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Route 66
A final plan for the construction of Route 66 was approved in 1926, and it was built in segments, often discontinuous ones. Route 66 was not entirely paved until 1938. This map shows how the highway connected Chicago and Los Angeles through cities in Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
Route 66, a historic highway in the United States, originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California. The states it passed through, from east to west, were:
- Illinois
- Missouri
- Kansas
- Oklahoma
- Texas
- New Mexico
- Arizona
- California12
While Route 66 was decommissioned in 1985, many segments are preserved and recognized for their historical significance.1