... to the trucking industry.By 1930 truckers even rivalled and competed ith railroad shipping.John Steinbeck proclaimed route 66 as the Mother Road in his famous social novel The Grapes of rath . His novel in 1939, combined ith the 1940 film recreation, served to immortalize Route 66 in the American consciousness.The Depression Years and the arIn 1934 a dust storm destroyed it. Unemployed male youths orked as labourers to finish the route.In 1938 Route 66 as finally paved.During orld ar II, Route 66 as used to move troops, supplies and equipment, but the road as not built for this kind of traffic, so maintenance became an issue.After orld ar IIAmericans started travelling and taking vacations again to take in national parks and scenic onders.One of those travellers as Robert Troup, Jr., of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Ex-Marine captain and former pianist ith the Tommy Dorsey Band rote a song that Nat King Cole released in 1946, Get your kicks on Route 66 Roadside ArchitectureStore oners, motel managers, and gas station attendants recognised early on that even the poorest travellers required food, automobile maintenance and adequate lodging Unterkunft.In the 1960s the television series Route 66 started. Brought Americans back to the route looking for ne adventurePresident Eisenhoer as very impressed by the strategic value of Hitler s Autobahn In 1956 Congress passed the Federal Aid Highay Act gave money to built a modern highay system . By 1970 nearly all original Route 66 segments ere replaced by a modern four-lane highay. Several states installed Historic Route 66 signs along the road.TodayMany tourists take a journey by recreational vehicles don the road to visit nice sites and to enjoy the myth of coboys, gold-diggers and buffalo hunters.Arizona has the longest part of Route 66 still in use today.Current maps do not include old Route 66. Facts Route 66 is 2448 miles long these are about 4000 km It as commissioned in 1926, picking up as many bits and pieces of the existing road as possible It cut through 8 states in the heartland of America and 3 time zonesstarts in Chicago, and ends in L.A. Santa Monica. Some people think driving it in the opposite direction is historically rong, but its mainly a lot harder as all available documentation goes the right ay. You can only drive parts of Route 66 these days... it has been replaced by the Interstate, but still a surprisingly big part of the old road is aiting to be found by the more adventurous traveler. Route 66 is also kno as The Mother Road, The Main Street of America and The Bloody 66 . In 1985 Route 66 as officially decommissioned, hat means that it as no longer active in the daily useThe Beginning The actual idea of a road connecting middle America to the coast is attributed to to businessmen john oodruff of Springfield, Missouri and Cyrus Avery of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Their dream became a reality hen in 1926 Congress enacted legislation to establish a national highay. Members in 8 states formed the Route 66 Highay Association to expedite construction and adopted the theme name Main Street of AmericaThe Formative Years Farmers became able to transport grain and produce for redistibution in urban areas. The diagonal configuration of Route 66 as particulary significant to the trucking industry, hich by 1930 had come to rival the railroad for pre-eminence in the American shipping industry. John Steinbeck proclaimed Route 66 the Mother Road in his famous social novel The Grapes of rath in 1939.Steinbeck s classic novel combined ith the film recreation of an epic odyssey served to immortalize Route 66 in the American consciousness. The Depression Years and the ar In 1934 210,000 people migrated to California to escape the despair of the Dust Bol, hich ble through the nation s breadbasket and destroyed it. From 1933 to 1938 thousands of unemployed male youths from virtually every state ere put to ork as laborers on road gangs to pave the final parts of the road. In 1938 Route 66 as finally paved. During the orld ar II the highay as used to move troops, supplies and equipment,but the route as not built for this kind of traffic, so maintenance became an issue.After orld ar II Americans started travelling again, taking vacations to take in national parks and scenic onders. One of those travellers as Robert Troup, Jr, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He as an Ex-Marine captain and former pianist ith the Tommy Dorsey band. He...
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