Around 7 a.m. Saturday, in a lot beside the shuttered Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, a strange set of cars and trucks began to gather. Three Model A’s. A couple of ’60 convertibles. A 1964 Chevrolet ...

Route 66 is just one of the highways that features in “On The Road,” the Jack Kerouac book that introduced so many people to white-line wanderlust. More than anything written about the iconic highway, ...

On the 100th anniversary of Route 66, an Oklahoma couple hit the road in a century-old car to drive the entire length of the iconic highway from Chicago to Santa Monica, California. Ed and Jackie ...

America’s most famous highway, Route 66, hits the century mark this year. Established in 1926, the legendary road once stretched more than 2,400 miles from Chicago to the Pacific Coast, earning its ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — With Route 66 turning 100 years old, Oklahoma is rolling out a new way for you to show your support for the Mother Road. Representative Derrick Hildebrant of Catoosa introduced ...

Friends, motorists, fellow Americans: The road ahead is far from straight. But it will take us through eight states and dozens of small towns, past Muffler Men and Patel motels, beneath the bright ...

There’s no better place to celebrate the Route 66 Centennial than Oklahoma, home to more miles of the historic highway than any other state. In 2026, towns big and small are coming together to mark ...

With the automobile revolution in full swing by the 1920s, the American Association of State Highway Officials proposed a brand-new system of major interstate highways that would connect the United ...

Route 66, America’s most iconic highway, is celebrating its 100th anniversary, with revved-up parties and events stretching across the eight states it traverses. But be aware: There are tricks to ...

These Route 66 facts will have you dreaming up your next road trip down America's most iconic highway Even if you’ve never driven on Route 66, you’ve definitely heard about it—and you’re probably ...

The US’s most famous road celebrates its centenary. The 2,400-mile highway crosses eight states and three time zones from Chicago to LA The Mother Road, as the author John Steinbeck called it, has ...

It was created to connect us, a 2,448-mile gateway to vast lands that previously existed only in the collective imagination. Each mile promised freedom and escape, opportunity and adventure. Route 66, ...