The Route 66 centennial celebration is currently under way in Springfield in Missouri through Sunday, May 3, 2026, and activities and events have been planned for the historic iconic highway that epitomized the classic American road trip.
United States Highway 66 was one of the original highways in what is known as the United States Numbered Highway System, which was formed on Thursday, November 11, 1926 — the same date that Route 66 became official.
Prior to United States Highway 66 being officially decommissioned on Wednesday, June 26, 1985, the highway stretched between downtown Chicago in Illinois and Santa Monica northwest of Los Angeles in California…