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Route 66

Distance
2,336 mi
Drive time
41 h
States
8
Stops
55 of 69 mapped
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The route · stop by stop
  6. 6
    St. Louis Metro Area (Illinois side)
    Route crosses into Missouri here, multiple historic alignments exist
  7. 7
    Chain of Rocks Bridge
    Narrow bridge with a sharp bend crossing the Mississippi River · Now pedestrian-only, optional side trip
  9. 9
    Meramec Caverns / Stanton, Missouri
    Advertised cave attraction, optional side trip
  11. 11
    Fanning, Missouri
    Site of a large novelty rocking chair roadside attraction
  12. 12
    Devil's Elbow, Missouri
    Small scenic town on the Big Piney River
  19. 19
    Riverton, Kansas
    Marsh Arch Bridge nearby, described as the last of its type on the route
  21. 21
    Commerce, Oklahoma
    Oklahoma state line crossing point
  37. 37
    Cadillac Ranch
    Public art installation of cars buried nose-down in a field, west of Amarillo
  40. 40
    Glenrio, Texas/New Mexico
    Ghost town straddling the Texas-New Mexico state line · Former motel with signs facing both directions
  43. 43
    Clines Corners, New Mexico
    Well-known roadside stop on an alternate alignment
  45. 45
    Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico
    Route passes near Native American reservation land
  51. 51
    Meteor Crater
    Well-preserved impact crater, privately run visitor center · Short detour south of the interstate
  56. 56
    Hackberry, Arizona
    Near-ghost town with a general store converted into a gift shop
  61. 61
    Essex, California
    Point where two alternate desert alignments rejoin
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Route structure sourced from the Wikivoyage guide (CC BY-SA 4.0). Roads, distances, and drive times computed by the Byway routing engine.