Route 66 Association

For the 1927–1976 association, see U.S. Highway 66 Association.
U.S. Route 66

Route 66 Association is the generic name of the non-profit associations established for preservation, restoration and promotion of the historic U.S. Route 66. They exist in all 8 Route 66 states: Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.[1]

The first Route 66 Association was established on U.S. Route 66 in Arizona by Seligman businessperson Angel Delgadillo. An initial meeting of 15 people on February 18, 1987 in Seligman led to efforts which yielded a state-issued "Historic Route 66" designation for a portion of highway 66 between Kingman and Seligman later that year.[2] By 1990, similar organisations had been established in all eight US Route 66 states.

  1. ^ "California Historic Route 66 Association website". Route66ca.org. 1992-11-11. Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
  2. ^ Nathan Cobb (May 3, 1992). "Searching for Route 66 – Now 66 years old, this 2,448-mile, two-lane blacktop transported Dust Bowl migrants during the 1930s, eager GIs during the '40s, and swarms of postwar tourists during the '50s. Today, much of it has become an eerie ghost road lined with relics and ruins". Boston Globe. p. 18. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013.