Route 66 turns 100 years old in 2026 presenting the country an opportunity to authentically rewrite the narrative of the ...

The famous American highway Route 66, which ran all the way from Chicago to Santa Monica, was established in 1926 as car culture was taking over the nation. As more people started using the route for ...

I’ve been told many times that the best way to see America is to drive across it. You can look at as many maps as you want, but there are things about its mammoth scale that can’t be conveyed in two ...

"Sixty-six is the mother road, the road of flight,” wrote John Steinbeck in his 1939 novel Grapes of Wrath. When Route 66 was first established in 1926 as one of the first official US highways, it was ...

When we last left off, the Joads were on their last most treacherous segment of their Route 66 journey to the promised land.

This man is huge. Standing confidently on the side of the road, legs slightly spread and sporting space-age, metallic silver boots, he’s over 30ft tall, his shoulders almost level with the tip of the ...

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“It was like a Black yellow pages.” Driving Route 66 in the early days was difficult for anyone, considering the unreliability of motor vehicles and traversing harsh terrain like the Mojave Desert.

Don Crost is driving Route 66 across the country in a 1953 Chevy to raise money for ShelterBox, a disaster-relief organization based in Santa Barbara. Credit: Joshua Molina / Noozhawk photo A few days ...

You'll soon be able to get your kicks on Route 66 without using your feet … or hands. General Motors has announced an upcoming update to its feet-and-hands-free ...

© 2025 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. All Rights Reserved. Transportation reporter Jerry Carnes concluded 35 years at WXIA-TV, and 42 years in broadcasting in ...