Route 66: Photos From the ‘Main Street of America’

There is perhaps no better-known highway anywhere in the world.

Route 66 just west of Oatman, Arizona, on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/TNS

By E. Jason Wambsgans and Jonathan Bullington Chicago Tribune

It was created to connect us, a 2,448-mile gateway to vast lands that previously existed only in the collective imagination. Each mile promised freedom and escape, opportunity and adventure.