Hey guys, I'm doing a spur of the moment route 66 trip this week. I've heard the route isn't depicted on maps. Are there signs anywhere along the modern highway that show where you can get on/off 66? Any tips/suggestions? I'm heading out very short notice. Thanks

 

There are signs for it all over Illinois.Where ever there is an existing,useable section,there's signage.

 

Google is your friend. Every state that it goes through has a route 66 association. There's even a National Historic Route 66 Federation. There's a wikipedia page about Route 66 associations.

 

Get this book from Amazon. It gives complete coverage of RTE 66 plus other historic 2-lane blacktop route.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...47883778,d.aWc

 

I wonder why Route 66 is more famous and well known, over the other highways and byways. Still traveling it would be pretty cool, if most of it's still in tact.

 

I wondered that too. Even though I live on Route 66, I would like to do a ride some day on US 30, the Lincoln Highway. Coast to coast.

 

Route 66 was the most famous highway because it went all the way from coast to coast. It was heavily traveled for many years right up until the Interstate freeway system was built. During the depression it was THE route from Oklahoma to California for the dust bowl residents that wanted a better life in the land of Oceans and Oranges!

 

I've done this Chicago to LA. It is very hard to find the original road in most places. You didn't say where you are starting from. So it's hard to be more specific. We pre-routed the directions into a GPS (very time consuming) and generally found our way. Much of the old road is now frontage along the interstates.

The EZ 66 Guide is probably the most helpful book...

 

Huh? Coast to Coast? Chicago is not on either coast last time I looked.

There is a ton of info on the route, even the National Parks system has details
http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/route66/maps66.html

Road some of it last weekend in Arizona...

 

That's what I was thinking. On the other hand, Chicago is on the coast of Lake Michigan