Lost Route 66 section discovered in Illinois forest after 90 years

For 90 years it lay forgotten, swallowed by a floodplain forest on the banks of the Sangamon River. While a few locals knew ...
Joplin Globe

Officials reach compromise to preserve part of original Route 66

— A compromise to save part of an original stretch of Route 66 in Northeast Oklahoma was approved this week. In contention was about 3.5 miles of County Road E. 140, in Ottawa County, which is part of ...
Fox 23

City of Sapulpa uncovering original Route 66 at View Stop Park

SAPULPA, Okla. — The City of Sapulpa is working to uncover sections of the original Route 66 roadway as crews work to construct View Stop Park along the current Route 66. "We are over here at View ...
KRMG

Ottawa County residents trying to save part of the original Route 66

OTTAWA COUNTY, Okla. — People in Ottawa County are trying to save a part of the original Route 66. The road, dating back to the 1920s, is at risk of being torn up. Just 9 feet wide, the sidewalk road ...