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66 is synonymous with endless open road and quirky roadside stops, but
its origin lies at the feet of skyscrapers. Before reaching westward as
the shortest year-round roadway between the Midwest and West Coast, Route
66 began here, on the corner of Adams and Michigan, dead-ending at the
Art Institute. As the first stop on what is possibly the most filmed, written
and sung about highway ever, Chicago ensured it would be at the center
of the nation's automobile travel, just as it had been a hub of travel
by rail, and would later be by air. The terminus was located at the corner
of Jackson and Lake Shore Drive in 1933 and moved to the corner of
Adams and Michigan in 1955. -NB
-More on the
terminus locations in Chicago from Geocities
and Historic66.com
-More about
Route 66 from the National Park
Service, from Yale
American Studies online, Route66.com,
Route66.org, MotorCycleCruiser.com
-Postcards and memories of Route 66 at PostcardsFromTheRoad.net
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66 and Route 40 compared at Route40.net |
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