Route 66 » interstate http://www.route-66-usa.com A road to nowhere Wed, 12 May 2010 17:56:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Cars: The Story of Route 66 http://www.route-66-usa.com/cars-the-story-of-route-66/ http://www.route-66-usa.com/cars-the-story-of-route-66/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:21:38 +0000 admin

On June 29, 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act which initiated the construction of 41,000 miles of interstate highways across America. As a result, many small towns that had once thrived along the famed east-west Route 66 were bypassed by the new high-speed interstate highway system. Faced with financial ruin, these small towns struggled to survive. This true story is recalled in the 2006 Walt Disney Pictures film, Cars. I personally like the way Cars presented this – a bit of American history in an all-around fun film. Not to mention the fact that I’m a guy and hey, guys and cars…you get the picture.

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