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Route 66 - IllinoisLength: 436.0 miTime to Allow: 8 hours to drive the Historic Route 66 in Illinois, or take 2 or more days to really enjoy the route. Listed from Chicago to the Missouri border here a just a few of the many attractions along the way. Featured Points of InterestLou Mitchell's Restaurant, ChicagoOne of the first stops on the Mother Road, Lou Mitchell’s Restaurant in downtown Chicago offers a scrumptious send off to travelers headed out on historic Route 66. A visit to this ...Dell Rhea's Chicken Basket, Hinsdale“Get Your Chicks on Route 66” is the current slogan of this historic roadside restaurant that--no surprise--specializes in the tasty bird. Located just 15 miles from downtown Chicago along ...Ambler's Texaco Gas Station, DwightAmbler’s Texaco Gas Station, also known as Vernon’s Texaco Station and Becker’s Marathon Gas Station, is located along historic Route 66 in the Village of Dwight. ...Standard Oil Gas Station, OdellIn 1868, John D. Rockefeller formed the Standard Oil Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This was the beginning of the Standard Oil Trust Company that would soon dominate oil ...Ariston Café, LitchfieldStarting up a business in the depths of the Great Depression during the 1930s might strike most people as foolhardy at best, but this is exactly what Pete Adam and his partner Tom ...Soulsby Service Station, Mount OliveThe advent of the national road system in 1926 ushered in a golden age for mom-and-pop entrepreneurs. For Henry Soulsby of Mount Olive, it happened just in time. Mr. Soulsby followed ...Illinois Road SegmentsFor the most part, Illinois Route 66 glides evenly and easily through the State in a southwest-northeast diagonal alignment between Chicago and St. Louis. The Illinois section of historic ...Cities Along Historic Illinois Route 66(from northeast to southwest)
Cicero Berwyn Lyons McCook Indian Head Park Bolingbrook Romeoville Joliet Elwood Wilmington Braidwood Braceville Gardner Dwight Odell Pontiac Chenoa Lexington Towanda Normal Bloomington Shirley Funks Grove McLean Atlanta Lawndale Lincoln Broadwell Elkhart Williamsville Sherman Springfield Glenarm Divernon Farmersville Waggoner Litchfield Mount Olive Williamson Hamel Edwardsville Mitchell Granite City East St. Louis -- Southern Illinois -- 1920s Springfield Chatham Thayer Virden Girard Nilwood Carlinville Gillespie Staunton -- St. Louis Area 1920s Granite City, Illinois Madison, Illinois Venice, Illinois |
Illinois Route 66 Map Zoom out to All States Map or go to ... <<< Missouri <<<  Copyright © May 2003 Illinois Route 66 Heritage Project. Photo by William Brockschmidt The Gemini Giant, shown here at his permanent post at the Launching Pad Restaurant, poses for thousands of Route 66 travelers each year. |
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Route 66 America's Mother Road, ... there is no substitute! |
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