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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foe NM road clocure info on Dec 28, 2018 at 11:10:38 pm [Print]
https://www.nmroads.com/mapIndex.html?

AFTON STATION AFTON OK on Dec 20, 2018 at 4:33:47 pm [Print]
Sad news about the former Afton Station in Afton, OK. The Packard museum seems to be extinct, as most of the Packards have been sold and removed. The future of the station is unknown. It is closed for the winter, and the family is not sure whether it will reopen (without the Packards) or be sold.

UPDATE: All contents were sold. It no longer exists. Its now plastered with "NO TRESPASSING" signs and is no longer even a worthy photo op. There IS a new roadside attraction down the street to the west.

NEW ROUTE 66 COLORING BOOK! on Dec 12, 2018 at 4:11:55 pm [Print]
SEE THE GALLERY PAGE FOR MY NEW ADULT ROUTE 66 COLORING BOOK.

print updates? on Nov 20, 2018 at 4:52:40 pm [Print]
There are currently about 70 pages of updates, going back a few editions. I DON"T advise printing them all!

You can scroll down to the beginning of the updates which pertain to the edition you have. The 4th edition updates begin NOV 4 2015.

I suggest you read thru and mark in your book which updates apply to you.

I hope to improve this website in the future, with better functionality!

AZ page 16 on Nov 20, 2018 at 4:35:43 pm [Print]
There are NO "Bike Trail" signs anywhere on this page anymore.

OK page 4 on Nov 20, 2018 at 4:34:44 pm [Print]
The section of 9 foot "sidewalk hwy" between Miami to Narcissa is currently in better condition. More of the old road is visible now that much of the gravel has been removed. Some parts still may be rough.

IL page-22 on Nov 20, 2018 at 4:31:52 pm [Print]
EB (eastbound) there is currently NO Historic 66 sign to alert you to the Allen Rd alignment that will take you to Donaldson Rd and the turkey tracks. Use the detail map. UPDATE 4-22: There still is NO sign...

Il page-13 on Nov 20, 2018 at 4:26:45 pm [Print]
I think I covered this goof earlier, but here it is again: Eastbound directions: There is NOT a stoplight for the right turn onto Pine street from Linden Street in NORMAL.

Yikes. I think I mistakenly took that from the WB directions.

Anyway, EB turn LEFT at the Linden Street stoplight, go 4 blocks to turn RIGHT onto Pine. There IS (currently) an HISTORIC 66 sign at the corner.

This is why I try to drive 66 as much as possible using my directions...to catch blunders like this.

IL page 23 on Nov 20, 2018 at 4:19:37 pm [Print]
The route from Exit 63 (Farmersville) south to the N 16th Ave overpass north of Litchfield is still rough. OK for regular cars, but perhaps bikes should hop on I-55 to the Litchfield exit (and RVs,sports cars, etc).

UPDATE 4-22:STILL ROUGH. In fact, most of the frontage road section of 66 from Springfield to Litchfield was rough to some degree. But sadly, many of the roads and streets I drove in Illinois in April 2022 were rough...not just 66.

ILLINOIS UPDATES on Nov 06, 2018 at 5:49:23 pm [Print]
We enjoyed a great three night stay at the Carlinvilla Motel in Carlinville, Illinois on the 1926-1930 66.

And we had a great meal at the Old Route 66 Family restaurant in Dwight, and at the Ariston in Litchfield.