Plan your Route 66 road trip in Missouri: cities, stops, sights, parks, what to do & see historic places and landmarks and more.
1956 Roadmap western Missouri.Source Click for large size map Route 66 alignments in Joplin Mo. Click for large size map Our image map (click it to enlarge) shows the different alignments of Route 66 through Joplin. The following color key applies to this image map: Green line : The 1926...
Photos on this page courtesy of Assertion Films, author John Butte, the Library of Congress, the Old Trails Museum, Missouri State University Libraries and artist Mary Lowden. Click here to see the seriesTrailer. The film series has been broadcast on PBS stations across the country through Ameri...
Map of Route 66 A final plan for the construction of Route 66 was approved in 1926, and it was built in segments, often discontinuous ones. Route 66 was not entirely paved until 1938. This map shows how the highway connected Chicago and Los Angeles through cities in Illinois, Missouri, ...
From its beginning in Chicago, Route 66 headed southwest through Illinois and Missouri, and a small section of southeast Kansas.From there it turned in a more westward direction through Oklahoma and Texas, with the final stretches in New Mexico and Arizona before its termination point in Los ...
Kansas Route 66 Historic Byway Map Driving Directions Driving Directions Distance: 13 miles Galena to Baxter Springs: At the intersection of Missouri Hwy 66 and State Line Rd, take State Line Rd north to Front St. Continue west on Front St into Galena. Turn south on Main St, then take...
This Route 66 map has all of the original alignments color coded. Also called The Mother Road, these routes are historical parts of old U.S. Highway 66. They may no longer be accessible, drivable or visible. Some are now on private property. Those alignments now part of or under an In...
Travel planning for a road trip in 2025 on Historic U.S. Route 66, photos, maps, travel information, hotels, and things to see
I’ve lived near the Mother Road in Oklahoma, Missouri, New Mexico and Illinois, and hold memberships in several state Route 66 organizations. My wife and I have participated in Route 66 preservation projects from northern Illinois to the Texas Panhandle. I’ve driven the road’s full 2,400...
If you have a story about growing up in Lincoln, IL,--or about someone you knew there--, and would like to add it to this site, feel free to email it to me atDLHenson@missouristate.edu. Site Map Testimonials (scroll toward bottom of page for the most recent entries) ...