As the 100th anniversary of Route 66 approaches in 2026, join us as we spotlight the stops and people who live along America’s highway.

Traveling Route 66? One of the first stops to make is in Springfield, Illinois. With so much to see, do, and taste, there are a plenty of things to explore.

Organizers of the "Route 66 Road Rally 2025" hope to bring some attention to small towns along the highway, but outside of big cities. The event, organized by Route 66 advocacy group "The Midpoint ...

Back at the Route 66 sign, a line of maybe two dozen people stood waiting for their turn to pose for a picture. Few had the road-weary look of people who had just completed a 2,400-plus-mile odyssey.

PORTLAND — An area of Route 66 will be closed Wednesday morning to clear the wreckage of a fiery crash in the early morning hours, police said. Portland police said in a Facebook post that the ...

Police said the single-vehicle accident happened around 4:30 a.m. on Route 66 near the East Hampton town line. Man charged with fatal 2024 shooting of 16-year-old boy in New Haven The vehicle ...

Police temporarily closed Route 66 in Portland at 11 a.m. to remove a vehicle after a fiery crash on Wednesday morning. The road was closed eastbound and westbound at Middle Haddam Road in ...

In the 21st century, the heritage value of Route 66 has been more appreciated. Springfield Illinois, southeast of Chicago, has some traces. They continue sporadically, with elements such as the ...

Anna Matuschek, who works in Stuttgart for the German magazine Motor Klassik, rides on Route 66 outside Oatman, Arizona. Catherine Karnow Since I discovered U.S. Route 66 as a teenage hitchhiker ...

Improved safety measures are coming for two sections of Business Route 66 in Hempfield, as well as a park in the north end of the township. Supervisors on Wednesday awarded a contract to Penn Line ...