U.S. Route 66

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U.S. Route 66 is a historic American highway, often called the "Mother Road," that became an iconic symbol of cross-country travel and mid-20th-century car culture.

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AI-generated illustration of U.S. Route 66

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of U.S. Route 66 (U.S. Route 66 is a historic American highway, often called the "Mother Road," that became an iconic symbol of cross-country travel and mid-20th-century car culture.)

All labels observed (54)

Label Occurrences
U.S. Route 66 canonical 124
Route 66 70
Historic U.S. Route 66 46

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Numbered Highway ⓘ
historic highway ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Main Street of America ⓘ
Mother Road ⓘ
Route 66 ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Route 66

US 66 ⓘ
Will Rogers Highway ⓘ
commissionedOn November 11, 1926 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
culturalSignificance associated with American migration to the West ⓘ
icon of mid-20th-century car culture ⓘ
symbol of American road travel ⓘ
decommissionedOn June 27, 1985 ⓘ
endPoint Santa Monica, California ⓘ
featuredIn John Steinbeck novel "The Grapes of Wrath" ⓘ
song "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" ⓘ
linked to: song "Route 66"
hasDesignation Historic Route 66 (various state segments) ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Route 66
hasHeritageStatus All-American Road (portions) ⓘ
linked to: All-American Road

U.S. National Scenic Byway (portions) ⓘ
hasIconicLocation Cadillac Ranch ⓘ
Chain of Rocks Bridge ⓘ
Petrified Forest National Park segment ⓘ
Santa Monica Pier terminus marker ⓘ
hasTourismType heritage tourism ⓘ
road trip tourism ⓘ
inception 1926 ⓘ
length approximately 2,448 miles ⓘ
approximately 3,940 kilometers ⓘ
maintainedBy state highway agencies (historic segments) ⓘ
nicknameCoinedBy John Steinbeck ⓘ
notableEvent served as a major route for Dust Bowl migrants in the 1930s ⓘ
openedToTraffic 1927 ⓘ
originallyMaintainedBy state highway departments under U.S. Highway System ⓘ
partOf United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
passesThrough Arizona ⓘ
California ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
replacedBy Interstate 10 ⓘ
Interstate 15 ⓘ
Interstate 40 ⓘ
Interstate 44 ⓘ
Interstate 55 ⓘ
routeNumber 66 ⓘ
startPoint Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
terminusA Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
terminusB Santa Monica, California ⓘ
linked to: Santa Monica

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Referenced by (370)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Grapes of Wrath → setIn → Route 66 ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Route 66
Santa Monica Boulevard → partOf → U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
Santa Monica Boulevard → category → U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
Barstow → traversedBy → U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
Needles, California → locatedOn → Historic U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Route 66
Needles, California → hasHistoricRoute → Main Street segment of Route 66 ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Route 66
Santa Monica, California, United States → terminusOf → Historic U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Route 66
Mojave River → crossedBy → Historic U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
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Berwyn, Illinois → locatedOn → Route 66 ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Route 66
San Bernardino County → contains → Historic U.S. Route 66 (segments) ⓘ
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San Bernardino, California → hasHistoricRoute → U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
New Mexico → hasHistoricRoute → U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
San Bernardino → hasLandmark → Historic Route 66 alignment ⓘ
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Joplin, Missouri metropolitan area → majorHighway → Historic U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
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Tulsa, Oklahoma → locatedOnRoute → Historic U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
subject linked to: Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
linked to: U.S. Route 66
Petrified Forest National Park → knownFor → Route 66 historic alignment ⓘ
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Interstate 55 → followsCorridorOf → historic U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
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Cajon Pass → traversedBy → Historic U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Route 66
Albuquerque → isTraversedBy → Historic U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
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Cars → setIn → Route 66 ⓘ
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Jim Casy → setting → Route 66 ⓘ
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Nat King Cole → notableWork → Route 66 ⓘ
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Guadalupe County → roadTraverses → U.S. Route 66 (historic alignment) ⓘ
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Quay County → knownFor → historic Route 66 ⓘ
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Quay County → hasHighway → Historic U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
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Mojave Trails National Monument → containsFeature → historic Route 66 segments ⓘ
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Mojave Trails National Monument → containsTransportationCorridor → Historic U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
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Interstate 40 → formerRouteParalleled → U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
U.S. Route 6 → hasJunctionWith → U.S. Route 66 (historically) ⓘ
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Flagstaff → traversedBy → Historic U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
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Route 66 → subject → U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
subject linked to: song "Route 66"
Route 66 → about → historic U.S. Route 66 highway ⓘ
subject linked to: song "Route 66"
linked to: U.S. Route 66
Hualapai Indian Reservation → transportInfrastructure → Historic U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Route 66
Mohave County, Arizona → contains → Route 66 (historic alignment) ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Route 66
Peach Springs, Arizona → locatedOn → Historic U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Route 66
Joliet, Illinois → traversedBy → Historic U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Route 66
Springfield metropolitan area → hasTransportationInfrastructure → U.S. Route 66 (historic) ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Route 66
Albuquerque Rapid Transit → primaryCorridor → Historic U.S. Route 66 in Albuquerque ⓘ
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Route 66 Mother Road Museum → locatedOn → Historic U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
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Harvey House Railroad Depot → near → Historic U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Route 66
Casa del Desierto → locatedOn → historic U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Route 66
U.S. Route 66 → alsoKnownAs → Route 66 ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Route 66
U.S. Route 66 → hasDesignation → Historic Route 66 (various state segments) ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Route 66
Normal, Illinois → hasMajorHighway → Illinois Route 66 ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Route 66