Posted on Jun 27, 2021
Route 66 decertified, highway signs removed
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After 59 years, the iconic Route 66 enters the realm of history on June 27, 1985, when the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials decertifies the road and votes to remove all its highway signs.
Measuring some 2,200 miles in its heyday, Route 66 stretched from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, California, passing through eight states. According to a New York Times article about its decertification, most of Route 66 followed a path through the wilderness forged in 1857 by U.S. Navy Lieutenant Edward Beale at the head of a caravan of camels. Over the years, wagon trains and cattlemen eventually made way for trucks and passenger automobiles.
After 59 years, the iconic Route 66 enters the realm of history on June 27, 1985, when the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials decertifies the road and votes to remove all its highway signs.
Measuring some 2,200 miles in its heyday, Route 66 stretched from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, California, passing through eight states. According to a New York Times article about its decertification, most of Route 66 followed a path through the wilderness forged in 1857 by U.S. Navy Lieutenant Edward Beale at the head of a caravan of camels. Over the years, wagon trains and cattlemen eventually made way for trucks and passenger automobiles.
Route 66 decertified, highway signs removed
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1946 HITS ARCHIVE: (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 - Nat King Cole (his original version)
(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 (Troup) by The King Cole Trio, vocal by King ColeIn its most famous version, here’s that memorable Bobby Troup celebration of au...
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Cpl Vic Burk
Lt Col Charlie Brown Thanks for that post. It seems I might have heard that song once upon a time but I certainly don't have it in my archive of songs.
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SGT Herbert Bollum
I remember the TV show very well, they did some filming in Colorado mountains for an episode. My family and I were there that day and enjoyed watching them on set.
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Route 66 is like our Territorial road here in Michigan, was chopped up and renamed in the different counties, still have sections of it that are still under the old name, part of it goes thru Fort Custer, in Springfield Michigan Lt Col Charlie Brown
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