A Brief History of US Highway Route 66
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- Опубліковано 2 вер 2019
- I have been wanting to create a video about the history of US Highway Route 66 for quite some time now. I have driven it many times while delivering motorhomes. It is not what it used to be, and I tell you how it all started, and why it is not as great as it once was.
Links I used to research:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Ro...
www.national66.org/history-of...
www.historic66.com/faq/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-A...
www.roadtripusa.com/route-66/
abcnews.go.com/Travel/wireSto...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_trail
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozark_T...)
www.wdl.org/en/item/11536/
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I would love to hear your Route 66 stories!
Me tooooooo!
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America really needs to make route 66 popular again. I think there are more people interested in it than the government may realize.
There sure is.
Just look in Hobby Lobby stores
I'm from India and I've always wondered about Route 66 coz it's been mentioned in many American shows and movies. Thank you so much for the short and great explanation and a brief history about route 66.
same
It's interesting that a lot of Indians have bought up all those cool old motels along Rt.66 and have restored and reopened them, with ridiculously low room rates. Nice that they're keeping that nostalgia alive!
In 1959 my family traveled from Chicago to see our family in LA. It was the only way to go! I remember the Burma Shave signs too. Now it's on my bucket list to re ride Route 66! Thanks for the history!
I learned from cars
Same
Me too
KACHOWWW
Now I gotta go rewatch it. I must've fell asleep on that part 😂
KAAAAACHOOOWW
Just finished my Route 66 road trip today. Love it! Great video!
I am glad you enjoyed it!
I just drove the entire route from Chicago to Santa Monica. I may be back in NYC, but the Route is still with me.
I will be driving a small portion of Route 66 in Illinois next week from Pontiac to Springfield. Did you have any problems following the historic route between these two cities?
@@brendas1346 no, it’s straightforward and has Historic Route 66 signs.
There is also a chunk section in Barstow off the 15n freeway. All of main street is route 66. I've only followed it from barstow to victorville just to get away from all the traffic. Really amazing highway to drive on.
Nice! Always nice to get away from traffic :)
Most of old US-66 in CA is SR 66 and open to traffic. The exceptions are the stretch running through the Marine base at Barstow (controlled access since 9/11) and the Colorado River crossing coming into the state (if you're taking the Oatman alignment in western AZ you can cut through the reservation straight into Needles - if you do, top your tank up at the tribal-owned Thalypo gas station). Also, the various alignments through LA are all open to (and full of) traffic but have various route numbers.
when I was 5 we left KS. and drove to CA. on RT. 66. My parents never told me' You are on the Famous Mother Road" it was just a road then. we drove it all at once, my dad only stopping for naps. It was a long drive and I remember all the roadside attractions and billboards and seeing Indian children and teepees being depicted on everyone. I am so glad for that road trip and I have always had the travel bug, in June I visited my 50th state!
Congrats! Visiting all 50 states is on my bucket list. Only 12 to go.
I love this so much! Thank you for teaching me and future generations about Route 66!
Glad you enjoyed it!
i see your boyfriend all over on here, just some guy with a mustache
I just moved to Oklahoma City and love living so close to Route 66 and all it’s roadside attractions.
Is Oklahoma City oh so pretty?
Wonderful overview! Truly a great piece of Americana! Many things truly get lost in the rush of things.
For those who don’t know, it was John Steinbeck’s 1940 book The Grapes of Wrath that coined the term “The Mother Road”
“66 is the path of a people in flight, refugees from dust and shrinking ownership, from the desert's slow northward invasion, from the twisting winds that that howl up out of Texas, from the floods that bring no richness to the land and steal what little richness is there. From all of these the people are in flight, and they come into 66 from the tributary side roads, from the wagon tracks and the rutted country roads. 66 is the mother road, the road of flight.”
During the GREAT DEPRESSION. it was the way to CA, where there were farms and food.
Now, it's part of Route 40
Also. People loved the BOBBY TROUP song.
He was with JULIE LONDON and HACK WEBB
the show EMERGENCY which they were in, may have been a factor for starting EMTs..firefighters connecting with ambulance
My father Bill Swan made a lot of iconic fiberglass statues which are placed along Route 66 some of which are in new short Amazon book for only 14.99 called "The man behind the mufflerman ".
For 22 years I had a vacation home about 20 minutes from Oatman, Az. I used to drive that section of 66 over Sitgreaves Pass a lot since it was probably the most beautiful stretch of Route 66 and made for a nice afternoon drive.
I just got back from a trip to California and the Grand Canyon, the second time in my life I've made such a trip, and it was only late into the trip that I realized we were basically more or less following route 66. I live in central Illinois near I 55, and my mom played the song Route 66 a lot, so I already knew a bit about Route 66 but it was one of the unexpected cool things about this trip that I ended up running smack into the history of Route 66.
