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Episode Information:

Title: Route 66 (Encore)
Release Date: February 6, 2025
Host: Gary Arndt | Glassbox Media
Description: Learn something new every day! Everything Everywhere Daily is a daily podcast for intellectually curious people, delving into fascinating stories from around the world and throughout history.

1. Introduction to Route 66

The episode opens with Gary Arndt introducing Route 66, emphasizing its significance as a central object in American popular culture. Established in 1926, Route 66 was envisioned to connect Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California, traversing the heartland of the United States.

2. The Birth of a National Highway

Establishment and Numbering:

Federal Aid Road Act of 1916: Marked the first federal highway legislation in American history, laying the groundwork for a national highway system.
1925 Funding Bill: Enabled the creation of the Joint Board of Interstate Highways, which was pivotal in defining Route 66.

Key Decisions:

Route Numbering Scheme: The board decided that east-west routes would be even-numbered, while north-south routes would be odd-numbered. This systematic approach was inspired by the practices of Wisconsin and Missouri.

Notable Figure – Cyrus Avery:

Advocacy for Route 66: Cyrus Avery from Tulsa, Oklahoma, was instrumental in championing the Chicago to Los Angeles route, advocating for its designation as one of the nation's most important highways.
Quote: "Cyrus Avery was an advocate for good roads in general and on the board. He was a strong proponent for a Route that connected Chicago with Los Angeles" (02:58).

Naming Conflict:

Initial Proposal: The route was initially slated to be called Route 60.
Kentucky's Opposition: The delegation from Kentucky opposed the designation, threatening to withdraw from the federal highway system unless a compromise was reached.
Resolution: Kentucky agreed to the Chicago-LA route being named Route 62 in exchange for its own connecting road being numbered 60. Avery, preferring a more memorable number, chose 66, leading to the iconic Route 66 (02:25-03:54).

3. Route 66's Path and Construction

Route Specifications:

Length: 2,448 miles (3,940 kilometers).
Termini:
- Eastern Terminus: Initially Cicero, Illinois; moved to Grant Park, Chicago a year later (04:14).
- Western Terminus: Olympic and Lincoln boulevards in Santa Monica, California (04:37).

States Traversed:

Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.

Major Cities Along Route 66:

In Illinois: Chicago
Missouri: St. Louis, Springfield
Oklahoma: Tulsa, Oklahoma City
Texas: Amarillo
New Mexico: Santa Fe, Albuquerque
Arizona: Flagstaff
California: Santa Monica

Construction Challenges:

Initial Condition: The road was predominantly unpaved upon its creation and wasn’t fully paved until 1937.
Historical Trails: Route 66 was built along existing trails and roads, some of which had been used for centuries. For instance, the segment from Rolla to Springfield, Missouri, was part of the Trail of Tears, used during the Cherokee Nation's forced relocation in 1838 (05:12).

4. Cultural and Economic Impact

Formation of the U.S. Highway 66 Association:

Leadership: Cyrus Avery served as vice president, while John T. Woodruff of Springfield, Missouri, was the president.
Objective: The association, comprising business owners along the highway, promoted Route 66 as a premier travel destination through national magazines, billboards, and brochures.
Tagline: Dubbed as the "Main Street of America," the association pushed for the complete paving of the road (05:30-05:58).

The Great Depression and the Dust Bowl:

Migration: Farmers displaced from states like Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas traveled Route 66 to seek agricultural jobs in California.
"Okies": Migrants from Oklahoma along this route were colloquially known as "Okies."
Economic Boost: The influx of travelers bolstered small businesses along the road, including diners, gas stations, and motels.

Literary Significance – "The Grapes of Wrath":

John Steinbeck's Contribution: Steinbeck's novel captured the plight of Oklahoma migrants, immortalizing Route 66 as the "Mother Road."
Quotation from the Episode:

"66 is the path of a people in flight, refugees from dust and shrinking land... 66 is the mother road, the road of flight." (06:42-07:12).

5. Social Issues and Segregation

Racial Discrimination:

Restrictions on Black Travelers: Many motels and businesses along Route 66, such as those in Albuquerque, New Mexico, imposed segregation, with less than 6% accommodating black customers.
Quote: "Despite most of the road not traveling through states considered to be in the south, most of the towns along the road had restrictions on black tourists" (07:20).

The Green Book:

Purpose: In response to widespread discrimination, the Green Book was created as a guide for African American travelers to identify accommodating businesses.
Future Discussion: The episode hints at a future exploration of the Green Book's role and significance (07:48).

6. World War II Impact

Decrease in Road Usage:

Wartime Restrictions: Gasoline and rubber shortages, along with discouragement of domestic travel, led to a significant decline in Route 66's use during the Second World War (08:00-08:02).

