Sixty six, a highway speaks 🇺🇸

Mississippi and the cotton wool heat

Sixty-six, a highway speaks

Of deserts dry

Of cool green valleys

Gold and silver veins

Of the shining cities

 

U.S. Route 66, also known as the Will Rogers Highway, the Main Street of America or the Mother Road, was one of the original highways in the U.S. Highway System. US 66 was established on November 11, 1926, with road signs erected the following year. The highway, which became one of the most famous roads in the United States, originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona before terminating in Santa Monica in Los Angeles County, California, covering a total of 2,448 miles. It was recognised in popular culture by both the hit song (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66 and the Route 66 television series, which aired on CBS from 1960 to 1964. In John Steinbeck's classic American novel, The Grapes of Wrath, the road Highway 66 symbolised escape and loss. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_66 and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(Get_Your_Kicks_on)_Route_66

 

Highway shield by Fredddie on Wikimedia Commons w.wiki/4rDN

 

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