Route 66 defined a remarkable era in the growth of the USA. As it threaded its way across eight states, it left its indelible mark on the nation's physical, historical and cultural landscape.
No other road symbolizes optimism, freedom and the American Dream quite like Route 66.
It began with an Oklahoma businessman and entrepreneur, Cyrus Avery, who envisioned a road stretching diagonally across the country between Lake Michigan and the Pacific Ocean. The diagonal course made it possible to connect hundreds of rural town throughout the country and provide small communities access to a national highway system. The road was offically named Route 66 in 1926, but it was Avery who proclaimed it the
"Main Street Of America"