The Illinois Department of Transportation has released a new Illinois Route 66 Map to celebrate the iconic road's 100th ...

ILLINOIS (WCIA) – It’s officially been a century since the first Route 66 map was drawn, and in celebration of the ...

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced the release of a new Illinois Route 66 Map in honor of Route 66's 100th birthday.

Illinois Route 4 is mostly a two-lane road that connects rural communities from central to southern Illinois. Its heritage, though, runs much deeper.

“Get Your Kicks on Route 66” was a 1946 song by Bobby Troup and my trip last week along what John Steinbeck called the “Mother Road” surpassed expectations. Much of the 1926, east-west, 2,448-mile ...

Our Route 66 road trip ended at the beginning, at East Jackson Boulevard and South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, where a brown sign hanging 12 feet high on a light post tells people they’ve reached the ...

The Illinois State Capitol building in Springfield, Ill., is located a few blocks north of U.S. Route 66. It’s just one of many attractions and historic landmarks near the historic highway. Photograph ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WGN Radio’s Dave Plier talks to Amy Beadle ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WGN Radio’s Dave Plier talks to Amy Beadle ...

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced a new Illinois Route 66 map to celebrate the road’s 100th birthday.