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Route 66, Chicago to Santa Monica

The Mother Road as a navigation route, Chicago to Santa Monica, with its stops drawn by the route.

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Route 66

About 3,940 km across eight states.

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Chicago

Where the road begins, at Adams Street by the lake.

St. Louis

Across the Mississippi on the Chain of Rocks Bridge, with its famous bend.

Oklahoma City

Where the road turns west across the plains.

Albuquerque

Central Avenue was the route through the city, still lined with neon motels.

Flagstaff

Under the San Francisco Peaks, and the gateway to the Grand Canyon.

Santa Monica

The end of the trail, on the pier above the Pacific.

Route 66

Commissioned in 1926 and removed from the highway system in 1985, the road ran about 2,448 miles from Chicago to Santa Monica. Long stretches survive as Historic Route 66. Calling at Chicago, St. Louis, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Amarillo, Albuquerque, Flagstaff, Barstow, Santa Monica.

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