Route 66: America's Lost Highway Turns 90

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  • čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
  • Route 66 turns 90 years old this year and despite preservation efforts, the fate of this iconic highway is still in question. WSJ’s Jeff Bush travels to the Mojave Desert to take a look at one infamous section of the Mother Road.
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Komentáře • 77

  • @felixthecat7933
    @felixthecat7933 Před 6 lety +61

    It is sad to see how many businesses have closed down because of the new highway

    • @coltonlien8816
      @coltonlien8816 Před 5 lety +2

      Felix the cat yea and the new highway was just a little more straiter

  • @dancedj2k2
    @dancedj2k2 Před 7 lety +59

    I love Route 66, even today. It is great for photographers and other artist to get inspiration from.

    • @C.A._Old
      @C.A._Old Před rokem

      After 15 September 2006 Cars 1 was released: People remembered Route 66 All America!

  • @TribalCross01Story-hy4bw
    @TribalCross01Story-hy4bw Před 3 lety +3

    Route 66 should be protected like a national park. It is essential classic Americana history! It is a beautiful part of American culture! 👍🏽🇺🇸

  • @davidmacalintal8069
    @davidmacalintal8069 Před 5 lety +62

    Cars brought me here

  • @C.A._Old
    @C.A._Old Před rokem +1

    After 15 September 2006 Cars 1 was released: People remembered Route 66 All America!

  • @iyot1020
    @iyot1020 Před 4 lety +13

    Im glad i was able to check my bucket list..... drive through rt 66 on a fast car and im planning on doing it again :)

  • @fankieye2007
    @fankieye2007 Před 2 lety +4

    Im here because my teacher force me here but good video :)

  • @Zobeid
    @Zobeid Před 4 lety +7

    Not to take anything away from 66, but… You can still drive US Route 281 from the southern tip of Texas 1,875 miles straight up the center line of the country to the Canadian border. It was never replaced by interstates, never decommissioned, still sees a lot of traffic, and still goes through a lot of small town main streets and courthouse squares. There are abandoned gas stations… mom-and-pop motels still operating… some fine places to eat… and yes, some eccentric roadside attractions that are not nearly as well explored and documented as those along Route 66.

    • @MrGrenade121
      @MrGrenade121 Před rokem +1

      Thats cool. I'm gonna check it out when I have time next year

  • @kenrhino7904
    @kenrhino7904 Před 3 lety +4

    Route 66 between Needles and Barstow in California was designated a National Scenic Byway in 2020.

  • @lisasmith9311
    @lisasmith9311 Před 2 lety +2

    My dad Bill Swan made a lot of iconic fiberglass statues which are placed along Route 66 some are placed in a short Amazon ebook for 14.99 called "The man behind the mufflerman ".

  • @SBCBears
    @SBCBears Před 5 lety +4

    Love 66, but don't forget that the Lincoln Highway predated 66 and stretched 3400 miles all the way from NY to San Fran.

  • @acajudi100
    @acajudi100 Před 4 lety +2

    Thank you.

  • @minspinchergaming1523
    @minspinchergaming1523 Před 5 lety +16

    Thx Disney cars for putting this back n the map

  • @notbad7490
    @notbad7490 Před 4 lety +2

    My aunt & uncle owned a Navajo Trading Post for decades by Sanders and Twin Arrows. Both are dead now and so is 66.

  • @hamishp5715
    @hamishp5715 Před 4 lety +8

    This is really sad to see how cars don’t really travel through Route 66 anymore

    • @sean9923
      @sean9923 Před 2 lety

      All cause of the super highways

    • @hamishp5715
      @hamishp5715 Před 2 lety

      @@sean9923 yep would totally agree

  • @robertdavis5714
    @robertdavis5714 Před 5 lety +2

    Nice production !

  • @johnbehneman1546
    @johnbehneman1546 Před 2 lety

    Thank you so much.

  • @vermicellogiallo8934
    @vermicellogiallo8934 Před 5 měsíci +2

    wow

  • @TeacherSally
    @TeacherSally Před 4 lety +4

    I think it would be so cool to make this a walking path- kind of like a new type of through-hike... I think it sounds fun. People could open up camping sites and also cool little bungalow motels again.

  • @francineroot-adler7205

    Is on my bucket list!