7. Post-War Boom and Cultural Iconography

"Get Your Kicks on Route 66" by Nat King Cole:

Origins: Written by Bobby Troup, a former Marine, while traveling from Pennsylvania to California.
First Recording: Nat King Cole Trio recorded the song in 1946.
Legacy: The song became a quintessential anthem for Route 66 and was later covered by artists like Bing Crosby and the Rolling Stones (08:14-08:33).

Increased Popularity:

Car Culture: The post-war economic boom led to more Americans owning cars and having the means to embark on road trips, marking Route 66's golden era.

8. Decline of Route 66

Rise of the Interstate Highway System:

Design: The new system featured four-lane controlled-access highways designed for high-speed travel, overshadowing Route 66's two-lane roads.
Impact on Route 66:
- Bypass of Small Communities: As Interstates provided more direct routes, many small towns along Route 66 were bypassed, leading to economic decline.
- Route Realignments: Sections of Route 66 were replaced or paralleled by Interstate highways, diminishing its prominence.

Gradual Decertification:

Key Milestones:
- 1964: Western terminus shifted from Santa Monica to Pasadena.
- 1972: Extended to Needles, California, near the Arizona border.
- 1974-1979: Decertification of significant stretches across Illinois, Missouri, and Arizona.
- 1985: Official removal of Route 66 from the federal highway list (08:46-10:11).

9. Revival and Legacy

Cultural Revival:

State Renumbering: Portions of the original Route 66 were re-designated as state highways (e.g., State Highways 266, 366, and 66 in Missouri).
Tourism: Restoration of historic gas stations, motels, and other landmarks has transformed Route 66 segments into popular tourist attractions.

Iconic Town – Seligman, Arizona:

Route 66 Nostalgia: Despite its small population of 446, Seligman thrives by embracing its Route 66 heritage.
Pop Culture Reference: The town loosely inspired Radiator Springs in Pixar’s animated film Cars (11:09-11:19).

Comparisons with Other Highways:

Highway 61 & Highway 41: While other American highways like Highway 61 (Ontario-Minnesota to New Orleans) and Highway 41 (Northern Michigan to Miami) hold historical significance, none have captured the popular imagination quite like Route 66 (11:28-11:40).

Enduring Legacy:

Global Recognition: Even today, Route 66 remains the most recognizable American highway, symbolizing freedom, adventure, and the classic American road trip (11:38-11:40).

10. Conclusion

Gary Arndt wraps up the episode by reflecting on Route 66's enduring place in American culture and history. From its inception as a vital transportation link to its romanticization in literature and music, Route 66 continues to be a symbol of resilience, journey, and the spirit of exploration.

Final Quote:

Charles Daniel, Executive Producer: "If you were to ask many people around the world to name an American highway, most would probably say Route 66, even though the road no longer officially exists." (11:38-11:40).

Key Takeaways:

Route 66's Establishment: A product of early 20th-century infrastructure development, becoming a national icon.
Cultural Significance: Played a crucial role during the Great Depression, immortalized in literature and music.
Social Challenges: Faced racial segregation, leading to the creation of the Green Book.
Decline and Revival: Superseded by the Interstate Highway System but remains a beloved symbol through preservation and tourism.
Enduring Legacy: Continues to inspire and represent the quintessential American road trip experience.

Notable Quotes with Timestamps:

Cyrus Avery's Advocacy: "Cyrus Avery was an advocate for good roads in general and on the board. He was a strong proponent for a Route that connected Chicago with Los Angeles." (02:58)
John Steinbeck on Route 66: "66 is the path of a people in flight... 66 is the mother road, the road of flight." (06:48)
Gary Arndt on Route 66's Legacy: "If you were to ask many people around the world to name an American highway, most would probably say Route 66, even though the road no longer officially exists." (11:38)

This comprehensive summary encapsulates the key discussions, historical insights, and cultural reflections presented in the "Route 66 (Encore)" episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Whether you're a history enthusiast or a travel aficionado, this episode offers a deep dive into one of America's most iconic highways.

