Legendary Route 66 had its official beginnings in 1926. “The Mother Road” of U.S. Highways boasts a rich and colorful history that goes well beyond any of the stories of the road itself. A vital corridor of transportation, a channel and mirror of social change, and a nostalgic leftover of America’s past, it stretches 2,400 miles across two-thirds of the country.

America’s Mother Road…
Highway 66 winds from the sandy shores of Lake Michigan across the farming fields of Illinois; to the rolling hills of Missouri; through the mining towns of the Kansas plains; across Oklahoma where the woodlands of the East meet the open plains of the West; to the open ranch lands of Texas; the enchanted native lands of New Mexico and Arizona; to the Mojave Desert; and finally to the mountains of Southern California and the shores of the Pacific Ocean.

The Spirit and Nostalgia of Route 66…
Hugged by historic landmark buildings and varied cultural properties, Route 66 laces across America, revealing the vast historical change that transformed the lives of people, their communities, and the nation. This fabled highway’s cultural impact connects not only the East and the West, but also the past and the present. Take a nostalgic drive down Route 66 at PinUps.vip