again to "Alosta Ave" and goes past the Azusa Pacific University and goes east again into GLENDORA as (Alosta Ave.) HISTORIC ROUTE 66 AND just 1 large block south of 66 is "West Colorado Ave." which is not the Route 66.....

After GLENDORA comes SAN DIMAS which renames it again, Foothill Blvd.--HISTORIC ROUTE 66 it goes under the Foothill Fwy as "Route 66" eastward into CLAREMONT and the Claremont Colleges, as Route 66 into UPLAND and turns into Foothill Blvd again and through CUCAMONGA/ later renamed RANCHO CUCAMONGA. Now under the Ontario Freeway #15 that takes you NORTH to LAS VEGAS Nevada.

Next city, FONTANA, into RIALTO which calls it "US Route 66" and then at the Lytle Creek Basin it turns north and is named "West 5th St. - Historic Rte 66" and into SAN BERNARDINO and the TRAIN YARD..and it ""DEAD ENDS at the San Bernardino Freeway #215..........

However, -HISTORIC ROUTE 66 does make a turn before that, NORTH, onto Mt. Vernon Ave. and takes us up to the #215 FREEWAY and curves west....and turns into CAJON Blvd. [2] which is coming back WEST????????????? Lytle Creek up the CAJON PASS came to another DEAD END at the #15 Freeway and it JOINS............

'AND just 23.7 MILES north on the #15 FREEWAY from CAJON PASS is the other end of "National Trails Road' DEAD ENDS at VICTORVILLE and into .and it gets LOST at the #15 Freeway AKA:MOJAVE FWY #15 BARSTOW FWY

FOLLOW the MOJAVE FWY #15 BARSTOW FWY all the way, keep going PAST PALMDALE, UNDER Roy Rogers Dr. it does get you to the NORTHEAST end of VICTORVILLE and the TRAIN TRACKS.............

STOP at the U of the FREEWAY EXCHANGE at "N D St" which is also known as National Trails Road going NORTH..................it cuts off at "J St." turns right onto Needles Hwy. LEFT at "N. K St." GOES ACROSS the BRIDGE of the Colorado River CALIFORNIA-ARIZONA BORDER as US RTE #95 map attached

thru ARIZONA to CALIFORNIA BORDER

NEXT DIRECTIONS are coming across ARIZONA to get to the above POINT at the BRIDGE of the Colorado River as US RTE #95 map attached

First town after leaving New Mexico into Arizona is LUPTON...............

NEXT town, SANDERS

NEXT into Apache County and nearby is the PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK and PAINTED DESERT. And the Hopi and turns south into next town.........

HOLBROOK. and west into

JOSEPH CITY, and the Navajo/Hopi Crafts and crossing the "Little Colorado River" where Route 66 leaves the #40 and goes into

WINSLOW, as [ "Old Hwy 66 aka: E. 3rd St"

Next interesting spot is the METEOR Crater REST AREA where "Old Rt 66" cuts off to the south so you can take METEOR CRATER rd. south...and it goes back up by the Apache Death Cave and rejoins the #180 going Northwest to Twin Arrows where the 180/ #40............

and then turn straight WEST into FLAGSTAFF, Arizona.....................

Just west of FLAGSTAFF "Old Route 66" splits and heads northwest AKA: Brannigan Park Rd. that just takes a GIANT LOOP north and back DOWN again to the OTHER is also a "Historic Rte 66" that is along the #40............. AND then "E. Old Route 66" aka: Brannigan Park Rd. makes another curve up and is now called Parks Wagon Wheel Rd when it entered "Parks of the Pines" and it drops down to join the #40 again leaving FLAGSTAFF.............

The OLD Route 66 separates again to

enter WILLIAMS, Arizona and the GRAND CANYON ... Route 64 heads NORTH and Route 66 goes southwest.........it goes thru WILLIAMS and then joins the #40 AGAIN.. then it is "HISTORIC E. Rte.66" NOW we pass "THE GATE WAY TO THE GRAND CANYON" also called " E. Bill Williams Ave." into Grand Canyon it is "W. Rte 66" comes out of that town and crosses/ then becomes, Purple Heart Trail #40, the south side of the freeway it is called "Old Route 66" It crosses HWY 89 and is still #40 passes by

ASHFORK, Arizona. All of a sudden there is another SPLIT, "W. Old Rte 66" goes straight NORTH and turns west as -HISTORIC ROUTE 66 .....

Then we come to another split, "SIGN ON STREET Route 66" and it takes us Northwest "W. OLD 66" takes us right alongside the TRAIN TRACKS not far north of the #40. but it is "66"

and into SELIGMAN...where there is a "Historic Route 66 Motel" and right past "GRAND CANYON CAVERNS" after that it turns more to the NORTH leaving the #40 AGAIN... and then EAST and south to the town of

HUALAPAI and further southeast to

TRUXTON.............. and SOUTH past the Bureau of Indian Affairs.....

and ANTARES, Arizona..

finally KINGMAN, ARIZONA .............where the "66" Old Route comes SOUTH, where they have renamed it "E. Andy Devine Ave." and out of KINGMAN and it turns SOUTH away from the #40 going thru the heart of KINGMAN to the south end and then it joins the #40. AND THEN "Historic Rte 66" makes a right turn NORTH, leaving the #40 ...and then an immediate LEFT or South turn onto OATMAN HWY. #10 ........... WHICH goes SOUTH/WEST......

