Unfortunately for Texas travelers, Route 66 is mostly a ghost itself. Decommissioned in 1985, many sections of the route were swallowed up and made a part of other state, local or private roads.

Glenrio's dot on the Texas map marks a ghost town. The skeletons of once-bustling hotels, ... At its peak, Route 66 snaked 2,451 miles from downtown Chicago to the Santa Monica beach.

It winds from Chicago to Los Angeles, covering more than 2,000 miles through the U.S. Designated in 1926 and known as an icon of the American West, the historic Route 66 has been offering kicks for… ...

Twenty-one miles west, in McLean, is the Devil’s Rope and Route 66 Museum (barbwiremuseum.com), which reopens for the season on March 1, as well as Texas’s first Phillips 66 station, built in ...

Route 66 extends nearly 180 miles across the Texas Panhandle. About 20 miles east of the border, the town of Adrian advertises itself as the route’s midpoint, equidistant to Chicago and Los Angeles.

One Century, One Road Route 66, ‘The Main Street of America,’ turns 100 By Jonathan Bullington and E. Jason Wambsgans It was created to connect us, a fused chain of existing road… ...

The Texas Route 66 Festival capped off 10 days of activities and events on Saturday with a day of pageantry, shopping, live music, and classic cars at the finale celebration presented by Amarillo ...

Texas has the second-smallest piece of Route 66 of the eight states that claim it. It cuts straight across the Panhandle, as straight a shot as you can do—it’s like, How fast can we get across ...