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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 ...
The Rose Parade route is five-and-a-half miles with a large part of that on Colorado Boulevard, which was part of Route 66. The Mother Road's centennial will be marked in 2026.
The Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop in Springfield, Illinois, is one of the few remaining early Maid-Rite franchises in the United States. This specific shop, built in 1921, claims to have the first drive-thru window in the U.S. [2] The building, along historic U.S. Route 66, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
“I try to preserve as much as I can of Springfield, Route 66.” Metzger owns Route 66 Motorhead’s Bar & Grill at 600 Toronto Road, which has become a living history book of former central ...
An abandoned early Route 66 alignment in central Illinois in 2006. U.S. Route 66 (US 66, Route 66) was a United States Numbered Highway in Illinois that connected St. Louis, Missouri, and Chicago, Illinois. The historic Route 66, the Mother Road or Main Street of America, took long distance automobile travelers from Chicago to Southern California.
The Lazy A Motel is a historic former motel located along Old U.S. Route 66 in Springfield, Illinois.The motel was built in 1948–49 and had 13 rooms arranged in a U shape, with garages located between the rooms.
U.S. Route 66 was a highway established on November 11, 1926, connecting Chicago, Illinois to the Southwest.Several buildings from the Route 66 era still stand and are part of the Historic and Architectural Resources of Route 66 Through Illinois Multiple Property Submission on the National Register of Historic Places.
The restaurant now known as the Sycamore Inn has an incredibly long history, dating all the way back to the mid-1800s when an inn and tavern was built by "Uncle" Billy Rubottom on the Santa Fe ...