Wow! This is a great video. Thank you! I drove over the road for a few years, and have been on these highways many times - I was always curious about Route 66. I've been on parts of the old highway and wondered about the Glory Days of it. I think I'm going to have to do a road trip in my car and take it from start to finish.
Thanks for sharing!
I always wondered why this road was so famous, like apearing in video games and tv shows, cartoons, animes, everywhere. Now i finally know, ty
Glad you got something out of it :)
Living in Tulsa, I've heard about the route all my life. Been up both ends of 44 between St Louis and OKC hundreds of times but only last year, had I ventured west on 40 beyond OKC. That trip we went to Phoenix and saw a side of this beautiful country id never seen before! Absolutely amazing...
And also, can't leave my comment without mentioning some of our favorite stops on the route: Redmon's candy factory, and one of my personal favorites, Cline's Corner!
Glad you had a chance to see more of it!
Younger drivers say that driving on Route 66 is cheesy and a boomer thing. But man, i would gladly drive that entire road if i could
Do it!
@@VianoMusicAcademy when my first car starts to see the end of its useful lifespan I want to go on a journey on that route to have some good last memory’s with it that I know will never be forgotten before I get my next vehicle
@@slapshotjack9806 that’s a great idea!
@@VianoMusicAcademy before sending it on the road to car heaven
Great video. Great editing. Great job. Keep it up.
Thanks!
Thanks for mentioning Oatman Arizona, that stretch is our absolute favorite!
You bet!
@@LetsGoRoadTrippin Going back this fall, can't wait!
Thanks for the video I was always wondering why it was so popular you just earned a sub
Thanks for the sub!
Thanks for the research links!
You bet!
Great video. And 66 runs right through my town. I live just a mile south or it. Awesome 👏
Thanks :) It is interesting to live near some cool history!
The official end of Route 66 is a restaurant called Mel’s Drive-in which can be found at 1670 Lincoln Blvd, Santa Monica, CA
Awesome History 👍 Great Route 66 will try to Drive through it someday 👌
You should!
Thank you for this.
It's so neat!👍👍👍
Glad you like it!
TOTALLY AWESOME EDUCATION!!!! THANKS FOR SHARING!!! I LEARNED SO MUCH!!!
Glad it was helpful!
I loved growing up in St Louis we had a huge piece of Route 66 which still exist today
Nicely done!!
Thanks :) glad you liked it!
Extremely interesting video, well done👍 I drove parts of it a couple years ago, a very enjoyable experience.
Thanks! It is a nice drive :D
Informative great video 👍
Thanks! I am glad you got something out of it :)
Great video Brad
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
I live on Route 66! It's a beautiful ride on the Harley!!!
That would be fantastic!!!
thank you Pixar Cars for shedding some light on this high way
Awesome! I loved this!
Thanks for watching! Glad you loved it :)
@@LetsGoRoadTrippin I am sorry I did not get to see it when it premiered! but I look forward to seeing more
Yes, the coming of freeways was bitter sweet. Now many of the stops are boring with the same chain gas stations and businesses. Some places are actually trying to change that now though.
Yes. Wally's is a new stop in Pontiac, IL. HUGE place. A little different than most truck stops, and embraces Route 66. Rumor has it that they are opening a few more along the route.
I just watched this video and I actually started to get a little bit emotional. I remember seeing the first Cars movie when it came out and had the privilege of getting it on DVD. For many years as a kid, I could not watch the flashback montage of Radiator Springs without shedding a tear or two, and I have Our Town by James Taylor to thank for that; I think I even have a vague memory of bursting into ugly tears in the cinema due to how nostalgic the song is. The song's nostalgically wistful atmosphere was about this very thing: Highway 66 being replaced by the interstate highway system and the freeway corridors of I-55, I-44, I-40, I-15, and I-10 completely bypassing the multitudes of small towns and suburbs of larger cities that sprung up along the routing by as much as several dozen miles. On top of this, it reflects on the paradigm shift in the lifestyles of the residents of these towns for the worse due to the economic annihilation the freeway system wrought upon these areas since the clientele their businesses relied on to stay in the black was diverted away.
The "Route 66" TV show does still have a lot of influence on the highway's popularity. Plus, there's a lot of history, as you outline. I live in Albuquerque. Central Av. is the main route through the city, and it is also Route 66. It's a big deal here.
Just did the section from Needles to Barstow, parallel to Interstate 40, coming back home from Arizona. Nothing like open road single lane American blacktop.
Excellent
Thank you so much 😀
Really enjoyed your video! Just subscribed to your channel. Wish I could see some of Route 66 but, not able to because, I'm handicap and have nobody to take me.