NEXT town WALNUT CREEK..............just after leaving Kingman. WHEN I just about think OATMAN HWY. is not where Route 66 goes there is a "Saddle Sore Ranch on Route 66" (milepost 36.5 on Oatman Hwy) Oatman Hwy....making a very curvy road up to SITGREAVES PASS VIEW POINT and past GOLD RUSH MINE. and then turning south EAST to go

into the TOWN OATMAN............ and out straight SOUTH to GOLDEN SHORES and

TOPOCK BAY which is at the COLORADO RIVER and the ARIZONA-CALIFORNIA BORDER.............in the COLORADO RIVER and the #40 FREEWAY aka: "Purple Heart Trail" and goes west into NEEDLES, California, where they change the name to "Blue Star Mem. Hwy." aka:Needles Fwy...........SEEMS to be Needles Hwy. but nothing that says -HISTORIC ROUTE 66 but at least we got back into California............

thru NEW MEXICO to ARIZONA BORDER

Coming from NEW MEXICO WEST towards Arizona...................................

U S Rte 66 aka: 333, travels along side FREEWAY #40 all the way, goes under #40 to go into the town of Monticello. When it comes into ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico name changes to Central Ave SE. aka: Rte 66 goes southwest until DEAD ENDS, turn north on Atrisco Vista and then joins the #40 Freeway AGAIN, now called US RT 66' Coronado FREEWAY. Right in the middle of the ROUTE is a turn off for Route 66 Casino Hotel, RV... etc..further west, on the north side of #40 is "Old Rte 66 Rd." it comes into LAGUNA, where it leaves #40 and is HWY 124 and "New Mexico Hwy 124 US Rte 66" it then meets #40 again and then "Old 66 aka: Cubero Loop" does JUST THAT, loops and returns to 124. It goes thru SAN FIDEL, still heading WEST and thru San Jose RT 66 runs along side #40. We then come to Sky City Travel and the Hwy 117 and exit onto 117 aka: McBride Rd. which goes straight north/west to a big city, GRANTS, which has many stores "Route 66" names.. coming out of Grants, it is now HWY 122... and now we are running along side #40 again. next town is THOREAU. Now we come to "Continental Divide on I-40" "Old Route 66 Souvenirs" and after that Route 66 jumps onto #40 AGAIN. And then it exits #40 and heads Northwest and past the NAVAJO NATION and then we come into GALLUP, New Mexico, here it is called "E. Historic Hwy 66" After GALLUP it turns SOUTH and to the NEW MEXICO-ARIZONA BORDER.................

thru TEXAS to OKLAHOMA BORDER

Going FROM NEW MEXICO east into TEXAS..........OF COURSE you are still on [3] #40 and OFF and back ON again is U S Route 66 aka: W. Amarillo Blvd along side.......

First city you come to is ADRIAN, Texas,

then Vega, Texas,

then Wildorado, Texas,

then Bushland,

then the BIGGEST, Amarillo, Texas...............US Route 66 splits off the #40 just before entering Amarillo and takes a huge LOOP north above the city and thru it and then turns South AS US 60 takes over, and RTE 66 joins #40 at WEEDPATCH CAMP, past the Int'l Airport turns SOUTH aka: #2161 and after a long way it curves east and there it is, #40 AGAIN............and just before you get

to GROOM, Texas they split again #40 loops north above the city and US Route 66 crosses the south of the city and they meet again.

Next tiny town, Alanreed

Next McLean, Texas

and then before the town of Shamrock US Rte 66 cuts off and goes thru the town...........and joins #40 again..outside, east, there is a "Route 66 Bridge over the Chicago, Rock Island, and Gulf Railroad" Shamrock is the LAST TOWN before the TEXAS-OKLAHOMA BORDER

thru OKLAHOMA to KANSAS/MISSOURI

Across the TEXAS-OKLAHOMA BORDER into Oklahoma the first town is

TEXOLA, Oklahoma.............keep going straight EAST and the

NEXT town is ERICK outside ERICK the "R.S. RT. 66" aka:"Bk. R" also added "S. El Camino" and when it comes to a cloverleaf with US 283/#40 RS Rte 66 splits and goes straight NORTH...... as "S. 4th St." and up thru

SAYRE, Texas after going thru the town 66 JOINS #40 AGAIN going EAST/then NORTHEAST until "W. State Hwy 66 aka: W. 3rd St. takes off more towards the north and #40 goes straight EAST and we come to the large town of ELK CITY, and #40 is there too. 66 goes east thru town.

Next is CANUTE where #40/Rt 66 make a loop above the town but there is a Frontage Road that turns into "Old US Hwy. 66" cuts across the town. outside town, east side the join again

until we come into FOSS, Oklahoma, where "66" goes into town.

