Why is route 66 so popular?

Answer 1

U.S. Route 66, Route 66, or The Will Rogers Highway was a highway in the U.S. Highway system. One of the original federal routes, US 66 was established on November 11, 1926, though signs did not go up until the following year.[1] It originally ran from Chicago, Illinois through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California before ending at Los Angeles for a total of 2,448 miles (3,939 km).

Answer 2

it was a traditional highway west in the US. It has since been supplanted by Highway 80. but during the depression many people left the dustbowl (middle US) and migrated on Route 66 to promise of new jobs.
Because of this towns sprung up, and business followed. Route 66 is a historical route of USA

Answer 3

because it has starred in a movie (watch the grapes of wrath) it had its own tv show (route 66 ,hot guys in a hot corvette) it has a catchy theme song(tell me its not hard to resisit singing along or tapping your feet or snapping your fingers to it) most celebrities NEVER get all that.then you have nostalga,in the new movie cars the interstate is made to seem cold and impersonal where as ROUTE 66 is cool happy and retro chic.and some of the attractions along route 66 have achieved cult status too, like the cadillac ranch (25 caddys buried next to the road as a tribute to planned obsolesence) and the big texan steak ranch (home of the FREE 72 oz. steak dinner) it goes from downtown chicago to the santa monica pier-you think there might be something to that GO WEST YOUNG MAN ,huh?

Answer 4

Why is this road so important to America?

The Beginning

Although entrepreneurs Cyrus Avery of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and John Woodruff of Springfield, Missouri deserve most of the credit for promoting the idea of an interregional link between Chicago and Los Angeles, their lobbying efforts were not realized until their dreams merged with the national program of highway and road development.

While legislation for public highways first appeared in 1916, with revisions in 1921, it was not until Congress enacted an even more comprehensive version of the act in 1925 that the government executed its plan for national highway construction.

Officially, the numerical designation 66 was assigned to the Chicago-to-Los Angeles route in the summer of 1926. With that designation came its acknowledgment as one of the nation's principal east-west arteries.

From the outset, public road planners intended U.S. 66 to connect the main streets of rural and urban communities along its course for the most practical of reasons: most small towns had no prior access to a major national thoroughfare.

http://www.national66.com/66hstry.html

Answer 5

Well, it goes from Chicago to LA. Over two thousand miles all the way. It goes through St. Louie down through Missouri, Oklahoma City looks oh so pretty. You'll see Amarillo, Gallup, New Mexico, Flagstaff Arizona, don't forget Winona...you get the idea. Route 66 rules.

Answer 6

Who knows but there is a route 66 in my hometown and i am telling you that part of town is only popular for the law for all the dealing going on there.

But if you are talking about clothes (that brand) i don't like that brand

Answer 7

originally it was I-99 and a big earthquake came and turned it all upside down, and so today we know it as I-66. It is the only route that this has ever happened to.

Answer 8

Ther is more than one answer to this question.
The route 66 museum in Flagstaff will give a multitude of
reasonns for its popularity.
Visit this museum if u r interested in Route 66.

Answer 9

one because 66 is a satanic number, two because it used to be the only route from California to Chicago.

Answer 10

it goes thru all the small towns and back roads of America. It used to be the only way across the USA before the interstates. Look at a book called "Blue Highways" by William Least Heat Moon. Great story about America's back roads.