From restored sports cars to slow-moving tractors, two groups of international travelers are making memories along Oklahoma's stretch of the Mother Road.
KINGMAN, AZ (AZFamily) — If you’ve driven between Phoenix and Las Vegas, you know the Kingman stretch of highway all too well. Now, a years-long project to smooth out that route has reached a ...
Oklahoma City’s first of four signs celebrating the Route 66 centennial was installed Thursday morning. There are more than a ...
The Pacific Coast Highway may have the views and Route 50 the sheer span, but it’s Route 66, one of the U.S.’s first national highways, that has captured the imagination of writers, musicians, and ...
A massive Route 66 sign now tops a new bridge in Kingman, marking progress on the highway project easing the Phoenix-to-Vegas drive. By Brian Petersheim Jr. Route 66 has never met an oversized ...
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the legendary U.S. Route 66. We revisit a 1984 documentary made as the last stretch of the highway was being bypassed by the Federal Interstate System. This ...
Route 66 is known for diners, roadsides and quirky roadside attractions that served motorists during its heyday. Some of them still exist. To mark the Mother Road’s 100th anniversary, in the next few ...
The “Mother Road” was what John Steinbeck called it in “The Grapes of Wrath”; the Joads drove west from Oklahoma in search of a better life in California. Nat King Cole sang that it was where you “get ...
Working in concert, the American Association of State Highway Officials and the Bureau of Public Roads adopted a uniform highway numbering system and corresponding map on November 11, 1926. The ...
The most storied thoroughfare in the nation, U.S. Route 66 gave birth to our freedom-fueled obsession with road-tripping. It connected the heartland to the West Coast, crossing eight states, including ...
These kitchens and counters have fed road travelers for generations. Wendy Pramik is a travel writer and photographer based in Columbus, Ohio. She enjoys exploring food and drink in small towns across ...