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[Infobox - TX 144–? mi (232–? km) - 35–65 mi]

U.S. Route 66 (US 66 or Route 66) was one of the original United States Highways, which is now a national scenic byway by the name Historic US 66 or Historic Route 66. The historic route, featured in American Truck Simulator, is separated into 12 sections, most of which are signed as state higwhays, business routes, marked as minor roads or secret roads: The first section runs from Interstate 40 and US 93 in Kingman to Interstate 40 Business in Seligman, mostly signed as SR 66. The second section runs entirely within Ash Fork, due north of Interstate 40. The third section runs entirely within Flagstaff, from Interstate 17 and US 180 to US 89, mostly signed as Interstate 40 Business. The fourth section runs entirely within Holbrook, signed as the first half of Interstate 40 Business. The fifth section runs from Tucumcari, west of US 491 and south of Interstate 40, to east of the said city, near a Chemso plant. The sixth section runs east of Albuquerque, paralleling Interstate 40 as a secret road from exit 176. The seventh section runs entirely within Santa Rosa, concurrent with US 54 and US 84. The eighth section runs from Tucumcari to Glenrio, partially signed as Interstate 40 Business and mostly marked as a secret road (with the section through Glenrio signed as Interstate 40 Business). The ninth section runs entirely within Adrian, signed as Interstate 40 Business. The tenth section runs entirely within Shamrock, signed as Interstate 40 Business. The eleventh section runs entirely within Clinton, partially signed as Interstate 40 Business. The twelfth section runs entirely within Tulsa as Southwest Boulevard, paralleling Interstate 244.

Summary

Route 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, ran from Chicago, Illinois, through the states of central Missouri, southeastern Kansas, central Oklahoma, northern Texas, central New Mexico and Arizona before terminating in Santa Monica in Los Angeles County, California, covering a total of 2,448 miles (3,940 km). The highway was recognized in popular culture by both the 1946 hit song "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" and the Route 66 television series, which aired on CBS from 1960 to 1964. It was also featured in the Disney/Pixar animated feature film franchise Cars. In John Steinbeck's 1939 novel The Grapes of Wrath, the highway symbolizes escape, loss, and the hope of a new beginning; Steinbeck dubbed it the Mother Road. Other designations and nicknames include the Will Rogers Highway and the Main Street of America.

The highway was a primary route for those who migrated west, especially during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, and it supported the economies of the communities through which it passed. People doing business along the route became prosperous, and they later fought to keep it alive in the face of the growing threat of being bypassed by the more advanced controlled-access highways of the Interstate Highway System in the 1960s and 70s. US 66 underwent many improvements and realignments over its lifetime, but it was officially removed from the United States Highway System in 1985 after it was entirely replaced by segments of the Interstate Highway System. Portions of the road that passed through Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona have been communally designated a National Scenic Byway by the name "Historic Route 66", returning the name to some maps. After its decertification, the first associations of Route 66, founded in Arizona in 1987 and Missouri in 1989 (incorporated in 1990), followed up to revive the highway as a "State Historic Route". The first "Historic Route 66" marker in Missouri was erected on Kearney Street at Glenstone Avenue in Springfield, Missouri, which is now replaced; the original sign has been placed at Route 66 State Park near Eureka. Other historic markers now line, at times sporadically, the entire 2,400-mile (3,900 km) length of the road. In many communities, local groups have painted or stenciled the "66" and U.S. Route shield or outline directly onto the road surface, along with the state's name. Several states have also adopted significant bypassed sections of the former US 66 into their state road networks as State Route 66 (such examples in American Truck Simulator include SR 66 in Arizona and SH-66 in Oklahoma) and much of the former route within the San Bernardino County, California, is designated as County Route 66. The corridor is also being redeveloped into U.S. Bicycle Route 66, a part of the United States Bicycle Route System that was developed in the 2010s.

Cities

Arizona

• El Paso

Scenery towns

• Seligman
• Ash Fork

New Mexico

• Alamogordo
• Tucumcari

Scenery towns

• Santa Rosa
• Glenrio

Texas

• Amarillo (via I-40)

Scenery towns

• Glenrio
• Adrian
• Shamrock

Oklahoma

• Clinton
• Tulsa

Junction list

Arizona

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
Kingman	0	0	I-40 / US 93 – Los Angeles, Flagstaff, Las Vegas, Phoenix		Western terminus in-game; I-40 exit 48
	2	4	Minor road
	3	5	Minor road
	3	5	Beale Street		TOTSO; inaccessible
	3	6	Oak Street
	3	6	Service Shop
	4	6	Spring Street
	5	9	I-40 / US 93 – Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Flagstaff, Phoenix		Western terminus of SR 66 concurrency; I-40 exit
	7	12	Kingman Wallbert Market
	7	12	Kingman Wallbert Warehouse
	17	28	Kingman Bitumen Roadworks
Peach Springs	35	56	Grand Canyon Caverns
Seligman	77	124	Flagstaff HMS Machinery Depot
	78	126	I-40 BL West to I-40 – Kingman, Los Angeles, Flagstaff		Eastern terminus of I-40 BL; eastern terminus of SR 66 concurrency; Historic US 66 continues east inaccessibly; SR 66 eastbound is inaccessible
End first section; start second section
Ash Fork	78	126	Minor road		Historic US 66 continues west inaccessibly
	0+78	1+126	Gallon Oil Gas Station / Rest Area
	4	7	I-40 / SR 89 South – Prescott, Flagstaff, Los Angeles		Road continues as SR 89; I-40 exit 146
End second section; start third section
Flagstaff	3-3	5-3	I-40 BL West / US 180 West (Humphreys Street) to I-17 / I-40 West – Phoenix, Los Angeles, Arizona Snow Bowl, Grand Canyon		Western terminus of US 180 concurrency
	3-3	5-3	Minor road
	3-3	6-3	Leroux Street
	4-3	7-3	I-40 BL West / US 89 North / US 180 East / Verde Street to I-17 / I-40 – Page, Grand Canyon North Rim, Phoenix, Albuquerque		TOTSO; southern terminus of US 89
End third section; start fourth section
Holbrook	0	0	Minor road		Western terminus in-game
	0	0	Wigwam Motel
	0	0	Tidbit Market
	0	0	Minor road
	0	1	US 180 East / SR 77 South (Navajo Boulevard) – St. Johns, Show Low		TOTSO; western terminus of US 180 concurrency; western terminus of SR 77 concurrency
1	1	Minor road
1	2	West Buffalo Street
1	2	Florida Street
5	9	I-40 / US 180 West – Albuquerque, Flagstaff		Northern terminus of SR 77; eastern terminus of US 180 concurrency; I-40 exit 286
5	9	Gallon Oil Truck Stop		Eastern terminus of I-40 BL concurrency; Historic US 66 continues east inaccessibly
End fourth section

