Route 66 turns 100 on November 11, 2026 — a full century of the legendary highway that inspired the classic U.S. road trip.

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Our Route 66 road trip began at the end, at the famed fishing pier jutting out into the Pacific Ocean. On a breezy Sunday afternoon, the first day of June, a steady stream of ...

Neon was everywhere on Route 66 for one specific reason. Here's why neon was so popular on Route 66, America's so-called ...

Celebrate 100 years of Route 66 through the people and places of Central Illinois. Celebrate the centennial of Route 66 with a journey through Central Illinois. Explore museums, landmarks and roadside ...

A large portion of Route 66 overlaps with the northern route of the Trail of Tears, along which some 12,000 Native Americans were forcibly, often fatally, made to march from their ancestral lands to ...

As the 100th anniversary of Route 66 approaches in 2026, join Pulitzer Prize winners Jonathan Bullington and E. Jason Wambsgans as they spotlight the stops and people who live along America’s highway.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - The Route 66 Centennial Celebration is far from over, with a whole lineup of events happening Friday night, but once the festival is over, new icons of the Mother Road will be ...

People who live in Winona, just east of Flagstaff, say they work to keep the town’s piece of the highway history alive.

With the automobile revolution in full swing by the 1920s, the American Association of State Highway Officials proposed a brand-new system of major interstate highways that would connect the United ...

Friends, motorists, fellow Americans: The road ahead is far from straight. But it will take us through eight states and dozens of small towns, past Muffler Men and Patel motels, beneath the bright ...

The Arcadia round barn is one of the top attractions along Route 66 in Oklahoma. Oklahoma’s stretch of Route 66, often called the “Heart of the Mother Road,” is packed with nostalgic charm, quirky ...

ROUTE 66 has become an icon in American popular culture as a road symbolic of adventure and freedom. Here is what we know about the 2,000 mile-long legendary route. Also known as US Route 66 or US ...