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.

If you wish to purchase your own copy of the EZ Guide, please go here.

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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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!

FIRE DANGER IN LA REGION on Jan 12, 2025 at 11:48:05 pm [Print]
California is suffering from more strong dangerous winds and fires. Hotels/motels are full of evacuees. Areas downwind of fires have toxic smoke. This emergency is still ongoing. DO NOT GO WEST OF VICTORVILLE if you are traveling 66. NO tourist belongs in the LA/Hollywood/ Santa Monica/ Malibu/Pasadena, etc etc etc areas for now.

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

Winter conditions in OK and NM on Jan 09, 2025 at 3:51:04 pm [Print]
We expect to get snow and slippery roads across OKLAHOMA today. Currently some bad road conditions in NM with 40 reported closed west of Albuquerque

California fires on Jan 09, 2025 at 2:03:55 pm [Print]
This morning another fire is threatening Hollywood and prior fires continue to affect the areas around Pasadena and Santa Monica. Do not travel into this region until fires are out and conditions are improved for residents and businesses. Motels will likely be filled with evacuees. Local 66 people suggest going no further west than Victorville. Check local news sources.

I am posting updates at EZ 66 Guidebook on FB too.

California fires on Jan 08, 2025 at 2:49:52 pm [Print]
Out of control fires fueled by strong winds continue to force evacuations and destroy property near Pasadena, Santa Monica and LA California. While it does not yet appear to directly affect 66, travel into the affected region is not advised while these fires and evacuations expand (motels outside the evacuation zones will fill). I would change any plans to visit this area until these fires are controlled. You are advised not to travel west of Victorville until conditions improve.

udropp inn Cafe Shamrock TX on Dec 27, 2024 at 10:44:39 pm [Print]
The cafe is closed for now (awwww!) but the gift shop is still operating, and a new will open soon.

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.

Luther Ok on Oct 19, 2024 at 5:33:46 pm [Print]
Road construction from Luther to Arcadia Oklahoma.

Very rough spots especially for motorbikes.