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Podcast: Fascinating Nouns
Episode: Ep. 127: The Mother Road – Route 66
Description: The Mother Road – Route 66
Everybody loves to travel, and the United States has one of the most comprehensive interstate systems on any country. You can get on a road anywhere on the continent and end up almost anywhere else. The whole concept of interstate travel can be credited to one singular stretch of highway: The Mother Road – Route 66.
This incredibly important asphalt line that ran from Chicago to Los Angeles was the lifeblood of hundreds of towns along the route. Then in a cruel twist of fate, it was destroyed by the very interstate system it helpe...