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  2. Route 66 was a historic highway in the United States that spanned from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, California123. It was one of the first national highways for motor vehicles and covered a total distance of 2,448 miles12. It connected the urban and rural communities in the country and symbolized American individualism, travel, and the freedom of the open road24. It was completely paved in 1938 and formally decommissioned in 1985134.
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    Route 66, one of the first national highways for motor vehicles in the United States and one that became an icon in American popular culture. It ran from Chicago to Santa Monica, California, and served numerous cities along the route. It was completely paved in 1938 and formally decommissioned in 1985.

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    Route 66 was a historic highway in the United States that spanned from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, California. It covered a total distance of 2,448 miles and was one of the first highways to connect the urban and rural communities in the country.

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    Historic Route 66, also known as the Mother Road or Main Street of America, was a US highway from 1926 to 1985. Route 66 runs through eight U.S. states, from Chicago Illinois to Los Angeles (Santa Monica), California.

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    During its existence from 1926 to its formal decommissioning in 1985, US Highway 66, or Route 66, came to occupy a special place in the American imagination. For a half-century and more, it symbolized American individualism, travel, and the freedom of the open road with the transformative rise of America’s automobile culture.

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    U.S. Route 66 or U.S. Highway 66 (US 66 or Route 66) was one of the original highways in the United States Numbered Highway System. It 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, ran … See more

    History

    Before the U.S. Highway System
    In 1857, Lt. Edward Fitzgerald Beale, a naval officer in the service of the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers, was ordered by the War Department to build a government-funded … See more

    Route description

    Over the years, US 66 received numerous nicknames. Right after US 66 was commissioned, it was known as "The Great Diagonal Way" because the Chicago-to … See more

    See also

    • U.S. Roads portal
    • National Register of Historic Places portal
    • Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino, named after US 66
    • List of landmarks on U.S. Route 66 See more

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    Special routes

    Several alternate alignments of US 66 occurred because of traffic issues. Business routes (BUS), bypass routes (BYP), See more

    In popular culture

    US 66 has been a fixture in popular culture. American pop-culture artists publicized US 66 and the experience, through song and … See more

    Further reading

    • "Arizona Highways". Arizona Highways: The Window of the West. July 1981. ISSN 0004-1521. Entire issue about Route 66.
    • Baker, T. Lindsay (2016). Portrait of Route 66: Images from the Curt Teich Postcard Archives. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. See more

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