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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MO page-14 on Aug 19, 2012 at 10:53:45 pm [Print]

There is now a traffic circle on the west side of Rolla, MO instead of the stoplight. WB: Just before reaching EXIT 184, curve thru the roundabout onto MARTIN Springs road. EB: at the west exit interchange, curve thru the roundabout onto Kings Hwy ? BL 44.


AZ page-12 on Jul 23, 2012 at 11:25:27 pm [Print]
They took the overpsass OUT! The one supposed to be at Country Club Dr at the east side of Flagstaff, that is. So, at that intersection, just keep following BL 40/180/Route 66 into town (no need to pass under any underpass now!) EB, just say ahead with Hwy 89.

sheesh!

BTW...forget about 89A in the directions...its now US 180 thru Flagstaff.

sheesh x 2

AZ page-16 on Jul 16, 2012 at 3:15:59 pm [Print]
Do NOT try to access the west end of the bike tour at Monte Carlo Rd EXIT 149. A reader recently ran into an unpleasant individual there. And it appears to be blocked off anyway. Enter and leave by Welch Road EXIT 151 (and use caution). Also. the Bike Trail sign GONE! And a sign on the forest road says that wheeled vehicles are permitted only on roads shown on the "official map"...but there is NO official map! argh. The bike tour sign is still up at Devil Dog Road.

OK page 25 on Jul 03, 2012 at 9:09:13 pm [Print]
Well, you win some and lose some. With all of the businesses along 66 being restored or redecorated (Boots, Wagon Wheel, the gas stations in Tucumcari) the very town I chose to live in has thrown away one of its few remaining Route 66 relics.

The classic old gas station next door to the funeral home (how fitting) and across the side street from the Phillips 66 (thankfully undergoing restoration) has unceremoniously been demolished. Just what Chandler needs...another vacant lot!

Chandler still has plenty to enjoy...the restored Armory that houses the Rte 66 Interpretive Center (which some people had wanted to demolish), the aforementioned classic Phillips 66, the Lincoln motel, a historic downtown...but the town has lost another bit of history.


NM page-24 tecolote NM on Mar 22, 2012 at 1:12:56 am [Print]
You may well wish to skip the Tecolote side trip. I just got a report of a new sign that is posted about the town being part of some federal land grant, and warning off trespassers. This may not apply to the road into town...but use your own judgement!
Some other roads in the area that once gave access to bits of old 66 are now similarly marked.

IL page-23 on Oct 07, 2011 at 1:36:38 am [Print]
I neglected to mention that the Coliseum Ballrom antique mall near Benld has burned. Thanks to Richard and Judy Walker for the reminder!

No Tresspassing! on Jun 19, 2011 at 6:24:11 pm [Print]
A recent guestbook entry points out the need to avoid tresspassing on private property along 66 (or anywhere) Laws may vary by state, but if there's a fence, don't cross it! These people did not cross the fence, but were still warned by a Sherrif against tresspassing. Legally you should be able to take photos from public right of way, but I wouldn't argue with a law officer.

IL page-10 on Feb 05, 2011 at 8:36:09 pm [Print]
Just found out that Smatterjak's in Dwight has been closed for a few years...must have done so about the same time as the 2nd edition came out...and no one has told me!

The good news is that there is a great restaurant in Dwight: OLD ROUTE 66 FAMILY RESTAURANT: located at 105 S. OLD 66, DWIGHT, IL 60420, PHONE 1-815-584-2920.

No less an authority as Illinois' John Weiss told me: "This is one of the finest, cleanest restaurants on 66. And the food is superb. It has a great 66 theme inside and out. The staff are the type you hope to find in a Route 66 restaurant. "


Shoe trees on Nov 04, 2010 at 6:31:25 pm [Print]
In case I did not mention it below, I just want to remind you that the original Shoe Tree east of Stroud, OK has yielded to gravity, and is no longer standing! But a new one has been started.

On my April trip to CA I noticed that the TWO shoe trees east of Amboy have both lost their upper branches (now they look more like shoe bushes) but there are still plenty of footwear and other stuff hanging on.

One wonders if the weight and wind resistance of the shoes have an unfortunate effect upontrees?


MO page-26 on Sep 09, 2010 at 5:19:02 pm [Print]
Poochies Rib Pit on the Joplin Option is now a barber shop. Dales' Old 66 Barbershop is now a massage parlor.