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Historic Route 66
“The Mother Road”, “The Main Street of America”, “The Will Rogers Highway”, “Get your kicks on Route 66″
http://www.historic66.com/
Historic Route 66 was replaced by a number of Interstates and other more utilized roadways, but many advocates are trying to preserve and keep Route 66 running. It’s an old highway that ran from Chicago to Los Angeles. http://www.historic66.com/description/ to view a map. Currently published maps do not display Route 66 … but it’s still there. A ghost highway if you will. And a scenic and artistic one as well. It’s 2,448 miles long. (ca 4,000 km) It was created in 1926, crosses 8 states, and 3 time zones. It was de-commissioned in 1985 and replaced by Interstates.
San Jon and Lesbia, New Mexico
Not much to say about these rural farming villages. that’s where my journey began. Route 66 is really nothing more than a frontage road these days to I-40. Highway speeds are 45 to 55 mph on Rte 66 while I40 has speeding 75 mph.
Tucumcari, New Mexico
Shows alot of high spirit for being along Route 66. Every shop is branded with it. Made a pitstop at the Mesalands Dinosaur Museum.
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