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A map of Route 66 showing how the highway connected Chicago and Los Angeles via Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Highway sign with the number 66, used to mark Route 66. Old Route 66 in Albuquerque Life along Route 66 in the 1940s A general store on Route 66 Staying along Route 66 Historic Route 66 in Illinois Casa del Desierto in Barstow migrating “Okies”
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2026 Detroit Auto Show will kick off with iconic Route 66 cross-country drive • Apr. 28, 2025, 5:13 PM ET (USA Today)

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A map of Route 66 showing how the highway connected Chicago and Los Angeles via Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
Highway sign with the number 66, used to mark Route 66.
Old Route 66 in Albuquerque
Life along Route 66 in the 1940s
A general store on Route 66
Staying along Route 66
Historic Route 66 in Illinois
Casa del Desierto in Barstow
migrating “Okies”
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