Photo: Kingman, Mohave Museum
Planning your trip along the historic Route 66? Planeta.com is updating our city and state guides along the Mother Road, aka Main Street of the USA, and beginning an index of favorite places.
Background
Route 66 spanned more than 2,400 miles (3,862 kilometers) and ran through eight states. The “Mother Road” was created in 1926 after the Bureau of Public Roads launched the nation’s first federal highway system, bringing together existing local and state roads from Chicago through St. Louis to Los Angeles.
Albuquerque is home to the longest urban stretch of Route 66. Officials are planning to construct a new Route 66 Visitor Center in the city. Land has been purchased on West Central at the apex of Nine Mile Hill.
Route 66 Faves
Route 66 Museum, Clinton, Oklahoma
https://www.okhistory.org/sites/route66.php
Route 66 Museum
https://www.okhistory.org/sites/route66
https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/19922
@Route66museum
Chee’s
Relocated from Route 66 to I-40 (Arizona, exit 351)
http://www.cheesindianstore.com/about-us.html – facebook
Roadtrippers