One Century, One Road Route 66, ‘The Main Street of America,’ turns 100 By Jonathan Bullington and E. Jason Wambsgans It was created to connect us, a fused chain of existing ...

Stretching from Chicago’s steely skyscrapers to Santa Monica’s sun-soaked shores, Route 66 is undeniably iconic. Built in ...

A short drive from the Springfield square, on West College Street, the heartbeat of Route 66 is still kicking.

Brownie's Hamburger Stand has been serving up hamburgers and homemade pies and root beer to their customers, just blocks from ...

The Old Chain of Rocks Bridge on June 19, 2025. It opened to traffic in 1929 and was rerouted in 1936 to carry Route 66 over ...

Oklahoma officials reveal new Route 66 map in anticipation of the historic road turning 100 in 2026. Officials gathered at the State Capitol in Oklahoma City on Monday to reveal the new map that will ...

Cyrus Stevens Avery ll (left), Ken Busby and Michael Wallis announce the Route 66 Experience interpretive center at a press conference in Tulsa on Wednesday. The facility is scheduled to open in 2019.

Samantha explores Route 66 sites from St. Louis to Tulsa. Samantha starts her trip with a view of the St. Louis Arch and visits Ted Drewes Frozen Custard, famous for its thick desserts. She meets ...

The state's first toll road was the Turner Turnpike, which connects Oklahoma City and Tulsa along Interstate 44. The trip takes about an hour and a half, and costs at least $4.50 for PikePass ...

The U.S. Highway 66 Association was also founded in Tulsa, and the city is known as the Capital of Route 66. Along Tulsa's stretch, be sure to visit the Gateway Arches, which bookend the city at each ...

Thieves stole bronze plaques from a Route 66 monument in West Tulsa, and the Tulsa Route 66 Commission plans to replace them with plastic versions less likely to be stolen. A bronze map was left ...

Tulsa, Oklahoma just secured the U.S. copyright as the official capital of the legendary Route 66, long-regarded as a central piece of the history of America’s Main Street.