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U.S. Highway 66 Will Rogers Highway US 66 highlighted in gray on a modern map Route information Maintained by KDOT Length 11.274 mi (18.144 km) Existed November 11, 1926 (1926-11-11) –June 26, 1985 (1985-06-26) Major junctions West end US 66 to Miami, Oklahoma Major intersections US-166 in Baxter Springs US-400 in Riverton K-26 in Galena East end US 66 to Joplin, Missouri Location Country ...
U.S. Route 66 Will Rogers Memorial Highway The final routing of U.S. Route 66 in red, with earlier alignments in pink Route information Length 2,448 mi (3,940 km) Existed November 11, 1926 (1926-11-11) –June 26, 1985 (1985-06-26) Tourist routes Historic Route 66 Major junctions West end Santa Monica, California East end Chicago, Illinois Location Country United States States California ...
March 10, 1983. Rainbow bridge over Brush Creek. The Rainbow Bridge is an old bridge over Brush Creek approximately two miles west of Riverton, Kansas on former U.S. Route 66 (US-66), now a county road. The bridge is a single-span concrete Marsh arch bridge and is the sole surviving bridge of this type on the entire length of the former highway.
Get Your Kicks. Route 66 had had a major impact on American history in the 20th century. Long before the interstate highways were a twinkle in Dwight Eisenhower's eye, it connected many previously ...
A Route 66 museum is a museum devoted primarily to the history of U.S. Route 66, a U.S. Highway which served the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois, in the United States from 1926 until it was bypassed by the Interstate highway system and ultimately decommissioned in June 1985.
U.S. Route 166 US 166 highlighted in red Route information Auxiliary route of US 66 Maintained by KDOT and MoDOT Length 164.159 mi (264.188 km) Existed 1926–present Major junctions West end US-81 in South Haven, KS Major intersections I-35 / Kansas Turnpike east of South Haven, KS US-77 in Arkansas City, KS K-15 in eastern Cowley County, KS K-99 south of Sedan, KS US-75 north of Caney US-169 ...
Kan-O-Tex Service Station (Galena) / 37.080389°N 94.63889°W / 37.080389; -94.63889. The Kan-O-Tex Service Station in Galena, Kansas, United States is a Kan-O-Tex filling station that originally served U.S. Route 66 motorists in 1934. Currently, it is a souvenir shop, snack bar, and tourist attraction .
66 Motel (Needles) – Former motel. Cucamonga Service Station ( Rancho Cucamonga, California) – Restored service station built in 1915 & now housing a museum of Route 66 & the local area. Bono's Historic Orange ( Fontana, California) – one of the last extant giant orange-shaped fruit stands once common to the region.