Working in concert, the American Association of State Highway Officials and the Bureau of Public Roads adopted a uniform highway numbering system and corresponding map on November 11, 1926. The ...

Route 66 is the quintessential American road trip — a 2,500-mile odyssey across eight states from Chicago to Santa Monica. And with 2026 being the route’s 100th birthday, this year is the perfect time ...

Historic U.S. Route 66 is America's longest small town — a 2,400-mile neighborhood that one historian calls the ...

Before U.S. Route 66 earned its name as The Mother Road, it was a collection of old wagon trails, postal routes and local roads meant to handle the new automobile phenomenon. It took an initiative by ...