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The following is an encore presentation of.
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Everything Everywhere Daily in the early 20th.
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Century, as automobiles became more and more popular, the need for a national system.
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Of roads in the United States became more evident.
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One of the suggested roads connected the.
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City of Chicago, Illinois on the Great.
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Lakes with the city of Los Angeles.
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California on the Pacific Ocean.
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In 1926.
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The route was established following the paths.
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And trails which had been used for.
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Centuries, and it quickly found itself as a central object of popular culture. Learn more about Route 66, its history, and its legacy on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Prior to the development of the automobile, there was no nationwide system of roads.
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In the United States.
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Roads were usually local affairs, usually designed.
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To connect point A to point B.
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Anything major which needed to be transported between cities was done either by water or by locomotive. Any roads that did exist were traversed.
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Slowly by horses or on foot.
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The automobile changed everything. Now almost anybody could go anywhere relatively quickly.
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Goods could be transported on trucks that.
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Didn'T require large trains. The explosion in automobiles required roads that.
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They could drive on.
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In 1916, the federal aid Road act was passed, which was the first federal.
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Highway legislation in American history.
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A year later, every US State had.
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A highway agency that could receive federal funds.
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Wisconsin became the very first state to number their highways in 1918, and Missouri soon followed. The first vestiges of a national highway plan were in the 1916 bill, but little was done until after another bill with more funding was passed in 1925.
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After the 1925 bill passed Congress, the Joint Board of Interstate Highways was established.
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To create a national highway system complete with a highway numbering plan. The Joint Board of Interstate Highways made several important decisions that we still live with today. One was to number federal highways similar to what Wisconsin and Missouri did.
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The alternative was to give each highway.
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A separate name, which had informally been.
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The norm in most places.
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The board agreed that east west routes would be even numbered and north south.
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Routes would be odd numbered.
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One of the members of this board was a man by the name of.
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Cyrus Avery from Tulsa Oklahoma.
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Avery was an advocate for good roads in general and on the board. He was a strong proponent for a.
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Route that connected Chicago with Los Angeles.
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Which he believed would be one of.
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The most important routes in the country.
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After much debate, it was decided by most of the states impacted by the road that the Chicago to Los Angeles.
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Route would be called Route 60.
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However, the delegation from Kentucky was adamantly against giving it the number 60.
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In fact, they were really against giving.
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This road the 60 designation because Kentucky would be the only state without a highway ending in zero. And they even threatened to walk out.
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And not take part in the federal highway system.
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Kentucky eventually compromised by agreeing to the LA Chicago route being named Route 62 in exchange for the road which connected to it from Kentucky being numbered 60.
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Avery didn't like 62 and chose 66, which everyone could agree on.
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In 1926, Congress approved the plan by.
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The Joint Board of Interstate highways, and Route 66 was born along with every other federal highway in the country.
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The route as established was 2,448 miles, or 3,940 kilometers long. The easternmost terminus of the road was.
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Initially Cicero, Illinois, just outside of Chicago. But a year later it was moved to Grant park in Chicago, which is on the shore of Lake Michigan.
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If you've ever seen the TV show Married With Children, the fountain in the.
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Opening segment of the show is Grant Park.
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Today, the historic start of Route 66.
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Sign is on the corner of Adams and Michigan Avenue.
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The westernmost terminus of the road was located at the intersection of Olympic and.
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Lincoln boulevards in Santa Monica, California.
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In between these points, the route went.
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Through the states of Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.
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The major cities along this route outside of the terminal points included St. Louis.
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In Springfield, Missouri, Tulsa and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Amarillo, Texas, Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico, as well as Flagstaff, Arizona.
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The road was mostly unpaved when it was first created. In fact, the road wasn't fully paved until 1937. The location of each segment of Route 66 was based on previously existing trails.
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And roads, some of which had existed for centuries.
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The section of the road from Rolla to Springfield, Missouri is actually part of the Trail of Tears that the Cherokee.
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Nation walked during their forced relocation in 1838.
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Several other sections of road corresponded to natural gaps in routes that native people.
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Had been using for thousands of years.
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Soon after the route was established, Cyrus Avery was instrumental in the creation of.
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The U.S. highway 66 Association.
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He was elected vice president and John T. Woodruff of Springfield, Missouri was elected the president.
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The association was a collection of business.
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Owners along the highway. They soon began promoting the route as a destination in its own right, in.
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National magazines, billboards, and in brochures.
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The association dubbed Route 66 as the main street of America and pushed for.
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The paving of the entire Road.
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Route 66 was never a static route. Throughout the 1930s and four decades later, the road would occasionally make changes around cities and across different bridges.
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As cities expanded and roads changed, Route 66 took on a new significance. During the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. Farmers who had lost their farms in.
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States like Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
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Traveled on Route 66 to find agricultural jobs in California.
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The migrants from Oklahoma who moved to.
