It was officially removed from the highway system in 1985 having been replaced by the Interstate system, but over the years, there were many different alignments and improvements, including 4 lane sections. ![]() highway system, and was established in 1926. If you are not aware, Route 66 (or US 66) was one of the original highways in the U.S. Driving the vette was just way to much fun. I’ve never taken a trip of this length before, but it’s not going to be the last. The pics attached don’t do justice to the trip at all, and admittedly I’m a lousy photographer, but the pics are what they are. Total distance traveled according to the trip odometer was 6662.6 miles (the trip odometer actual wraps every 2000 miles as noticed elsewhere on the forum). All in all, it took 21 days, but we should have taken twice the time to do it properly. You can get an idea of the route from the overview map. My brother in law more or less had this idea at the same time I did, which was to drive Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica, and then return home by traveling up the Pacific Coast Highway and cutting across the northern states and then down to take the high speed ferry across Lake Michigan to get back home via Sarnia Ontario. ![]() ![]() A brief summary before you decide to read on.
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