U.S. Route 66

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U.S. Route 66 is a historic American highway, often called the "Mother Road," that became an iconic symbol of cross-country travel and mid-20th-century car culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Numbered Highway
historic highway
alsoKnownAs Main Street of America
Mother Road
U.S. Route 66
surface form: Route 66

US 66
Will Rogers Highway
commissionedOn November 11, 1926
country United States of America
culturalSignificance associated with American migration to the West
icon of mid-20th-century car culture
symbol of American road travel
decommissionedOn June 27, 1985
endPoint Santa Monica, California, United States
surface form: Santa Monica, California
featuredIn John Steinbeck novel "The Grapes of Wrath"
song "Route 66"
surface form: song "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66"
hasDesignation U.S. Route 66 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Historic Route 66 (various state segments)
hasHeritageStatus All-American Road
surface form: All-American Road (portions)

National Scenic Byway
surface form: U.S. National Scenic Byway (portions)
hasIconicLocation Cadillac Ranch
Chain of Rocks Bridge
Petrified Forest National Park
surface form: Petrified Forest National Park segment

Santa Monica Pier terminus marker
hasTourismType heritage tourism
road trip tourism
inception 1926
length approximately 2,448 miles
approximately 3,940 kilometers
maintainedBy state highway agencies (historic segments)
nicknameCoinedBy John Steinbeck
notableEvent served as a major route for Dust Bowl migrants in the 1930s
openedToTraffic 1927
originallyMaintainedBy state highway departments under U.S. Highway System
partOf United States Numbered Highway System
passesThrough Arizona
California, United States
surface form: California

Illinois
Kansas
Missouri
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
replacedBy Interstate 10
Interstate 15
Interstate 40
Interstate 44
Interstate 55 NERFINISHED
routeNumber 66
startPoint Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
terminusA Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
terminusB Santa Monica
surface form: Santa Monica, California

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Webb City, Missouri traversedBy U.S. Route 66
this entity surface form: historic U.S. Route 66
Nathaniel Adams Coles notableWork U.S. Route 66
this entity surface form: Route 66
King Cole Trio notableWork U.S. Route 66
this entity surface form: Route 66
California State Route 66 namedAfter U.S. Route 66
Interstate 44 followsHistoricRouteOf U.S. Route 66
Robert Gist notableWork U.S. Route 66
this entity surface form: Route 66
San Jon locatedOnFormerRoad U.S. Route 66
Oldham County, Texas traversedBy U.S. Route 66
this entity surface form: U.S. Route 66 (historic)
Oldham County, Texas containsPointOfInterest U.S. Route 66
this entity surface form: Adrian midpoint of Route 66 (geographic midpoint of historic Route 66)
Granma Joad settingOfActivity U.S. Route 66
this entity surface form: Route 66
Connie Rivers setting U.S. Route 66
this entity surface form: Route 66
Gallup locatedOn U.S. Route 66
this entity surface form: historic U.S. Route 66
Tucumcari locatedOn U.S. Route 66
this entity surface form: historic U.S. Route 66
Edgewood, New Mexico locatedOn U.S. Route 66
Edgewood, New Mexico hasAttraction U.S. Route 66
this entity surface form: Route 66 commercial corridor
Foothill Freeway parallelTo U.S. Route 66
this entity surface form: Historic U.S. Route 66
Rialto, California locatedAlong U.S. Route 66
this entity surface form: historic U.S. Route 66
Monrovia hasHistoricRoute U.S. Route 66
this entity surface form: former U.S. Route 66
Duarte isPartOfCorridor U.S. Route 66
this entity surface form: historic U.S. Route 66 corridor
Santa Rosa, New Mexico locatedOn U.S. Route 66
Northeastern Oklahoma hasAttraction U.S. Route 66
this entity surface form: Route 66 segments in Oklahoma
Winslow, Arizona locatedOn U.S. Route 66
this entity surface form: historic U.S. Route 66
Bobby Troup notableWork U.S. Route 66
this entity surface form: Route 66
Bobby Troup wrote U.S. Route 66
this entity surface form: Route 66
The Manhattan Transfer notableWork U.S. Route 66
this entity surface form: Route 66
Kingman, Arizona locatedOnRoute U.S. Route 66
Kingman, Arizona partOf U.S. Route 66
this entity surface form: Historic Route 66 corridor
Parks, Arizona locatedOn U.S. Route 66
this entity surface form: Historic U.S. Route 66
Route 66 Raceway namedAfter U.S. Route 66
Lincoln locatedOnTransportationRoute U.S. Route 66
subject surface form: Lincoln, Illinois
this entity surface form: U.S. Route 66 (historic)
Weatherford, Oklahoma, United States locatedOn U.S. Route 66
subject surface form: Weatherford, Oklahoma
this entity surface form: historic U.S. Route 66
Weatherford, Oklahoma, United States transportationCorridor U.S. Route 66
subject surface form: Weatherford, Oklahoma
United States state of Missouri crossedBy U.S. Route 66
subject surface form: Missouri
this entity surface form: historic Route 66
Kathryn Hays appearedIn U.S. Route 66
this entity surface form: Route 66
Winona, Arizona locatedOn U.S. Route 66
this entity surface form: Historic U.S. Route 66
Winona, Arizona transportCorridor U.S. Route 66
Laguna Pueblo locatedAlong U.S. Route 66
this entity surface form: Historic U.S. Route 66 corridor
Arroyo Seco Parkway formerDesignation U.S. Route 66
Bethany, Oklahoma hasMajorRoad U.S. Route 66
Hualapai Hilltop trailhead roadAccessFrom U.S. Route 66
this entity surface form: Route 66 near Peach Springs, Arizona
Wheeler County hasMajorHighway U.S. Route 66
subject surface form: Wheeler County, Texas
this entity surface form: U.S. Route 66 (historic)
Stroud, Oklahoma locatedOnRoute U.S. Route 66
Stroud, Oklahoma hasHistoricRoute U.S. Route 66
this entity surface form: Route 66
Colorado Boulevard partOf U.S. Route 66
Rogers County hasMajorHighway U.S. Route 66
Moriarty, New Mexico locatedOn U.S. Route 66
Moriarty, New Mexico locatedOn U.S. Route 66
this entity surface form: Historic U.S. Route 66
Moriarty, New Mexico roadJunction U.S. Route 66