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Route 66
 Route 66People doing business along the route became prosperous due to the growing popularity of the highway, and those same people later fought to keep the highway alive in the face of the growing threat of being bypassed by the new Interstate Highway System. |  Map Of Route 66The beginning of the end for Route 66 came in 1956 with the signing of the Interstate Highway Act by President Dwight Eisenhower who was influenced by his experiences in 1919 as a young Army officer crossing the country in a truck convoy and his appreciation of the German Autobahn network as a necessary component of a national defense system. |  Route 66 shieldRoute 66 served as a major path for those who migrated west, especially during the Dust Bowl of the 1930's, and it supported the economies of the communities through which the road passed. |
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