Route 66 at 100: The Mother Road, the Bunion Derby and the Legends that Made America Dream
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The route was approved in November 1926 with the aim of uniting Chicago with Santa Monica.It has almost 4,000 kilometers, it crosses eight states.
Los Angeles (USA), (EFE).- The legendary Route 66 celebrated last Tuesday a century of history since its official approval in November 1926, a tour of almost 4,000 kilometers (2,485 miles) designed to connect Chicago with the coast of Santa Monica and which over the years was consolidated as one of the main landmarks of the [...]
Los Angeles (USA), Nov 11 (EFE).- The legendary Route 66 celebrates this Tuesday a century of history since its official approval in November 1926, a tour of almost 4,000 kilometers designed to connect Chicago with the coast of Santa Monica and that over the years was consolidated as one of the main references of [...] The entry Route 66 is one hundred years old uniting Chicago with Los Angeles as an American icon was first published in HolaNews.
Unforgettable songs were dedicated to this road, the writer John Steinbeck immortalized it in the novel “The Road to Anger”, and the American fast food industry took off alongside it. Route 66 is both a reminder of American hardship and an expression of a universal dream: to set off, to leave something behind and to believe that another life awaits you beyond the horizon. A tribute to the anniversary. 100 years ago, on November 11, 1926, Route 6…
On November 11, 1926, Route 66 officially opened, becoming the first all-weather motorway connecting the Midwest to the West Coast of the United States. On the centenary of Route 66, we celebrate the renewed vitality of this great symbol of American life, now a museum of American culture and the allure of road trips. (Illustration by The Epoch Times, Shutterstock, Getty Images, AP, Allan Stein/The Epoch Times, Nathaniel Smith for The Epoch Times…
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