Historic Route 66, which of course had one of its terminal points in Chicago, turns 100 in a few years. And an Illinois museum needs your help to celebrate the milestone.
is in Springfield – a town which Route 66 passed right through. Because of COVID-19, CBS 2’s Marissa Parra took a virtual tour – and traveled through time virtually too.
Historic signs in Chicago mark where the Mother Road first began in 1926. You’ll find the ending point at Jackson Boulevard and Michigan Avenue and the starting point a block north at Adams Street and Michigan Avenue. Jackson Boulevard was the original route, but it was split across two east-west streets when Jackson was made one way eastbound.
“ Route 66” has been covered my numerous artists in its nearly 76 years. Here’s a 1961 version by Chuck Berry, a native of the Route 66 city of St. Louis: