Route 66

     I wanted to comment on Chapter 5 in Route 66.  How is it that all even and odd numbered highways that were built in the United States in 1925 manage to miss the state of Kentucky as seen on the U.S. Highways Transcontinental Routes Map, Nov. 1925 (63)?  I don't blame Governor William J. Fields for protesting against Route 60 not going through a part of his state. Even with all of the Ozark Trails and other routes nearby, not one went through Kentucky. After the numbering system changed, Kentucky should of had the opportunity to have a part of Route 66 go through the state.  Also, throughout the book it was mentioned how Route 66 was the direct route from the east to the west, but I don't consider Chicago in the east. Perhaps if Route 66 did follow where Route 62 and 52 were built according to the map, then in my opinion it would of been a more direct route from east to west.

     

     The standard route marker that is shown in Chapter 5, has anyone else seen a standard route marker still being used today?  I have only seen one route, Route 101, south of San Francisco to Monterey, where the standard historic white route marker is still used.