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Historic Route 66

historic designation applied to some former route segments of U.S. Route 66
AdministrativeArea scenic_route Q116075196

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
scenic route, historic road, National Scenic Byway[10][11]
Inception
June 15, 2000, February 16, 2021[13][14]
Country
United States[8]
Official website
fhwaapps.fhwa.dot.gov[17]
Described by source
Great journeys: travel the world's most spectacular routes[18]
Heritage designation
All-American Road, National Scenic Byway, National Treasure[21][22][23]
Issued by
United States Department of Transportation[26]
Length
+1408.6[25]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Arizona, Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma, California, Missouri[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Partially coincident with
U.S. Route 66[20]
Replaces
U.S. Route 66[19]
Road number
66[24]
Terminus
Lake Shore Drive[12]
Terminus location
Barstow, Chicago[15][16]
Transport network
Historic U.S. Routes[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Historic Route 66 en Historic U.S. Highway 66 en Historic U.S. Route 66 en U.S. 66 Historic en US 66 Historic zh 历史上的66号公路
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Historic HWY 66 near Sitgreaves Pass, Arizona (7334042388).jpg ↗
America's Byways road ID
2489
FactGrid item ID
Kunsthaus Alte Mühle
National Trust for Historic Preservation ID
historic-route-66
OpenStreetMap relation ID
93155
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Summary

Historic Route 66 is a scenic route[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . fhwaapps.fhwa.dot.gov. fhwaapps.fhwa.dot.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . fhwaapps.fhwa.dot.gov. fhwaapps.fhwa.dot.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . savingplaces.org. savingplaces.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . fhwaapps.fhwa.dot.gov. fhwaapps.fhwa.dot.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19w ago · Tholzheim · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → scenic route, historic road, National Scenic Byway
    FactGrid item ID → Kunsthaus Alte Mühle
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ FactGrid item ID: Q1792432, adds FactGrid ID"
  2. 25w ago · 27 is the best number · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → historic designation applied to some former route segments of U.S. Route 66
    Described by source → Great journeys: travel the world's most spectacular routes
    Partially coincident with → U.S. Route 66
    Image → Historic HWY 66 near Sitgreaves Pass, Arizona (7334042388).j
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Inception: 15 June 2000"
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