The Route 66 Musical Experience opens this week on St. Louis St. near the new Queen’s Gate 66 installation. The Visit Springfield project gives visitors a new way to experience the Mother Road as it travels through the city.
As drivers travel across a specially engineered section of roadway at the recommended speed of 30 mph, rumble strips create the melody of “America the Beautiful.”
According to Visit Springfield, the song was chosen as a tribute to America’s open road, the spirit of Route 66 and the upcoming celebration of the country’s 250th anniversary…