Route 66 by Bicycle: The Complete Guide - CityLab

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Ever since the Route 66 mystique got its start in 1926 as part of the then-fledgling U.S. highway system, it has been defined by motor vehicles. Even its decline was the result of a motoring trend: the rise of the modern interstate system. Route 66 was decommissioned in 1985, and today survives only as a patched-together shadow of its original self, stubbornly traced by countless nostalgic enthusiasts.

Now the Adventure Cycling Association, a nonprofit with the mission to “inspire and empower people to travel by bicycle,” is hoping travelers will discover the joys of the historic road under their own power, rather than with the help of an internal combustion engine.

The group has released a six-map guide to covering the entire route, complete with turn-by-turn directions, listings of lodgings, campgrounds, eateries, and bicycle services along the way, as well as information about all of the road’s idiosyncratic attractions.

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