Route 66 (sometimes called “The Mother Road”) was designated in 1926 as part of the first federal highway system and ran ...

Chicago is rewriting history for the 100th celebration of Route 66, the iconic roadway connecting Chicago to Los Angeles. The ...

Navy Pier will become the ceremonial start of Route 66, with a March 25 dedication during the Toast to Harry Caray.

Navy Pier will now mark the beginning of the iconic highway, creating a pier-to-pier route from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean. A ceremony at Navy Pier will include a dedication of the new Route ...

CHICAGO, Feb. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Route 66, the City of Chicago will formally recognize Navy Pier as the starting point of the iconic roadway. "This ...

This story is sponsored by Southwest Adventure Tours. Famously nicknamed the "Mother Road" by John Steinbeck in his classic novel The Grapes of Wrath, Route 66 spans roughly 2,400 miles from Chicago ...

Route 66 is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. Tripadvisor and Choice Hotels launched a new guide for road trippers.

Historic Route 66 is getting a new starting point - here is where it begins - Chicago will unveil a new sign at Navy Pier marking it as Route 66’s starting point during a March 25 dedication, coincidi ...

GRANITE CITY, Ill. – Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker toured It’s Electric Neon Sign Park in Granite City on Monday to kickoff a calendar year of celebrations for the 100th anniversary of Route 66. The ...

This year marks the centennial of Route 66, the famous Main Street of America from Chicago to Los Angeles. The road spanned northern Arizona, including what would become Petrified Forest National Park ...