BYPASSING the town CLINTON #4-/ 66 but there is a main street "W. Gary Blvd." that the OKLAHOMA ROUTE 66 MUSEUM is on.

US RTE 66/#40 keep going east......and coming to the next BIG town

WEATHERFORD (city sign has a "66" on it..however, 66/#40 go along the south end of the town, after leaving WEATHERFORD US RTE.66 is now running along the NORTH side of #40 and then rejoins #40 at US 281 and splits at the Cherokee Trading POST and runs alongside.

NEXT town EL RENO Rte 66 goes north of the BIG town and #40 goes below. All the way thru town, now going SOUTH, it is "US RT 66" and then it joins US 81 and runs alongside #40 until it

comes to OKLAHOMA CITY and Lake Overholser, and Will Rogers World Airport at the south of town. US RTE 66/#40 run right thru town at the north end going east and then northeast..... aka:#44 and stays that until the NORTHEAST side of town where coming in from the south is the STATE Hwy #35 aka: Monarch Hwy" aka: "PURPLE HEART TRAIL" AND they JOIN going EAST US 66 goes NORTH thru OKLAHOMA CITY and there are other smaller cities it goes thru like the "CITY of EDMOND" and another state HWY #77/ #141 but still on #35 PURPLE HEART TRAIL US 66 no longer listed...............

BECAUSE at the cloverleaf US 66 exits on the Integris Parkway Edmond aka. E. Frontage Rd. and around the bend it joins E. 2nd St. EAST passing "Arcadia Lake" in "Central STATE Park" and turns northeast to

ARCADIA, Oklahoma

Next is LUTHER, Oklahoma, US 66/2nd St keep going east and then north and east again til we come to WELLSTON

Then WARWICK

Next is CHANDLER and US 66 goes onto W.15th St for 2 blocks and then makes a left turn straight NORTH and then a sharp curve EAST again..........

NEXT town DAVENPORT it comes in from the east and then curves north outside DAVENPORT it turns Northeast and then straight EAST until N3520 Rd. and Arbor Grove Cemetery it curves NORTHeast again... and coming up on the #44 FWY (toll turnpike) and the next

Town of STROUD US Rte 66 goes right thru town and on the other side is another "Old US 66" along side and then the join.

Next DEPEW and #44 (toll turnpike) is not far to the north

NEXT BRISTOW "Creek Nation CASINO-Bristow" They rename it "S. Roland St." and turns off that street going EAST and is US Rte 66 again, and DEAD ENDS on S. Main St.and turns LEFT going NORTH until it CROSSES #44 FWY (toll turnpike) and joins #48 going north. and another "OLD RTE 66 HWY next to it. comes to #44 FWY (toll turnpike) CROSSES back to the south into

KELLYVILLE, OKLAHOMA, Creek County Here they have "HEART OF ROUTE 66 MUSEUM" IN THE city of

SEPULPA goes past the museum and then splits NORTH with the N. Frankoma RD and another "66" goes off to the EAST called N Sepulpa Rd THE OTHER "Rt 66" aka: SOUTHWEST Blvd. THE 2 "US RT 66" finally meet at Gilcrease Expswy but the "SPLIT and can not believe it but "US RT 66" goes along side going Northeast #44............

SOMEWHERE in here we came into TULSA........."For most of the 20th century, the city held the nickname "Oil Capital of the World"...BUT an even better nickname for TULSA in this case is: "the city the nickname the "Birthplace of Route 66". "In 1925, Tulsa businessman Cyrus Avery, known as the "Father of Route 66," began his campaign to create a road linking Chicago to Los Angeles by establishing the U.S. Highway 66 Association in Tulsa." it, US ROUTE 66, then CURVES east to go OVER the #44 still as US RT 66 aka: SOUTHWEST Blvd. ON the EAST side of the 'Arkansas River it makes a SHARP right turn onto "W. 12th St." and then becomes "W. 11th St." and then back to US RT 66 and goes straight EAST across the city until we find "County Line Rd." and make a left (north) and all of a SUDDEN you see "66" up on the FREEWAY "Highway 412 also #44 " going east/west... US RT 66 makes an immediate Veer north and is called "N Old Hsy 66" it goes off to the east and crosses the Verdigris River along the TRAIN TRACKS/TRAIN BRIDGE leaving "Tulsa Port Of Catoosa" and into the next city

VERDIGRIS, Oklahoma and then immediately

into the next city, CLAREMORE US RT 66 goes thru the WEST part of town, past Claremore Lake. Leaving Claremore and

right into SEQUEYAH and then into "BUSHYHEAD" not sure it is a town?

