Cyrus Avery of Tulsa and John Woodruff of Springfield, Missouri, had the original idea.
Cyrus Avery of Tulsa and John Woodruff of Springfield, Missouri, had the original idea. Avery learned that the number he wanted to assign to it was already in use and he chose another because it was pleasant to say and to hear.* GIs returning from WWII and the trucking industry used it extensively, thus adding to its tourism value. Decommissioned in 1985, it originally ran 2,448 miles from Chicago to Santa Monica, and John Steinbeck nicknamed it "The Mother Road". FTP, name this highway, immortalized in a song written by Bobby Troup, where you can "get your kicks".
Cyrus Avery of Tulsa and John Woodruff of Springfield, Missouri, had the original idea.
Route 66