U.S. Congress Passes Bill To Commemorate Route 66 Centennial In 2026

Above, Mitch Geriminsky and Armand at Cool Springs, Arizona. 

Incredible as it may seem, U.S. Route 66 will be 100 years old in five years.

The U.S. Congress passed a bill to commemorate the centennial of the "Mother Road".

According to Hagerty.com:

Big celebrations require plenty of planning—sometimes years of it. The U.S. House of Representatives has passed SEMA-supported legislation to create a commission “that would recommend ways to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Route 66” in 2026. The historic 2448-mile stretch of road was commissioned in 1926 as the first all-paved U.S. highway.

According to SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association), the “Route 66 Centennial Commission Act,” S. 1014, creates a 15-person commission with representatives appointed by the President of the United States. The appointments are based on recommendations from the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. House and Senate Republican and Democratic leaders, and the Governors of Route 66 states Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.

The bill was passed unanimously by the U.S. Senate last August. It now heads to the President for signature.

Route 66 is only a couple of miles away from my home.

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