Route 66 intersection signs in Flagstaff, Arizona 14 Apr 2016
Posted on 14 Apr 2016
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Is Route 66 the most famous highway in the world? Surely, no other road is so storied – a recurring star in American literature, songs, movies and television shows, Route 66 was one of the country's first continuous spans of paved highway, linking the eastern part of the US with the vast spaces and burgeoning new cities of the west.
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