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On November 11, 1926, America numbered a ribbon of pavement from Chicago to Santa Monica and called it U.S. Highway 66. A century later it's still the most famous road on Earth — and its hundredth birthday is the road-trip moment of our lifetime.
The short version of a very long road.
U.S. Highway 66 is established on November 11 — about 2,400 miles from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, California, stitched together from existing roads through eight states.
John Steinbeck names it "the Mother Road" in The Grapes of Wrath, as Route 66 carries Dust Bowl families west — the road becomes an American symbol of movement and hope.
"(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" hits the airwaves, and the postwar road-trip boom fills the highway with neon motels, diners, and roadside giants built to make you pull over.
Bypassed mile by mile by the interstates, Route 66 is officially decommissioned — and almost immediately, people begin working to preserve and drive what remains.
The centennial. A federal Route 66 Centennial Commission, state commissions in all eight states, festivals, and passport programs — the biggest celebration the old road has ever thrown.
Follow the shield through the heart of the country.
Centennial festivals, car cruises, and small-town celebrations are lining up along all eight states — the road will never be more alive than this year.
Several Route 66 states run real passport programs — collect stamps at landmarks as you go. Pair them with PointMe's Road Cred badges for the digital version.
Giant blue whales, leaning water towers, Cadillacs nose-down in a field — Route 66 invented the roadside attraction, and PointMe's catalog knows where they hide.
PointMe launches on iPhone and Android November 11, 2026 — one hundred years to the day. Your Centennial Passport is one email: early access before launch day, the founding rate locked, and first crack at the Centennial badge drop when the road turns 100.