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![Route 66 is the most famous road in America.](/_ipx/f_webp&q_80&fit_contain&s_1440x1080/imagesDir/jpg/405185/slide-1.jpg)
Route 66 is the most famous road in America.
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![It was born in 1926 as part of the new](/_ipx/f_webp&q_80&fit_contain&s_1440x1080/imagesDir/jpg/405185/slide-2.jpg)
It was born in 1926 as part of the new numbered
highway network and quickly grew to be the preferred road west for a nation on the move. U.S
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![It transformed the American West from an isolated frontier to](/_ipx/f_webp&q_80&fit_contain&s_1440x1080/imagesDir/jpg/405185/slide-3.jpg)
It transformed the American West from an isolated frontier to an
economically vital region of the country and made it accessible to anyone with a car.
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![Route 66 mirrored the mood of the nation.](/_ipx/f_webp&q_80&fit_contain&s_1440x1080/imagesDir/jpg/405185/slide-4.jpg)
Route 66 mirrored the mood of the nation.
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![During the Great Depression, it became the Road of Flight](/_ipx/f_webp&q_80&fit_contain&s_1440x1080/imagesDir/jpg/405185/slide-5.jpg)
During the Great Depression, it became the Road of Flight for
farm families escaping the Dust Bowl
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![In the post war recovery years, optimism pervaded the national](/_ipx/f_webp&q_80&fit_contain&s_1440x1080/imagesDir/jpg/405185/slide-6.jpg)
In the post war recovery years, optimism pervaded the national attitude.
Times were good and people traveled.
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![Part of the charm of Route 66 is its idiosyncratic personality.](/_ipx/f_webp&q_80&fit_contain&s_1440x1080/imagesDir/jpg/405185/slide-7.jpg)
Part of the charm of Route 66 is its idiosyncratic personality.
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![This corridor of neon signs and gaudy roadside attractions was](/_ipx/f_webp&q_80&fit_contain&s_1440x1080/imagesDir/jpg/405185/slide-8.jpg)
This corridor of neon signs and gaudy roadside attractions was embraced
by the traveling public as an exciting diversion from ordinary life.
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![Route 66 is synonymous with fun and adventure.](/_ipx/f_webp&q_80&fit_contain&s_1440x1080/imagesDir/jpg/405185/slide-9.jpg)
Route 66 is synonymous with fun and adventure.
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![What made Route 66 an intimate adventure also made it dangerous. "Bloody 66" was totally accessible.](/_ipx/f_webp&q_80&fit_contain&s_1440x1080/imagesDir/jpg/405185/slide-10.jpg)
What made Route 66 an intimate adventure also made it dangerous.
"Bloody 66" was totally accessible.
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![Route 66 achieved a mythic status in American culture that](/_ipx/f_webp&q_80&fit_contain&s_1440x1080/imagesDir/jpg/405185/slide-11.jpg)
Route 66 achieved a mythic status in American culture that could
not be replaced by a safer but soulless super highway system. Mythical 66 refused to die.
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![Route 66, stripped of its signs and removed from highway](/_ipx/f_webp&q_80&fit_contain&s_1440x1080/imagesDir/jpg/405185/slide-12.jpg)
Route 66, stripped of its signs and removed from highway maps,
appeared destined to become a forgotten footnote in history.
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![Almost 2,500 miles of pavement, the great neon corridor, was](/_ipx/f_webp&q_80&fit_contain&s_1440x1080/imagesDir/jpg/405185/slide-13.jpg)
Almost 2,500 miles of pavement, the great neon corridor, was faded,
less traveled, and in places, harder to find but still there and waiting to be rediscovered
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![By 1984 a movement was developing to resurrect the old](/_ipx/f_webp&q_80&fit_contain&s_1440x1080/imagesDir/jpg/405185/slide-14.jpg)
By 1984 a movement was developing to resurrect the old road.
It might not be the corridor west that it once was, but it could still be a road where travelers could experience the landscape.
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![On March 5, 1989, the Route 66 Association of Illinois](/_ipx/f_webp&q_80&fit_contain&s_1440x1080/imagesDir/jpg/405185/slide-15.jpg)
On March 5, 1989, the Route 66 Association of Illinois was
formed with the purpose to "preserve, promote and enjoy the past and present of U.S. Highway 66."
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![In the late 1990s, Illinois Route 66 was designated a "state heritage” tourism project."](/_ipx/f_webp&q_80&fit_contain&s_1440x1080/imagesDir/jpg/405185/slide-16.jpg)
In the late 1990s, Illinois Route 66 was designated a "state
heritage” tourism project."
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![Interesting Facts](/_ipx/f_webp&q_80&fit_contain&s_1440x1080/imagesDir/jpg/405185/slide-17.jpg)
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