title: Finding the End of the Mother Road: Route 66 in Los Angeles County
author: Scott R. Piotrowski
description: As you read this, you will appreciate just how much history still remains along the route in LA County.
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  LEGENDARY ROUTE 66 
   
   
   
  Route 66 does not end along 6th Street in Amarillo, Texas, 
   
  Known by several names throughout the years including the "Mother Road," "Main Street of America," and the "Will Rogers Highway," Route 66 
  served 
  travelers 
  for 
  some 
  50 
  years, 
  before 
  totally 
  succumbing 
  to 
  the 
  "new 
  and 
  improved" 
  interstate 
  system.  
   
  Established in 1926, road signs began to be erected the following year, but, it would be several years before the 2,448 mile highway would be 
  continuously paved from Chicago to Los Angeles. 
    
  Running through the states of Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, the highway became one of the 
  most famous roads in America. For decades, this historic path served thousands who were migrating west, especially during the Dust Bowl of the 
  1930's. 
    
  Over the years, the Mother Road underwent many improvements and realignments, changing its path and overall length, and moving its endpoint 
  farther w