The flat all-season route of U. By the s, individual truck owners and small fleets carried many types of goods. Farmers also used Route 66, and in the s military traffic and heavy demands on freight trains again increased truck traffic. This truck is similar to ones used on Route Like the pioneer days, when they outfitted at St. Louis for all points in the West and Southwest, so today people traveling by auto … find themselves coming to St.
Louis over the various U. Louis, by consulting their map, find U. During this time, people from Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, and eastern Oklahoma were traveling the road to the West Coast to find jobs.
Many times I would have people stop that were completely broke, and I would feed them and give them gas in exchange for some appliance or other articles of value they might have.
Sometimes I would just buy their old broke-down cars, and then they would catch the bus and head on west looking for work. Mama and Daddy were making it on a acre farm they had leased He set out to town on foot to get himself another car They gave up the lease on the 40 acres, loaded what belongings they had in the trailer, and headed west toward California. The Haggard family took these possesions with them on their trip from Oklahoma to California.
Flossie Haggard used the camera to take pictures of the family during the trip. We got to Bakersfield the following Friday. We found a lot with a Santa Fe refrigerator car on it. It was the end of the road until , when it was decommissioned in California, and moved to the Arizona state line in Topock.
Nevertheless the U. Highway 66 Association campaigned from to to have the highway renamed as the Will Rogers Jr. This is 0. Santa Monica Pier Map showing location of sign. The last marker is 0. This is sign was erected during the Pier's centennial year, on Veterans Day, They formalized the notion held by the general public that Route 66 actually ended on the Pier, and therefore designated Santa Monica Pier as the West Coast's end to Route Since the D.
Marketing and promotion are the prime movers of this new endpoint. For 9 years - U. Read about Route 66's Santa Fe Loop. Governor A. Hannett lost his bid to re-election and was annoyed with the local politicians and business men in the capital city of Santa Fe. Running against the clock before his tenure ended he had a 69 mi. But his "revenge" would have to wait for 10 more years until the Federal roadbuilders decided to straighten the road and shorten it.
When they did so in they used Hannett's alignment. Along U. The Western part of the country was chosen by the War Department for the location of new military training bases; the dry weather was ideal for the purpose and the area was geographically isolated.
Larger trucks were built during the war and U. The heavy traffic required a better highway and Route 66 began was upgraded to a four lane divided expressway in many parts, like in Hooker Cut MO, or in Plainfield and Elwood, Illinois.
New industries were developed by the Federal Government in California, and they drew thousands of workers from across the nation; many of them traveled by car along Route 66 to reach their new jobs. The years of rationing ended with the War in August , and America kept on the move. Millions of soldiers, airmen and sailors came back home but remembering their training days in the balmy Southwest, relocated there abandoning the cold winters of the Northeast.
And many drove to their new homes along US This massive shift in demographics was a boon for business along Route Motels, tourist courts, service stations flourished in the post war prosperity.
It became an instant hit and has been recorded until this day by many singers, from Aerosmith to the Rolling Stones. Click for More Information on "Get your Kicks" , the song, its lyrics, meaning and more. The years of thrift and suffering were gone, people celebrated life and traveled, they took to the roads in their cars to explore America. Families drove to see the wild open lands of the "Far West"! Cowboys and real Indians. It was exotic and it was America.
The iconic landmarks promoted during the s and 40s along the highway and the mystique of the Native American cultures drew motorists from all over the country.
These were trips of sightseeing and also a journey of adventure and discovery along the Main Street of America, an attraction in itself. The war had exposed the weaknesses of America's highways: heavy loads deteriorated the paving, makeshift repairs during the war did little to help; the roads and bridges were narrow, outdated and unsafe.
Something had to be done, and quickly. Post war years brought increased traffic which reduced the carrying capacity of roads. At the same time the Nation became aware of the importance of a good highway network for national security.
President Eisenhower had a very high opinion on the Autobahn's he had seen in Germany during WWII and was convinced that America needed a similar system of divided highways that could offer safety and speed.
His Federal Aid Highway Act of was passed by Congress and the Interstate system was funded and soon began to cover the nation. Interstate highways were multilane divided highways that were built following straight alignments, bypassing small towns.
Louis and I from St. Louis to Oklahoma City took care of the remaining segments of U. This process began in and took almost thirty years to be completed, but it was implacable. Williams , Arizona, was the last town to be bypassed in Many states had already taken down the "obsolete" signs: California did it back in , Illinois in Others placed signs reading "Old U.
But in general the decommissioning of the highway led to its gradual deterioration. Road maintenance decreased, the Mother Road was being forgotten and falling into disrepair. But the public would not let the Mother Road die; private organizations and government offices soon recognized the significance of U. Nicknamed the Bunion Derby by the press, the grueling event was organized as a promotional stunt by sports agent C.
Of the men who began the day race, 55 finished it. American actor, pianist and songwriter Bobby Troup. A Pennsylvania native, Troup composed his first hit song while still in college then went on to serve in the Marines during World War II. After the war, he returned to the U. While traveling on Route 66, he was inspired to start penning the lyrics for a tune about the roadway.
Old motel sign along historic route During the segregation era, African Americans were banned from many motels, restaurants and other businesses along Route In , Victor H.
The Riviera Roadhouse is established in Gardner , Illinois. The last piece of Route 66 is finally completed through Missouri , between Rolla and Lebanon , the most difficult piece in the Show-Me State.
He covers 3, On the road into Galena after entering Kansas. By this time, Illinois boasted approximately 7, miles of paved roads, including all of its portion of U. Highway Until the height of the Great Depression , Texas , New Mexico, Arizona , and the desert communities of southeast California collectively totaled only Chicago is becoming a dangerous place, especially in the suburb of Cicero, which Route 66 runs through and Al Capone makes his headquarters.
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