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California along this route became known as Okies.
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The increase in traffic along the road during this period helped many of the small businesses along the way, including diners.
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Gas stations and motels.
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The story of Oklahoma migrants during the Great Depression was captured by John Steinbeck.
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In his novel the Grapes of Wrath. In it, he dubbed Route 66 the Mother Road.
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As Steinbeck wrote, 66 is the path of a people in flight, refugees from dust and shrinking land, from the thunder.
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Of tractors and shrinking ownership, from the.
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Desert'S slow northward invasion, from the twisting.
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Winds that howl up from out of.
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Texas, from the floods that bring no richness to the land and steal what.
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Little richness is there from all these.
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The people are in flight, and they come into 66 from tributary side roads.
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From the wagon tracks and the rutted country roads. 66 is the mother road, the road of flight.
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Route 66 was not inviting to everyone. Despite most of the road not traveling through states considered to be in the south, most of the towns along the.
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Road had restrictions on black tourists.
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In Albuquerque, New Mexico, for example, they had over 100 motels, but less than.
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6% of them allowed black customers.
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The same was found in many communities.
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From Illinois to California.
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These restrictions on black travelers along Route.
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66, and all over the United States.
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For that matter, led to the creation.
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Of what became known as the Green Book.
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The Green Book was a guide for African American travelers to let them know.
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What businesses would accommodate them, and it will be the subject of a future episode.
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The Second World War saw a decrease.
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In the use of the road and of domestic travel generally. In the United States, road trips were discouraged due to wartime restrictions on gasoline and rubber.
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After the war, Route 66 achieved the thing for which most people probably know.
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It, the song get yout kicks on Route 66 by Nat King Cole.
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The song was written By a former Marine named Bobby Troup, who wrote the song while traveling from Pennsylvania to California.
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Where he was going to become a songwriter.
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When he arrived in California, he met Nat King Cole, who recorded the song.
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In 1946 with the Nat King Cole Trio.
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The song was later recorded by many different artists including Bing Crosby and the Rolling Stones. The post war boom in travel marked the high point for Route 66 as more Americans had cars as well as.
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The time and money to travel.
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However, the 1950s also saw the beginning of the thing which would result in.
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The demise of Route 66, the interstate highway system.
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Route 66 was mostly a two lane road for its entire length. While it was a road that cars.
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Could drive on its initial objective, when it was created in 1926, it no.
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Longer met the needs of modern America.
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The Interstate Highway System was designed to.
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Be a system of four lane controlled access highways to allow for high speed.
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Travel throughout the country.
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And on top of the Interstate System, most state highways were being built that offered more direct routes between cities. Some Interstate highways were built alongside parts.
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Of Route 66 and some replaced parts of the route. Many small communities were completely bypassed by the Interstate, resulting in their decline as motorists weren't stopping there anymore.
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Slowly but surely, the Interstate System and other highways began chipping away at what.
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Was officially Route 66.
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In 1964, the western terminus changed from.
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Santa Monica to Pasadena.
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In 1972, it moved all the way across the state to Needles, California on.
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The border of Arizona.
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In 1974, the entire stretch across most of Illinois and Missouri was decertified.
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And in 1979 everything across Arizona was decertified as well.
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Attempts were made to try and create an Interstate 66 that went at least part of the route so businesses could.
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Keep their branding, but that was rejected.
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Finally, in 1985, after the writing had.
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Been on the wall for almost 20 years, Route 66 officially ceased to exist and and it was taken off the list of federal highways.
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Soon after the decertification of Route 66, a revival began.
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The Interstate Highway System was efficient, but it kind of lacked a soul. Every exit was the same with the same restaurants, truck stops and chain hotels.
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States renamed part of the original Route.
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66 as state highways, usually with some sort of 66 number. State Highways 266, 366 and 66 in Missouri follow the old Route 66 route. Likewise, State Highway 66 in Oklahoma and State Route 66 in Arizona follow most of the old roads. Today you can sorta Drive Route 66.
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By following some segments of the road.
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That still exist and other segments that replace the road.
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Many historic gas stations and other buildings.
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From the original Route 66 boom have.
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Been renovated as driving. The historic route has now become a.
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Tourist attraction in its own right.
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Perhaps the town that most embodies the.
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Old Route 66 is Siegelman, Arizona. Despite a population of only 446 people.
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Much of the entire town plays off.
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The Route 66 nostalgia. It was very loosely the basis of the town of Radiator Springs in the animated film Cars.
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There have been other notable highways in.
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America, such as Highway 61, which went from the OntarioMinnesota border all the way.
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Down to New Orleans, and Highway 41.
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Which went from Northern Michigan to Miami.
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But none of them managed to capture.
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The popular imagination like Route 66 did. If you were to ask many people around the world to name an American highway, most would probably say Route 66, even though the road no longer officially exists.
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The executive producer of Everything Everywhere Daily is Charles Daniel. The associate producers are Austin Oakton and Cameron Kiefer. I want to thank everyone who supports the show over on Patreon. Your support helps make this podcast possible. I'd also like to thank all the members of the Everything Everywhere community who are active on the Facebook group and the Discord server. If you'd like to join in the discussion, there are links to both in the show notes and as always, if you leave a review or send me a boostogram, you too can have it read on the show.