A sign in downtown Chicago marks the beginning of historic Route 66, also known as the Will Rogers Highway, the Main Street of America or the Mother Road. The highway, which became one of the most famous roads in the United States, originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona before ending in Santa Monica in Los Angeles County, California, covering a total of 2,448 miles

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