NEXT big town CHELSEA after passing thru Chelsea it turns EAST..........and Northeast

And into EL CABRITO changes the name to "S. Wilson St. " and also "US RT 66" and also "60" and "69" and then #2... and then TURN right on "W. Illinois Ave." aka: "69" / "US RT 66/ 60" and THEN US RT 66 crosses under the Will rogers Turnpike and head straight EAST across the farmland...............makes a right turn before E. 270 Rd. heading north until it reaches

AFTON, Oklahoma and turns east........ then you come to a perfect cloverleaf go up the middle THEN US RT 66 crosses under the Will rogers Turnpike AGAIN to the north side. North AND finally it is curving toward the east.besides US RT 66/ "69" there is also #10 going into the

big city MIAMI, Oklahoma, and Buffalo Run Casino/Resort TURN left onto "A St. SE all the way thru the city NORTH and into

NORTH MIAMI then just as it curves east/north you see within WALKING DISTANCE Micky Mantle's childhood home as we exit the town on the northeast side it goes EAST...............as we come into QUAPAW it turns NORTH.........and then east

QUAPAW the last town before the OKLAHOMA-KANSAS BORDER

OKLAHOMA BORDER thru KANSAS BORDER

"US 66 -Route information, Maintained by KDOT

Length 11.274 mi [2] (18.144 km)

Existed November 11, 1926–June 26, 1985

And NORTH into BAXTER SPRINGS, KANSAS and they added the names "Military Av." and ALT 69 AT this junction the US RT 66 TURNS LEFT(west) and then NORTH (aka: SE 50th St) at RAINBOW BRIDGE curves EAST AGAIN.........aka: SE Beasley Rd. and EAST

into the next town RIVERTON, GARDEN County, KANSAS

it is called #69 and "US RTE 400" which is curving EAST............and THEN at the circle "US RT 66" comes out going EAST.............. and quickly we come to the,

NEXT town is GALENA, Kansas we go past 'Mercy Specialty Hospital KANSAS and then we CROSS the KANSAS-MISSOURI BORDER

Thru MISSOURI to ILLINOIS BORDER

And then into the little CENTRAL CITY, Missouri and right on into

JOPLIN So "US ROUTE 66" goes thru the north section of JOPLIN and the WILL ROGERS TURNPIKE crosses JOPLIN at the SOUTH END of the town.....................US RT 66 turns NORTH onto Rangeline Rde. (also #49) we pass through

OAKLAND PARK going NORTH and into

WEBB CITY and now called "S. Madison St." and US RT 66" turns east on "W. Broadway St."

Next township, CARTERVILLE US RT 66 turns NORTH again on "N. Pine St." until we come to Caterville Cemetery and US RT 66 turns EAST and then US RT 66 turns SOUTH to CROSS the STATE Hwy 171 and then EAST AGAIN...............

to come into BROOKLYN HEIGHTS

Goes thru little AVILLA, McDonald Township, Missouri, travels east going thru several tiny towns as "US RT 66" aka: 96 ALL of a SUDDEN there is a "Old Hwy 66" aka:266 goes alongside the other one..........

It comes into "HALLTOWN, Ozark Township, Missouri, US RT 66 goes southeast and joins #44 AGAIN

266 curves NORTHEAST and there is no more mention of OLD HWY 66, so we have to join the #44 where it does say, "US RT 66" which goes northeast and into

"St. Louis and Springfield was an old road. had been a Native American trail, known as the "Osage Indian Trail"' This was now part of the "Route 66" highway................

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, #44 travels along side the outskirts of town to the north end...AT THE cloverleaf US RT 66 exits onto "Kearney St."/ 744 goes straight EAST and out of town headed northeast it parallel to the #44 and says, "WEST OLD RTE 66" and that takes us to

STRAFFORD, Jackson, Missouri

THEN it splits off #44 to go south of a town,

MARSHFIELD.............Township, Missouri it actually TURNS into "W. Jackson St. " and immediately TURNS north onto "W. Hubble Dr." goes around a roundabout and comes out EAST as Hubble going EAST and then NORTH and east north all the way thru the farms finally comes into

CONWAY, Union Township, Missouri and then

into PHILLIPSBURG, Missouri it is running alongside #44

Next into LEBANON, , Missouri US RT 66 splits from I44 and goes NORTH................. it is now called "Millcreek" cuts off again going northeast parallel to #44

now it is headed SOUTH? it goes WAY DOWN just to get to the south end of

LAQUEY, Liberty Township, Missouri......... and north AGAIN to go into

BUCKHORN, Cullen Township, Missouri and then the town of

ST. ROBERT ALSO known here as "Old Rte 66"

Just bypassing JEROME

And coming into the BIG ROLLA and we come to "Kings Highway" US RT 66 goes under Kingshighway as #44 and is not found.........................HOWEVER, there is an "OLD RT 66" ON Kingshighway aka: 44 ALSO "OLD HWY 63" and it goes NORTH and no more RT 66,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Up northeast to pass the MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY" in

ROLLA, Missouri past the University RT 66 disappears US RT 63 takes over

"OLD RTE 66" aka:"E. James Blvd," and this one comes alongside #44 AGAIN aka: "Missouri KK", and then it splits to go to the south end of the next TOWN

CUBA, Benton Township, Missouri

NEXT town is BOURBON goes thru town and out and then is called "S. Service Rd."

next town, WEST SULLIVAN, Boone Township, Missouri

and then SULLIVAN, of course

Then STANTON, Meramac Township, Missouri

then ST. CLAIR, Central Township, Missouri where OLD RT 66 makes a sharp right south and then EAST aka: "N. Commercial Ave." it goes east into the next big

TOWN of VILLA RIDGE, Boles Township, Missouri "OLD RTE 66" aka: 100

next town GRAY SUMMIT, Boles and then north and EAST into

WILDWOOD, Missouri

ELLISVILLE, Wildhorse Township, and then

right into BALDWIN and then right into the next BIG town

MANCHESTER, Queeny Township, Missouri where "US RT 66" is aka: "Manchester Rd."