Thanks for the sub!
@@LetsGoRoadTrippin you're welcome!
Just drive from Tulsa through OKC on I-40. Ran parallel Route 66. Pulled off once or twice just so I could say I was on Route 66. Drive all the way to the Big Texan in Amarlllo to have a small steak dinner just to say I've been there. Drove through New Mexico and looped north to Santa Fe. I've driven from Santa Monica eastward through Barstow to Oatman and Arizona. Wonderful road to match with the history.
Excellent production! You really stepped up your graphics and imaging. Can I ask what video editor you use?
This was done in After Effects
I'm probably been on parts of it but never realized it but I still would love to do a whole Road Trip of Route 66 it would be interesting
I like me so much this video.very good
K this is added to the road trip bucket list
I did a lot of this last summer!
Thank you.
You're welcome!
For me, it's famous. For me, I think it's famous for fast food restaurant and Disney film cars. I would like to take a journey there too.
Do you have a video of how anybody could make those travel trails ? Seemed interesting
Sorry for the late reply. I will look into that and see what I can find.
I hope businesses are gearing up for 2026 100 years anniversary, that would be cool to travel then.
The Grapes of Wrath brought me here. I'm a quarter of the way into the novel.
I have driven Route 66, from Bloomington, IL to Williams, AZ - though not consecutively.
Not knowing that LA is Louisiana and L.A. but giving us a history lesson. 😒
The new Google video is a kick in the pants and brings back many fun memories...thanks Google
2022 here and my car did the whole thing for me!
Ricardos and Mertzes drove Rte 66 on their way to California. Went through Ethel’s home town of AlbuhKoiKee. I wonder if they took that famous left TOIN. (IYKYK)
I was on 66 in 1956 and 59 going to Santa Ana California my dad did construction at Disneyland
nice!!
Grew up with and on Route 66 in Missouri..... 2021
Well done. Cheers. Thadi di mak... Choke dee.
Thanks!
Some day, I would love to drive Rte 66. American history.
Whats the name of the song that starts at 0:58?
It is just some Royalty Free Music I downloaded when I had a subscription. Possibly from Epidemic Music
6:45, Same reason is also mentioned in Cars movie from Disney. damn that was real incidence.
I didn't know that. I think I only saw that movie one time, and it was a long time ago!
@@LetsGoRoadTrippin You can watch it again, a small clip named 'The History of Radiator Springs! | Pixar Cars' . It is available on UA-cam on official channel 'Pixel Cars'.
@@i3wack434 Sweet! I just checked it out. I am bummed they had to even bypass Radiator Springs with I-40. :( LOL
Hmm now where have I heard about this road before?? *Thinks of the cars movies*
A celebration of the 95th Anniversary of the "Mother Road", Route 66. 🛣️
The United States Numbered Highway system was established in 1926.
It has been a minute since I did this video, did I get the year wrong? Can you send a link showing me? I tried very hard to get the information correct.
Fortunately thanks to us locals, Ted Drewes isn't going anywhere anytime soon and it's still a big tourist draw.
That is fantastic!!
Rte 66 was the route the Ricardos and Mertzes took to California. I Love Lucy.
I am a kid who is eager to drive on here.
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Here for school:/
1:31 Springfield whaaa
Who finally won the foot race?
I tried to find that, and I couldn't :(
The Bunion Derby was won by Andy Payne, from Foyil, Oklahoma. There is a statue of Andy on the 1926 alignment in Foyil.
So that's why cars was inspired by root 66
some curvey over bridge highway type shit and there was a open land there once
Rebuild route 66
Kachow.
Stay off the I-55/44/40/15/10 interstates. Doing the interstate is not doing Rt66
You are right about that. Unfortunately when I have driven it, I was not able to take the real routes as much as I wanted to. I was able to get some of them in the Southwest.
David F.
In parts of NM you have One choice Thats I-40 cause #66 is out in pasture land in places.
i like it too bad it was replaced by I-55,I-44,I-40,I-15,Arroyo Seco Parkway,and I-10
agreed
Why is it called "Route 66" ? Are there French connection with this road ?
Route 66 is haunted now right
Honestly i never hear anything abt 66
Lol. Rt.66. Ain't no different than any other highway. Take Rt. 219 coming out of Buffalo, NY and used to run all the way to Florida. There's more important routes in this country than rt. 66
Finn P
Sorry but you can't change history. 🤭
My great grandfather 1868-1967…Richard Baker…pioneered the area east of the current Big Tex near Amarillo and lived til he died on the side of Route 66. My cuz also a Richard Baker..has a peace…tribute piece off to the north on the land he still owns there. Our aunt had a diner in east Amarillo also on Route 66 in the 1950s. It truly was and should be…a scenic ride….✌🏼