  • @malayalamtrollworld2245
    @malayalamtrollworld2245 Před 5 lety +5

    Loved this after cars

  • @user-jw9lq5ib6g
    @user-jw9lq5ib6g Před 6 měsíci

    yea... looking so much forward to my trip, later in the year... been on the bucket list for decades.. - now is the time

  • @edwardmunster7269
    @edwardmunster7269 Před 6 lety +11

    I always want to go along Route 66 so all
    Thre motels etc are long gone ??

    • @Trenton.D
      @Trenton.D Před 5 lety +2

      There are still some. Some businesses are operating as they were 70 years ago, some are preserved as attractions, and sadly some are dilapidated.

  • @gojiraapexpredator536
    @gojiraapexpredator536 Před 4 lety +3

    May you please make a video on the phantom car in that road where you chase it and it vanishes

  • @remipal0756
    @remipal0756 Před rokem +1

    Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh yes babyyyy we want more !!!!!!🥵🥵🥵😒🥵

  • @davidscotton6998
    @davidscotton6998 Před 4 lety +1

    I never been there!!

  • @chooch1995
    @chooch1995 Před 3 lety

    Route 66 was finally decommissioned in ‘85, not ‘84 with that last segment being in Williams, Arizona.....

  • @gaurav.upadhyay
    @gaurav.upadhyay Před 5 lety +3

    1:08 mojave

  • @fioot
    @fioot Před 2 lety

    wild west landscapes

  • @jyoshnakm4704
    @jyoshnakm4704 Před 2 lety

    Adith loves rt 66

  • @newstart49
    @newstart49 Před 5 lety +2

    I want to buy route 66.

  • @AndromedaBruv
    @AndromedaBruv Před 2 lety +1

    This person sounds very similar to another CZcamsr that is with geography

  • @lisaotruba8974
    @lisaotruba8974 Před 4 lety +2

    isnt it haunted?

  • @m.stimson3829
    @m.stimson3829 Před 5 lety +1

    Yeah! Lol that is the best!

  • @hbltheo
    @hbltheo Před 5 lety +2

    Vive le heinrich Nessel

  • @Khloe_dancer_model
    @Khloe_dancer_model Před rokem

    They should just maintain whatever is left of the hotel sings and restaurants as historical sites because IT IS an identity,a face of what our country looked like,of who we are how far we’ve come.

  • @503_AR
    @503_AR Před 5 lety +1

    KA

  • @railroadmillion681
    @railroadmillion681 Před 6 lety +4

    I think I saw blood by that building at 4:14. But great video tho.

  • @jyoshnakm4704
    @jyoshnakm4704 Před 2 lety

    66

  • @joegamer5527
    @joegamer5527 Před 5 lety +6

    Now it is haunted

  • @Contech9765
    @Contech9765 Před 4 lety +1

    They sould rel build route 66 2 lane highway from Chicago to la just like the old days

  • @jackson5116
    @jackson5116 Před 3 lety

    It doesn't exist anymore, it's been either abandoned, converted, or removed.

  • @ngailianzou8727
    @ngailianzou8727 Před 5 lety +2

    I thought it was haunted

    • @madkirk7431
      @madkirk7431 Před 5 lety +1

      No, that's Clinton road and others

  • @fatehyabali
    @fatehyabali Před 3 lety

    😊

  • @xd11heav11
    @xd11heav11 Před rokem

    non

  • @im.apo.
    @im.apo. Před rokem

    Life is like a cupcake, eat then, or he EAT U!

  • @isaaclee5123
    @isaaclee5123 Před 5 lety +1

    or we keep it a car road and fix it

  • @majorFiqrieFaisal
    @majorFiqrieFaisal Před 2 lety

    if i go to US this is the only place that interest me

  • @jhonwilfredclemeno3412
    @jhonwilfredclemeno3412 Před 5 lety +1

    It looks similar to the movie lightning mcqueen

  • @nosamhousni2447
    @nosamhousni2447 Před 5 lety +1

    route 66 hmm why not add another 6 WAIT NO

    • @johnfortes2171
      @johnfortes2171 Před 5 lety

      There was a Hwy. 666 in New Mexico I believe it's 491-666 was changed due to controversy- there is an annual motorcycle run on 666!