Into ROCK HILL, Clayton Township "OLD RT 66" disappears on the Manchester Rd /100.... last time to see "OLD RTE 66" is at 67/61/" N. Kirkwood Rd." on Manchester Rd..

in KIRKWOOD , Bonhomme Township, Missouri.............and at this juncture it TURNS SOUTH on N. Kirkwood Rd............and now the name changes to "BLUES HWY" still aka:61/67 goes south until it crosses UNDER #44 going south, to Watson Rd. and turns EAST onto aka:366 goes on and then is named "Chippewa St." from there it makes a left on "Gravois Ave." northeast.....it DOES STAY on Gravois Ave. to parallel the #44.............on the other side NORTH it is called "Tucker Blvd." and still "OLD RTE 66" it makes a sharp right/an immediate left to go NORTH to go

into ST. LOUIS, Missouri, past BUSCH STADIUM and it disappears AGAIN probably joins Hwy 40 to go over the Mississippi River BRIDGE and

there are: POPLAR ST. Bridge/EADS BRIDGE/MARTIN LUTHER KING/DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER HWY BRIDGE / MCKINLEY BRIDGE /MERCHANTS BRIDGE..........

So it appears that "OLD RTE 66" joins "Hwy 40 W." and off to the NORTH we can see the "THE GATEWAY ARCH" and goes over POPLAR BRIDGE to cross the BORDER MISSOURI-ILLINOIS BORDER and the first CITY is

EAST ST. LOUIS, Illinois..........................

Thru ILLINOIS to Chicago

THE BEGINNING

"U.S. Route 66 begins in Chicago, at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Jackson Street

"Length 301 mi (484 km)

Existed November 11, 1926–June 25, 1974 (they killed it? or renamed it)

Major junctions

West end US 66 at the Mississippi River towards St. Louis, MO

I-64 / IL 3 in East St. Louis

I-70 / I-270 in Troy

I-80 in Joliet

US 30 (Lincoln Highway) in Joliet

I-90 / I-94 in Chicago

East end US 41 in Chicago

"Entering Illinois from St. Louis, Missouri, the highway originally crossed the Mississippi River at the McKinley Bridge, NOT the POPLAR BRIDGE

There is no sign of US Rt 66 anywhere after leaving the BUSCH STADIUM block.....................

So we will have to follow the directions as stated in the STORY below........

Here is the story from wikipedia

Just before going out of the state into Missouri is

The first town, EAST ST. LOUIS, which it states US Rt 66 doesn't go to

This is WHERE the STORY goes.........."the highway originally crossed the Mississippi River at the McKinley Bridge, NOT the POPLAR BRIDGE

"Poplar Street Bridge was opened in 1967 to facilitate I-55, I-64, and I-70. US 66 and US 40"

Leaving BUSCH Stadium it takes #44 PASS the GATEWAY ARCH north then #44 turns into #70 aka: Dwight D. Eisenhower Hwy. turns right on "McKinley ST." which goes across the McKinley Bridge, on the other side it is "Cedar St." going NORTH aka:"Illinois State Rt 3"

and VENICE is on the east side of the highway.................keeps going north and becomes "Lewis and Clark Blvd." it goes on the outskirts of MADISON, not in the town at all............

"This first alignment passed through

VENICE is just east of the river, right OFF MCKINLEY BRIDGE

MADISON, to get to

GRANITE CITY" it leaves Rt#3 and goes east on "St. Thomas Rd." and right on "Chain of Rocks Rd." IS STILL there on Bypass US 66, and there is a "Route 66 Flea Market in GRANITE CITY, Illinois just west of the town of MITCHELL. "Chain of Rocks Bridge Rd." does go into Mitchell and goes east into the next big town of EDWARDSVILLE, which is the home for the SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY.................leave EDWARDSVILLE going EAST on "Vandalia Ave." turn NORTH on "Hillsboro Ave." aka: "STATE 157"

THERE IT IS: "OLD RTE 66" aka: "STATE 157" going Northeast right into

HAMEL, Illinois STAY on 157 "OLD RTE 66" aka: "W. Frontage Rd." ...........it comes up to/parallels hwy #55 northeast. it veers off onto "Possum Hill Rd." which loops into #4

Original route

"IL 4 north of Auburn

"U.S. Route 66 originally followed IL 4 north of Hamel. This alignment navigated through

STAUNTON, (#4 and picks up numerous street names go thru town,comes out as #4) and a "Route 66 Gaming" is still going and #4 takes us to

SAWYERVILLE, and then to the OUTSKIRTS of

BENLD and north into the downtown of

GILLESPIE and goes east and NORTH and then WEST to go into the town of

CARLINVILLE, MACOUPIN COUNTY downtown then north

OFF to the east of #4 is "Turkey Tracks on Route 66" aka: Donaldson Rd. in GIRARD.......

the #4 goes past the Turkey Tracks makes a curve to the EAST ................to go into the next town

NILWOOD #4 leaves Nilwood north and comes into the bigger town of

GIRARD thru town straight NORTH again..............

