Listen Live
Get your kicks on Route 66! As you plan to make your way through at least Springfield’s part of the historic route on this 100th anniversary year, check out all the stories and events we have here, and are constantly adding. Plus, read more about the national landmark highway! Thank you to our sponsors for making this page possible: Wellman’s Lawn Care and Recon Techs!
The Joliet Slammers played the Gateway Grizzlies before fans celebrating Illinois and Hollywood history.
Museums, diners and roadside attractions spruce up as the ‘Mother Road’ turns 100.
The U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday is releasing eight stamps marking significant parts of the road in each of the states it traverses, passing by vintage diners, gas stations and motels — many since preserved or restored — along with breathtaking vistas and wide horizons of the open road.
Oral history is a part of this exhibit.
“Buddy” will be at many Route 66 events around Springfield.
Get your kicks on RT 66…Amy Beadle of Visit Springfield was on The WTAX Morning Newswatch to discuss the upcoming RT66 100th Anniversary Events that are happening right here in the capitol city…
There were places to grab and go, but also to sit down and relish a slice of home. The Cozy Dog Drive In — famous for its breaded hot dogs on a stick — has fit both bills since 1949. Inside the dining room in Springfield, Illinois, travelers tell tales of life on the highway.
The Cozy Dog Drive In in Springfield, the Illinois capital, is one of the many diners that sprang up along Route 66, and its breaded hot dogs on a stick have stood the test of time.
Springfield, Illinois is not the only city with that name to lay claim to a piece of Route 66 history.
The Pharmacy displays a dozen David Schwartz portraits.