Route 66 - Illinois
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Traveling north on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago |
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Sears Tower - Chicago |
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Chicago skyline |
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Buckingham Fountain - Chicago |
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Chicago skyscrapers |
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Lou Mitchell's Restaurant - Chicago |
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Lou Mitchell's Restaurant - Chicago |
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Cindy Lyn Motel - Cicero |
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Henry's Hot Dogs - Cicero "A Meal in Itself" |
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Robin Hood Muffler - Cicero |
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Brookfield Restaurant - Brookfield (a few miles west of U.S. 66 on U.S. 34) |
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Dell Rhea Chicken Basket - Willowbrook |
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The Olde Keg - Joliet |
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The Rialto Theatre - Joliet |
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Gemini Giant, The Launching Pad - Wilmington |
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The Launching Pad - Wilmington |
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The Blues Brothers - Polk-A-Dot Drive-In, Braidwood |
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The Riviera - |
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Two Cell Jail - Gardner |
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Feddersen's Pizza Garage - Dwight |
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Standard Oil Station - Odell |
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Ballard Elevator between Lexington and Chenoa - Click on the link for history about the elevator by Randy Smith of the Route 66 Association of Illinois |
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Train on Route 66 near Cayuga |
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Meramec Caverns Barn near Cayuga |
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Old Log Cabin Restaurant |
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Bridge on old alignment of Route 66 in Pontiac - preserved by the Preservation Committee of the Illinois Route 66 Association |
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Chenoa |
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Signs on "Memory Lane," a section of old alignment in Lexington |
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Memory Lane - Lexington |
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Rabbit on Memory Lane |
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Old gas station - now a bar - Towanda |
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Route 66 - A Geographic Journey. A section of abandoned alignment in Towanda which high school students have created signs from all Route 66 states. This section is a short walking trail/park where you can follow the signs through all 8 states. |
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Funk's Grove Train Depot |
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General Store - Funk's Grove |
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A picture in the Illinois Hall of Fame of the Oasis Drive-In. Here is a photo of what it looked like in 2001. |
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Sunset of Route 66 - north of Lincoln |
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A & W - Lincoln |
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Lincoln Theatre |
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Atlanta
has recently had a makeover with some new wall murals around town, which
had been done about a week or so before Pat and I were there.
For more information visit the LetterRip website |
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Public Library & Clock Tower - Atlanta |
This page was last updated on Wednesday, April 13, 2005
