The highway stretched across eight states -- Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.
Then, the rise of turnpikes, interstates and four-lane highways led to more and more of the route being bypassed by travellers, until officials removed the signs and stopped maintaining Route 66 as a highway.
The death of one use of the highway led to a new life as a tourist icon and across the country small communities still survive due to tourists from across the world, visiting the United States to travel the route.
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