Old Gas Station and Route 66

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UAE Fax Ful NY Gle ZM ihm de se IN THIS REGION- ESP. ALONG THE R.R. TRACKS WATCH FOR NATIVE PRAIRIE PLANTS.. WANY TER WW ODELL, ILLINOIS THIS OLD SINCLAIR STATION, BUILT IN THE EARLY 30's, STILL SITS BESIDE THE EARLIEST 66 ALIGNMENT, ON THE S. EDGE OF ODELL. THIS ALIGNMENT WAS ORIGINALLY A PART OF ILL. RT4, WHICH WAS CREATED WITH THE PASSAGE OF A BOND ISSUE IN 1918, & WHICH RAN FROM CHI- CAGO TO E. ST. LOUIS, ROUGHLY PARALLELLING THE FUTURE RT. 66. ODELL (ALT. 721 FT.) WAS INCORPORATED IN 1854, & WAS NAMED FOR WILLIAM OPELL; DOWNTOWN'S BEAUTIFUL OLD BRICK BUILDINGS PERCH ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS. IGN IN ADDITION TO THE OLD "CITY 66"ALIGN. WHICH WINDS THROUGH THE TOWN, & THIS EARLY 2-LANE BY-PASS" A PRISTINE STRETCH OF 4-LANE 66 CURVES AROUND THE TOWN. OLD STATION To PONTIAC (55) XL ******** H/M₂ 1 - To DWIGHT MINNI HI OLD ALTON R.R. Tracks "CITY 66" SODELL FIRST BYPASS-2 LANE SECOND BYPASS-4 LANE HC th We colle OLD ROUTE 66 Scenes! by R. Waldmire 1990

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ROUTE 66 WAS CERTIFIED IN 1926 WHEN THE NATION ADOPTED A NUIMBERED SYSTEM OF CROSS- COUNTRY, INTER-STATE ROADS. FULLY PAVED BY 1936, ROUTE 66 BECAME AN IMPORTANT & LEGENDARY HIGHWAY IMMORTALIZED IN LITERATURE, MUSIC & ON TELEVISION. GRADUALLY "REPLACED BY HUGE HOMOGENEOUS INTERSTATES," 66 WAS DECERTIFIED IN 1985, CEASING TO EXIST OFFICIALLY BUT WELL OVER 80% OF THE OLD ROAD IS STILL PRIVEABLE SO, TRAVEL BACK IN TIME, & LEAVE THE STRESS BEHIND ON THE INTERSTATES... AND THEN, YOU TO WILL SAY: "I STILL GET MY KICKS, ON OLD ROUTE 66 SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL OLD IS BEAUTIFUL SLOW IS BEAUTIFUL SAFE IS BEAUTIFUL. SANTA MONICA! LOS ANGELES Pacific Ocean CAL. Great Basi ASADENON BARSTOW VICTORVILLE a- LUDLOW- SAN BERNARDINO LINEV:/ COLORADO MOJAVEDESERT 3210 NEEDLES, OFFORT in مه شتر Grand Canyon SELIGMAN ASH FORK WILLIAMS- FLAGSTAFF WINONA TO POCK Plateau UTAH COLO. GRANDE Colorado ARIZ NM. RIO THOREAD I GRANTS Painted Desert Petrified Fore WINSLOW- JOSEPA CITY HOLBROOK DIVIDE GALLUP OLENRIO MORIARTY SANTA ROSA 62563 SIONITTIN TUCUMCARIO Jo R. 2, BOX 110, IRE, R. DMIR R. WALD ALBUQUERQUE (write small> still the best way west? TAKE OLD 66PALMOST ALL THE WAY! MAIN STREET,USA- ChicagotoL.A.! ZIP VEGA OKLA WEATHERFORD HYDRO HAN TEKSUS VEGA (midway on 66) ARCADIA EDMOND OKLAHOMA CITY MCLEAN GROOM AMARILLO SHAMROCK Prairie INTON CELK CITY Province COKLA EL RENO KANSAS SAPULPA BRISTOW DEPEW CHANDLER R. Waldmin Possi BAXTER SPGS. MIAMI GALENA VINITA CLAREMORE TULSA BROADWELL SAINT LOUIS PACIFIC SULLIVAN- CUBA- CHICAGO ILLINOIS LEBANON CONWAY JOPLIN CARTHAGE -ST. JAMES WAYNES VILLE ROLLA Lake Michigan SPRINGFIELD JOLIET DWIGHT MOPONTIAC BLOOMINGTON OLINCOLN SPRINGFIELD LITCHFIELD EDWARDSVILLE GRANITE CITy EAST ST. LOUIS Mississippi R 1990 PRINTED ON 100% RECYCLED STOCK