"The section of US 66/IL 4 from Nilwood to Girard was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 23, 2002.[6] Route 66 continues along IL 4 north

through VIRDEN, next is

THAYER, north to the outskirts, only close not IN town of

AUBURN heads off northeast to CHATHAM

("A section of IL 4 north of Auburn and south of Springfield, which was also part of the original span of US 66, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 6, 1998.[6] This is the last brick alignment in Illinois.")

Route 66 then passed through

CHATHAM,

SPRINGFIELD. (FOUND THIS Illinois Route 66 Scenic Byway WAY off to the east of #4 in the middle of the city. AND from the Byway building take "S. 5th St." north to the Old State Capitol.

" Breaking off of IL 4, the route passed the Illinois State Capitol and the Old State Capitol."

FROM there #97 east to #55 NORTH into

SHERMAN northeast to

WILLIAMSVILLE coming out of town we find "OLD RT 66" parallel to #55 and then splits and goes further east to #55 veers around Elkhart

then ELKHART RT 66 goes thru

BROADWELL after Rt 66 goes EAST and is aka: Lincoln Pkwy and into

LINCOLN and we find this "The Mill Museum on Route 66" Route 66 goes on the outskirts of town north and makes a turn EAST and at the north end of town heads northeast again. parallels #55 and into

LAWNDALE out northeast and up into the town of

ATLANTA come of the Paul Bunyan Statue except "OLD RTE 66" bypasses Atlanta totally going northeast and on into

MCLEAN, and a "Historic Route 66 landmark"' AND where the "OLD RTE 66" turns off and onto E. Carlisle St aka: "OLD RTE 66" east and then turns north to run along #55 northeast the next town being SHIRLEY, Dale Township, Illinois it stays "OLD RTE 66" coming into

BLOOMINGTON, and then it joins "S. Veteran's PKWY." and I can still see it.........it turns EAST then north and still "OLD RTE 66" /"S. Veteran's PKWY." / #55 now and then way north of town "OLD RTE 66" CROSSES "OLD US RTE 66" SO we have a choice, NORTH or northeast???????????? Veterans Pkwy turns into Pipeline Rd, no more 66 the northeast OLD US RT 66 has now come along side of #55.......... and we come to the town of

TOWANDA both highways going on the west outskirts of the town. and northeast to the next town

LEXINGTON still ever northeast we see "Historic Route 66 Chenoa IL Parking Lot"

CHENOA is also bypassed, but close........ the next town is way northeast,

PONTIAC it goes straight thru the outskirts of town on the west side. #55 has now been named, Barack Obama Presidential Expwy., and still parallel is "OLD US RTE 66"

next is CAYUGA still northeast to

ODELL Township the next township both #55/ "OLD US RTE 66" outskirt to the west side is

DWIGHT the next township both #55/ "OLD US RTE 66" outskirt to the west side is

GARDNER, Garfield Township, Illinois after leaving to the east "OLD US RTE 66" TOTALLY comes to a DEAD END. at the MAZON RIVER, no way to go unless you know to turn off and get on "Hwy #53 or get on the #55 no mention of 66 again.............after Mazon River is the town of

BRACEVILLE and then

GODLEY and then

BRAIDWOOD, Reed Township a bigger town so we are staying with Hwy. #53 but #55 is not far to the west now the next town is

WILMINGTON, next

ELWOOD next

PRESTON HEIGHTS

JOLIET, Illinois with the Des Plaines River nearby and #54 HWY is now called "S. Chicago St." then it turns into #52......so the direction finder takes us right onto hwy. 80 EAST..........

1. 80 joins #294 / #5 north into

CHICAGO, Illinois still no "US RT 66" after a cloverleaf around and it comes out #57 going northeast. into CALUMET PARK somehow we are now on I-94/90 going NORTH and now onto the DAN RYAN EXPWY northwest we are close to the Chicago CHINA TOWN and then the UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO

Here is "First Route 66 Sign in Illinois" located at 45-63 E. Adams St. / WABASH and

"The Historic Trio on Route 66"

"Where did Route 66 start in Chicago?"

"U.S. Route 66 begins in Chicago, at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Jackson Street , but it's never been a glamorous thoroughfare here. It runs southwest through the city along Ogden Avenue, before passing through the suburbs of Cicero, Berwyn, and McCook."

SORRY, that is the best maps can do. Chicago does not have anything like Santa Monica California has "Route 66 END OF Trail' or even any of the '"US ROUTE 66" names on a street..

