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Revisiting the 'Mother Road,' Route 66, which turns 100 this year

NPR | By Kitchen Sisters
Published August 10, 2026 at 3:19 PM CDT

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the legendary U.S. Route 66. We revisit a 1984 documentary made as the last stretch of the highway was being bypassed by the Federal Interstate System.

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