A neat article on the state of Route 66....

 

Route 66 motels an endangered species By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS, Associated Press Writer

Mon May 21, 1:19 AM ET

 

PHOTO: http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070519/480/6a1550f40ee549f8b8c60e34fb93a607;_ylt=AtR6_AFVMxJDC0trDSog_I9H2ocA

 

 

MIAMI, Okla. - The Riviera Courts motel is crumbling away and nobody seems to care. Once a stop along Route 66, the 2,400-mile neon carnival that connected hundreds of communities from Chicago to Los Angeles, this late-1930s Mission Revival is just a weather-worn building on the side of a country road in far northeast Oklahoma.

 

For more information, click above link.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/apn_forgotten_motels

There was an excellent film documentary on this topic, it was called "Cars" by Pixar.

 

I actually like about a block away from Rt 66.  Santa Monica Blvd in LA is the western terminus of 66.  Thankfully, it's not quite as dilapidated out here.

It would be interesting to photograph some of those deteriorated places.

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Route 66 is the most famous due to its role in pop culture and transcontinental road travel, but there are relics of the pre-interstate "old road" era, the US Highway era, on other roads, even in Ohio...