Driving Route 66
Hey there everyone... I would like to know who has drive Route 66. We are planning on tracing the route west to east in a 24' motorhome. Has anyone had any experience doing this? Any places to avoid? ...
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jleas524 wrote:RoyB wrote:
The original Route 66 is between Chicago and Los Angeles. Does not go to the East coast at all...
The only real stretches I have seen just Route 66 was around FLAGSTAFF AZ. I think there are still some Route 66 roadways in Calif but havent done those myself...
Roy Ken
I should have mentioned we live on the east coast, that's why we are traveling that far. I am planning on riding Route 66 until St. Louis and then getting of to head home.
Ok, so you want to ride the old Route 66 from somewhere in the West, eastwardly, until you hit St Louis, and then get off to head home to Lexington (KY, I assume...)
As has been noted, there's not a lot of "Old" Route 66 left, especially in the western areas. I think there's probably more of it "preserved" in Illinois than almost any other state. Arizona has some small chunks here and there, as does Oklahoma. But a major chunk of it has been superceded by Interstate 40 out west, with random "Rt 66 Memorial" type of stuff here and there, for example between Oklahoma City eastward along Oklahoma State Road 66.
Good luck-there aren't many old cross-country non-interstate roads left anymore (after all , that's what the INTERSTATES are for...)
US 50 is still very complete from Ocean City MD to very nearly San Francisco, and US 1 from Maine to Florida, and US 101 along the west coast are the ones that spring to mind off the top of my pointy little head.
