Frm the July 24, 2022, KOAM News by Shannon Becker.
On July 24, 1985, the last Route 66 signs came down in Missouri with no ceremony around Joplin. The other Route 66 shields between Joplin and St. Louis had already been removed by 1977.
The Joplin area was the final portion of the historic route in Missouri to remove the 66 shields, 37 years ago.
Of course, we already knew that we are coming up on the centennial of the Mother Road's establishment. It was one of the original U.S. Highways and wasn't paved all the way until 1938.
What caused the death of Route 66 was President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Federal Interstate Highway System.
No single interstate road was designated to replace it. Route 66 is Interstate 55 from Chicago to St. Louis, I-44 to Oklahoma City and I-40 to California.
Some states have kept the 66 designation, albeit as state roads. Missouri, Routes 366, 266 and 66 are all original sections of the highway.
So Sad. --Road66
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