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Historical Route 66 Starting Place

Chicago, United States of America

Historical Route 66 Starting Place

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, known as the Mother Road or Main Street of America, took long distance automobile travelers from Chicago to Southern California. The high

way had previously been Illinois Route 4 (IL 4) and the road has now been largely replaced with Interstate 55 (I-55). Parts of the road still carry traffic and six separate portions of the roadbed have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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