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Both the 1946 hit song "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" and the Route 66 television series, which aired on CBS from 1960 to 1964, helped to popularize it.[([[https:// | Both the 1946 hit song "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" and the Route 66 television series, which aired on CBS from 1960 to 1964, helped to popularize it.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== The Grapes of Wrath ===== | ||
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+ | ===== Major Route During 1930s ===== | ||
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+ | US 66 was a major route for migrants migrating west, particularly during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Valuable For Business ===== | ||
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+ | The route helped the economics of the villages it went through. People doing business along the road became affluent as the highway grew in popularity.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Saving The Highway ===== | ||
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+ | Those same individuals later pushed to save the roadway from being bypassed by the new Interstate Highway System.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Improvements And Withdrawal ===== | ||
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+ | US 66 received several modifications and realignments over its history, but it was formally withdrawn from the United States Highway System in 1985 after being completely replaced by elements of the Interstate Highway System.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Historic Route 66 ===== | ||
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+ | Portions of the road that ran through Illinois, Missouri, New Mexico, and Arizona have been classified as a National Scenic Byway under the name " | ||
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+ | ===== State Route 66 ===== | ||
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+ | Several states have absorbed substantial bypassed parts of the former US 66 as State Route 66 into their state road networks. The corridor is also being renovated as part of the United States Bicycle Route System, which was created in the 2010s.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Numerous Nicknames ===== | ||
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+ | US 66 has been given several nicknames over the years. Because the Chicago-to-Oklahoma City portion went northeast to southwest, US 66 was once dubbed "The Great Diagonal Way". The US Highway 66 Association later marketed US 66 as " | ||
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+ | ===== The Will Rogers Highway ===== | ||
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+ | Finally, the US Highway 66 Association informally designated US 66 "The Will Rogers Highway" | ||
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+ | ===== More Plaques ===== | ||
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+ | There are several plaques like this one. Galena, Kansas is home to one. It was formerly situated on the Kansas-Missouri border. In 2001, it was relocated to the Howard Litch Memorial Park.[([[https:// |