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Shea's was operated as a Marathon station on Peoria Road from 1955 to 1982 and later converted into a Route 66 museum. Last spring, the Springfield city council voted to accept a $623,000 State of ...
A Route 66 mainstay in the Springfield area just got a larger than-life-addition. Say hello to Big Ron. He’s three stories tall, surrounded by old-fashioned gas pumps and is the latest art ...
Interstate 44 (I-44) approximates much of US 66 between St. Louis and Springfield. Missouri was the first state to erect a historic marker on US 66. [2] It is located at Kearney Street and Glenstone Avenue in northeast Springfield. [3] [4] A new marker, designating the highway as a National Scenic Byway, was erected May 5, 2006. The historic ...
Springfield's 12th annual Birthplace of Route 66 Festival is Thursday, Aug. 8, through Saturday, Aug. 10. This year's theme, "Get Your Motor Runnin'," honors the classic vehicles that traveled ...
State Route 66 (SR 66) is a north–south state highway in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its southern terminus is at U.S. Route 36 (US 36) in Piqua, and its northern terminus is at US 20 in Fayette. South of Defiance it generally follows the route of the former Miami and Erie Canal.
U.S. Route 66 or U.S. Highway 66 (US 66 or Route 66) is one of the original highways in the United States Numbered Highway System. It was established on November 11, 1926, with road signs erected the following year. [ 3 ]
Every August, downtown Springfield is transformed for the Birthplace of Route 66 Festival. But local businesses say they're hurt in the process.
A stretch of the later addition lanes of old U.S. Route 66 north of Cayuga. From Springfield to Gardner, Historic US 66 is now a parallel frontage road for I-55, except for business loops for Lincoln and Bloomington-Normal. US 66 originally continued north through Springfield past the Illinois State Fairgrounds and the Lazy A Motel.