Posted: 6/26/2006 5:37:06 PM EDT
It's not on the maps, is it gone?
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I believe most of it is still around, just renamed and repaved in some areas. I had to drive from NY to CA recently and drove Rt 66 through OK, TX and New Mexico for a few miles. It was a long ass drive, I believe those were the states . I saw a lot of touristy road advertisement signs along the way for Rt 66 souvenir shops.
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I recently saw a documentary on Route 66, and IIRC they said about 80% is still intact and driveable. Each State has a preservation Society that offers info on planning a trip. I will see if I can locate the website. ETA: http://www.national66.com/ There is the one I was thinking about. If you type in "route 66" in google you will get dozens of sites dedicated to all things about Route 66. Enjoy. |
| You can still get your kicks on Route 66 in parts of Amarillo. Officially, it no longer exists. It was deactivated decades ago. Remants remain. The Route 66 Historical Society tries to protect its memory. She was called The Mother Road. Many an Okie followed her to California during the Depression/Dust Bowl Era. Many of these same Okies help us win WWII by working in the California war industries. |
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Still marked and signed in CA, although mostly as "Historic" Route 66. I'ld say about 95% intact, but from Barstow east to Needles, it's called the National Trails Highway. Barstow to Victorville, intact. Victorville to the intersection of I-15 and CA 138, almost all gone. Overlaid in most part by the freeways. From 138 and I-15 almost entirely intact to the west end, except at Devore where it is covered by the I-15 and I-215 interchange. Once you get into the Pasadena area, the route from there is a little hazy as it changed several times. For a brief period it was routed over the Arroyo Seco Parkway (Pasadena Freeway) but mostly was major surface streets. Over the years I've driven the old roads from LA to Amarillo. I wouldmn't recommend the Barstow to Needles section in other than very good weather with pre-planning. Running out of gas in the middle of the mojave Desert is no fun. |
Club Cafe? With the fat man on the sign? Drove from Albuquerque to St. Louis, going back to Ky on parts of 66. Pretty cool and very nostalgic. Tucumcari is the best. Lots of neon. Mark |
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Route 66. www.historic66.com Pretty much all of Foothill Blvd through the east side of LA/San Berdo is Route 66, it's called SR66 now. 
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www.pashnit.com/ |
Ahh, I know right where that sign is!  SW corner of Euclid & Foothill in Upland. Lots of banks right there. There is a BofA right at that corner, a PFF bank on the SE corner and a Washington Mutual on the NW corner.I have an apartment building just over 1 block East of that intersection. |
| Was also known as "Bloody 66",nostalgic now,but think how it must have been then. Know some old truckers who used to drive it,they didn't have the sissy sticks then. Guard rails were made of wood,when hit,the planks would go through the floorboard/firewall,instant death. |
| As everyone knows, the interstate highway system killed Route 66. But back in the early 70's, parts of it were still hanging on. In the summers of 70 and 71 Mom and Dad loaded up all six of their kids in the 69 Ford Country Squire and headed off to Tuscon Az. to visit the cousins. Much of the route we travled was along Route 66 and there was still quite a few of the old roadside attractions. |
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An even older route is the Lincoln Highyway...our first transcontinetal highway..Much of it is now U.S 30... Still see the old route markers for it ocassionally. The highway led from NewYork to SanFrancisco and predated the numbered U.S. routes. Construction started in 1913. |
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Yup...it's at a rest stop if I recall...stopped their on the way to Idaho... Funny...most of the people who stop their probably have no idea what that memorial is about... |
For example, my uncle owns an RV park on Hwy 66 in west Gallup, NM. At least in western NM, Hwy 66 was replaced in large part, by I-40, although a lot of the old attractions are visible from the interstate. We'll be going out there in about 3 weeks for a month. Merlin |
That's sorta how this thread started. Route 66 keeps popping up everywhere I look. I went to see Cars, then someone on another forum asked about the series with Martin Milner, then last night I noticed my Bic lighter has a Rt 66 sign on it. Then I tried to find it on a map. |
Basically, I-55 - I-44 - I-40. |