EZ UPDATES

For readers of the EZ 66 Guide for Travelers, I have provided free online updates to help keep your Route 66 experience as current as possible. As you might imagine, Route 66 is constantly undergoing changes, some good, others not so. Businesses open and close, roads are re-routed and street names change.

Please check back here just before your trip for the latest info. Entries are dated as to when they were added.

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EZ 66 readers have been helpful in keeping me keep the guidebook updated in between my own road trips, so if you discover something that needs to be addressed while on your journey, please let me know!

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Grand canyon caverns near peach springs Arizona on Apr 24, 2025 at 8:01:23 pm [Print]
now back OPEN

Been told the cave is now closed for remodeling. It had just
Reopened after a long term elevator problem. Check before planning to visit

Joliet IL detour on Apr 12, 2025 at 1:43:36 am [Print]
Chicago St in downtown Joliet is currently blocked for construction. Detour via hwy 53 (Ottawa if headed west, Scott if east).

BRIDGE OPEN on Jan 13, 2025 at 11:44:31 pm [Print]
66 between the PONY BRIDGE and Bridgeport OK is OPEN again, after work on a bridge just west of the Pony Bridge was completed!

Ignore the time stamps on updates on Jan 09, 2025 at 3:52:19 pm [Print]
The time shown is whack but dates are ok

udropp inn Cafe Shamrock TX on Dec 27, 2024 at 10:44:39 pm [Print]
The cafe is now reopened under new management.

CATOOSA OK ROADWORK OK page-9 on Dec 01, 2024 at 10:39:35 pm [Print]
Starting on Dec 2 2024, the interchange of 4-lane OK hwy 66 (the last version of 66) and I-44 will be changed. A new overpass and right-hand exit from 44 to EastBound 4-lane OK 66 will replace the current Left hand exit. Also, traffic entering I-44 from 193rd Ave (original 66) will be able to join 4-lane OK 66 eastbound.
This will not directly affect users of the EZ 66 who should be following the original 66 via Cherokee and 193rd. But expect traffic in the Catoosa area to be affected during this reconstruction, which will last into 2026.

weather/traffic alerts on EZ 66 GUIDE TO ROUTE 66 ON FACEBOOK on Nov 07, 2024 at 12:09:13 am [Print]
please check https://www.facebook.com/EZGuide.Route66/ for CURRENT updates on issues such as (for example) fooding in MO, winter weather in NM, etc and other issues (like traffic jams) as they become known to me. I can quickly share official posts, and those from friends there, along with links to more info where available.

OK PAGE-13 MAP BETWEEN KELLYVILLE AND STROUD on Oct 15, 2024 at 11:25:23 pm [Print]
UPDATE The SHOE TREE LOOP east of STROUD is closed on its west end. The former Trading Post at the east end is gone. Don't take this now private driveway. The "new" shoe tree is nothing to look at really, so just forget this site.

hOLBROOK AZ on Oct 08, 2024 at 4:03:41 pm [Print]
I suggest you check the room first at Brad's desert Inn after a recent report.

Palomas to Montoya New Mexico on Sep 22, 2024 at 7:11:20 pm [Print]
The OPTION between these points( see NM page 5) floods in heavy rain. Check ahead, and use the main route on 40 if in doubt (especially if driving an RV or motorbike (even if dry...this stretch has a narrow "tunnel" under I-40 at the eastern side and is not recommended for such vehicles)..