Counties

1. Cook County, Illinois
2. Kendall County, Illinois
3. Will County, Illinois
4. Livingston County, Illinois
5. Logan County, Illinois
6. Sangamon County, Illinois
7. Macoupin County, Illinois
8. McLean County, Illinois
9. Grundy County, Illinois
10. St. Clair County, Illinois
11. Madison County, Illinois
12. Marion County, Illinois

1. Jasper County, Missouri
2. Newton County, Missouri
3. Greene County, Missouri
4. Lawrence County, Missouri
5. Phelps County, Missouri
6. Frannklin County, Missouri
7. Crawford County, Missouri

1. Cherokee County, Kansas

1. Ottawa County, Oklahoma
2. Craig County, Oklahoma
3. Rogers County, Oklahoma
4. Tulsa County, Oklahoma
5. Creek County, Oklahoma
6. Lincoln County, Oklahoma
7. Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
8. Canadian County, Oklahoma
9. Caddo County, Oklahoma
10. County, Oklahoma
11. Clinton County, Oklahoma
12. Beckham County, Oklahoma

1. Deaf Smith County, Texas
2. Oldham, Texas
3. Potter, Texas
4. Carson, Texas
5. Wheeler, Texas
6. Gray County, Texas
7. Donley County, Texas

1. Quay, New Mexico
2. Guadalupe, New Mexico
3. Torrance, New Mexico
4. Bernalillo, New Mexico
5. Cibola County, New Mexico
6. McKinley County, New Mexico

1. Mohave County, Arizona
2. #Yavapai County, Arizona
3. Coconico County, Arizona
4. Navajo County, Arizona
5. Apache County, Arizona

1. San Bernardino County, California
2. Los Angeles County, California

Cities

Starting from the westend and moving eastward are:

1. Santa Monica, California
2. Santa Ana, California
3. South Pasadena, California
4. Sierra Madre, California
5. Eagle Rock, California
6. Pasadena, California
7. Arcadia, California
8. Monrovia, California
9. Azusa,California
10. Glendora, California
11. LaVerne, California
12. Upland, Cakifornia
13. Fontana, California
14. Rialto, California
15. Cucamonga, California
16. San Bernardino, California
17. Glen Helen, California
18. Cleghorn Canyon
19. CAJON, (in the PASS)
20. UP above CAJON is a side road Mariposa that has a "Rolar's 66 gas station Historic MARKER"
21. Palmdale, California
22. Victorville, California
23. Oro Grande- going north out of Victorville
24. The Roy Rogers Ranch a cut off from 66 Roy Rogers
25. Lynwood, California
26. Barstow, California
27. Daggett, California
28. Amboy, California
29. Needles, California

1. Mojave, Arizona
2. OATMAN, Arizona
3. Kingman, Arizona
4. Prescott, Arizona
5. Flagstaff, Arizona
6. Holbrook, Arizona
7. St. John's, Arizona
8. LUPTON, last one at the BORDER

1. Gallup, New Mexico
2. Manuelito, New Mexico
3. CONTINENTAL DIVIDE
4. Thoreau, New Mexico
5. Milan, New Mexico
6. San Fidal, New Mexico
7. Grants, New Mexico
8. Laguna, New Mexico
9. West of Albuquerque is "Route 66 Casino HOTEL/ RV
10. Albuquerque, , New Mexico
11. Monticello, New Mexico
12. Tijeras , New Mexico
13. Cedar Crest, New Mexico
14. Edgewood, New Mexico
15. Moriarty, New Mexico
16. Santa Rosa, New Mexico
17. Newkirk , New Mexico
18. Tucumcari, New Mexico has museum/monument/ Lake
19. San Jon, New Mexico and then over "Rte 66 San Jon Creek Bridge"
20. GLENRIO, New Mexico BORDER

1. GLENRIO, formerly Rock Island,[2] is an unincorporated community in both Deaf Smith County, Texas, and Quay County, New Mexico, Located on the former U.S. Route 66, the ghost town sits on the Texas–New Mexico state line. It includes the Glenrio Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
2. ADRIAN, OLDHAM Texas
3. Vega, OLDHAM, Texas
4. Wildorado, OLDHAM Texas
5. Bushland, Potter, Texas
6. Amarillo, Potter, Texas
7. Alanreed, Gray County, Texas
8. McLean, Gray County, Texas
9. Groom, Carson, Texas
10. Shamrock,Wheeler, Texas

1. Texola, Oklahoma
2. Sayre, Oklahoma
3. Elk City Oklahoma
4. Canute
5. Foss- bypassed
6. Clinton
7. Weatherford
8. Bridgeport- bypassed
9. El Reno
10. OKLAHOMA CITY
11. Edmond Oklahoma
12. Arcadia Oklahoma
13. Luther
14. Welston
15. Chandler
16. Stroud
17. Depew
18. Bristow
19. Kellyville _ bypassed??
20. Sepulpa
21. TULSA, Oklahoma
22. Verdigris
23. Claremore
24. Bushyhead (name of one of wikitree Indians)
25. Chelsea
26. Vinita, Oklahoma
27. Afton
28. MIAMI, Oklahoma
29. North Miami
30. Commerce  ?? makes right turn
31. QUAPAW last town before crossing OKLAHOMA-KANSAS BORDER