New Mexico

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
Start fifth section
0	0	Minor road		Western terminus in-game
0	0	Minor road		Access to I-40 and US 491 via Muñoz Boulevard
0	1	Fusion Travel Plaza
0	1	Secret road
1	1	Minor road		Access to I-40 and US 491 via Muñoz Boulevard
1	2	Service Shop
1	2	Minor road
1	2	Minor road		Access to US 491
Gallup	78+?	126+?	I-40 – Flagstaff, Albuquerque		Eastern terminus of I-40 BL; I-40 exit 26
	79	128	NAF Truck Stop / Starlite Inn
	85	137	Gallup Chemso Chemical Plant		Historic US 66 continues east inaccessibly
End fifth section; start sixth section
Albuquerque	85	137	Tramway Boulevard		Historic US 66 continues west into a parking lot inaccessibly; no entry to I-40
	103	166	I-40 East – Santa Rosa
End sixth section; start seventh section
0	0	I-40 (US 84) – Tucumcari, Albuquerque		Western terminus; I-40 exit 273
5	9	US 54 West – Vaughn		Western terminus of US 54 concurrency
10	17	I-40 (US 84) – Tucumcari, Albuquerque		I-40 exit 275
16	26	Rest Stop
18	29	I-40 (US 54 East / US 84 West) – Tucumcari, Albuquerque		Eastern terminus of US 54 concurrency; I-40 exit 277
		US 84 East – Fort Sumner		Eastern terminus
End seventh section; start eighth section
0	0	Minor road		Western terminus in-game
0	0	NM 104 North / NM 209 South (First Street)
0	0	Minor road
0	1	Minor road
1	1	US 54 to I-40		Some I-40 route shields are mislabeled as I-40 BL
1	2	Eddy's Market
Tucumcari	103	166	I-40 – Albuquerque, Amarillo		Eastern terminus of I-40 BL concurrency; I-40 exit 335
	105	170	Minor road		TOTSO; inaccessible

Texas

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
	10+?	17+?	I-40 Service Road		Eastern terminus in-game
End eighth section; start ninth section
	0	0	I-40 West		Western terminus; I-40 exit 22
	6	9	I-40 East / Minor road		Minor road has access to Amarillo Vitas Power construction site to the north; I-40 exit 22
Adrian	6	10	The city of Adrian
	7	12	Minor road
	13	21	I-40 Service Road		Eastern terminus; I-40 provides a westbound exit to this point towards Adrian
End ninth section; start tenth section
	0	0	I-40 Eastbound Exit		Western terminus; inbound access only
Shamrock	6	10	US 83 – Canadian, Childress
	13	21	I-40 East		Eastern terminus
End tenth section

Oklahoma

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
Start eleventh section
Clinton	144	232	I-40 BL West		Western terminus of I-40 BL concurrency
	145	233
End eleventh section; start twelfth section
Tulsa	145	233	Minor road		Historic US 66 continues south inaccessibly; access to Tulsa MWM waste transfer station
	145	234	Minor road		Secret road to the east
	146	235	I-244 West / US 75 South		I-244 exit 3
	146	236	To I-244 East / US 75 North		Eastern terminus in-game; Historic US 66 continues north inaccessibly

History

• In the initial version of the Arizona map expansion DLC, Historic US 66 began from Interstate 40 and US 93 in Kingman to Seligman, in Flagstaff and Holbrook.

• In the initial version of the New Mexico map expansion DLC, the sections of Historic US 66 in Gallup, east of Albuquerque, in Santa Rosa and Tucumcari, were added.

• In update 1.44, the section of Historic US 66 east of Albuquerque, paralleling Interstate 40, was converted into a secret road.

• In the initial version of the Texas map expansion DLC, the sections of Historic US 66 from Tucumcari to Glenrio, as a secret road, and in Adrian, were added.

• In update 1.48, the section of Historic US 66 in Shamrock was added.

• In the initial version of the Oklahoma map expansion DLC, the sections of Historic US 66 east of Shamrock, in Clinton and Tulsa, were added.

Gallery

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  Kingman

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  Grand Canyon Caverns

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  Historic Seligman Sundries Building

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  Flagstaff

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  Holbrook

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  Gallup

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  Tucumcari

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  Glenrio

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  Adrian

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  Shamrock

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  Clinton

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  Tulsa

References

See also