Terra Told's HISTORY'S TURNING POINTS documentary series continues with the real story of Route 66 — the 2,448-mile highway America officially killed in 1985, now turning 100 in 2026 with its own postage stamps, a movie premiere, and a coast-to-coast vintage-car caravan.
In 1926 America gave its roads numbers, and the Chicago-to-Los Angeles road drew number 66. It carried Dust Bowl families west, WWII convoys to the Pacific, and the great 1950s family road trip — until Eisenhower's interstates bypassed it town by town and a 1985 committee vote wiped it off the map. Then one Arizona barber fought the federal map and won. This is how a dead road became immortal.
CHAPTERS
0:00 The road that refused to die
0:38 When was Route 66 built?
1:26 Why did Dust Bowl families take Route 66?
2:07 How did Route 66 help win World War II?
2:46 When was Route 66's golden age?
3:37 Why was Route 66 decommissioned?
4:19 When was Route 66 removed from the map?
5:22 Who brought Route 66 back from the dead?
6:16 Route 66 centennial 2026: the immortal road
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