1. Baxter Springs, Kansas
2. Riverton, Garden County, Kansas
3. Galena, Kansas

1. JOPLIN, Missouri
2. OAKLAND PARK
3. WEBB CITY, Missouri
4. CARTERVILLE
5. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, Missouri
6. AVILLA,
7. "HALLTOWN, Ozark Township, Missouri
8. SPRINGFIELD, Missouri
9. STRAFFORD, Jackson, Missouri
10. MARSHFIELD
11. CONWAY, Union Township, Missouri
12. PHILLIPSBURG, Missouri
13. a few small ones
14. ROLLA
15. SULLIVAN, of course
16. STANTON, Meramac Township, Missouri
17. ST. CLAIR, Central Township, Missouri
18. 5 more small towns
19. MANCHESTER, Queeny Township, Missouri
20. St. Louis ...................Missouri...

Funk's Grove, McLean County, Illinois

NAMES of ROUTE 66 in each city

1. Colorado Ave (hwy #2) thru Santa Monica, California, which turns into Idaho Ave.
2. "Colorado Blvd." from Eagle Rock.
3. Huntington Dr. Arcadia, California
4. Foothill Blvd. Glendora and beyond.
5. Alosta Ave. Azusa, California
6. Mt. Vernon Ave.
7. MOJAVE FWY #15 BARSTOW FWY
8. Cajon Blvd.-Historic Rte 66
9. "National Trails Road'' .Barstow
10. E/W. MAIN ST Barstow.
11. Joseph L. Boll St.. Barstow

1. "E. Historic Hwy 66" Arizona
2. E. Andy Devine Ave. Kingman, Arizona
3. Brannigan Park Rd., Arizona
4. Parks Wagon Wheel Rd., Arizona
5. "Oatman Hwy."was chosen in honor of Olive Oatman-Fairchild, a young Illinois girl who was captured and enslaved by Indians, probably from the Tolkepayas tribe, during her pioneer family's massacre while on their journey westward in 1851. She was later sold or traded to the Mohave people, who adopted her and tattooed her face in the custom of the tribe. She was released in 1856 at Fort Yuma.[4]
6. E. Bill Williams Ave.
7. Purple Heart Trail
8. "National Trails Road''
9. "I-80" (Until 1975, the route of I-80 was designated US 40). is also known in Nevada as the Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway after the former president of the same name and the Purple Heart Trail after such military decoration.[11]

1. Historic Hwy 66, New Mexico
2. US Hwys: 118/122/ NM 124 New Mexico
3. Santa Fe Ave (Milan, New Mexico)
4. Central Ave SW New Mexico
5. US 333 (Monticello New Mexico )
6. US HWY. 84 New Mexico
7. US 54 New Mexico
8. W. Railroad Ave. New Mexico
9. W. Main St. New Mexico
10. E. Tucumcari Blvd. New Mexico

1. Route 66 splits of the #40
2. W. Amarillo Blvd Texas
3. US 60
4. W. Interstate Hwy #40 Texas

HERE are just a FEW of the names Missouri towns use.

1. "W. Jackson St. " and immediately TURNS north onto "W. Hubble Dr
2. "St. Louis and Springfield was an old road. been a Native American trail, known as the "Osage Indian Trail"." in HALLTOWN, Ozark Township
3. "WEST OLD RTE 66"
4. "S. Madison St." and US RT 66"
5. "W. Broadway St."
6. N. Pine St
7. Rangeline Rde. (also #49)
8. WILL ROGERS TURNPIKE out of JOPLIN, Missouri

1. "Military Av." and ALT 69 Kansas

Chicago, Illinois no Streets, Avenues, Blvd. or Place but this: "First Route 66 Sign in Illinois" located at 45-63 E. Adams St. / WABASH

"U.S. Route 66 begins in Chicago, at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Jackson Street

Editor's Footnote

1. Long Beach, California= 32.1 miles from Route 66 End of the Trail, 330 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica
2. Downey, California 16.4 miles straight SOUTH of the nearest Route 66, South Pasadena
3. Fresno, 251.7 miles NORTH the furthest distance......
4. Pasadena, El Sereno St 3.2 miles for 1 year
5. Rosemead, 6.3 miles from 1953-1956
6. Arcadia 0.4 miles or 5 blocks 7 addresses......
7. Monrovia, 0.7 miles north of Route 66 this time
8. Glendora, 1.6 miles 32 years
9. Elizabeth Colorado, 353 miles

Sources

1. ↑ wikipedia.com

1. NATIONAL REGISTER ILLINOIS Alternate Route 66, Wilmington to Joilet/ Ambler's Texaco Gas Station Il 17 and Old US 66... (look for the address)
2. moving pictures of the TRAFFIC
3. Britannica
4. California ROUTE 66 Museum Victorville
5. Tucumcari, New Mexico MUSEUM