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A journey down the modern "Historic Route 66" is a tour through a living museum of Americana. The route traverses eight states, each offering unique cultural and geological highlights: Route 66: National (U.S. National Park Service)

The rise of the high-speed Interstate Highway System, authorized by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 , eventually rendered the slower two-lane route obsolete. Route 66 was officially removed from the U.S. Highway System in 1985. Iconic Landmarks Across Eight States route 66

During the 1930s, Route 66 served as the primary escape route for roughly 210,000 migrants—often called "Okies"—fleeing the drought-stricken Great Plains for the promise of work in California. This desperate journey was immortalized by John Steinbeck in his 1939 novel The Grapes of Wrath , where he first coined the term "The Mother Road". A journey down the modern "Historic Route 66"