Route 66: How the Mother Road helped connect America - FreightWaves
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An Uncropped View of the Mother Road: True-Life Images of Route 66
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Get Your Kicks on Route 66
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Get Your Kicks on Route 66
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Route 66 History Page
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Route 66: How the Mother Road helped connect America - FreightWaves
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Iconic Route 66 Set to Be America's First Solar Roadway
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Route 66, America's 'Mother Road,' readies for its centennial • Missouri Independent
From its designation in 1926 to the rise of the interstates nearly sixty years later, Route 66 was, in John Steinbeck’s words, America’s Mother Road,
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Eating Up Route 66: Foodways on America's Mother Road
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The Railroads and Route 66 - Exploring Their Interlinked Past - Route 66 Gems