* The nation's storied highway passes through Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California
* Route 66 was also called "The Will Rogers Highway."
* In 1946, song writer and ex-Marine Bobby Troup drove his Buick west on Route 66 with his first wife, Cynthia, who came up with the catchy line: "Get your kicks on Route 66." It became one of his (and Nat King Cole's) biggest hits.