The Illinois Department of Transportation has released a new Illinois Route 66 Map to celebrate the iconic road's 100th ...

How to drive Route 66: Stops, motels and detours that make the trip unforgettable - As Route 66 celebrates its centennial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Our Route 66 road trip ended at the beginning, at East Jackson Boulevard and South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, where a brown sign ...

Illinois Route 4 is mostly a two-lane road that connects rural communities from central to southern Illinois. Its heritage, though, runs much deeper.

Americana fans who want to learn all about the history of Route 66 should check out this suburb of Springfield that has some ...

Springfield is home to parts of three alignments of Route 66, including the original alignment from 1926 to 1930.

Explore the Last 100 Miles of Route 66 in southwest Illinois, where festivals, roadside icons, and historic stops mark the centennial year.

BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL, Ill., Jan. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- VisitBN (the Bloomington-Normal Area Convention and Visitors Bureau) announced a yearlong celebration of the centennial of Historic Route 66 in ...

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced a new Illinois Route 66 map to celebrate the road’s 100th birthday.

Our Route 66 road trip ended at the beginning, at East Jackson Boulevard and South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, where a brown sign hanging 12 feet high on a light post tells people they’ve reached the ...