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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Big cities on May 08, 2013 at 6:28:08 pm [Print]
Just a reminder to be careful where you park in the bigger cities, and keep an eye on your car and belongings. Some recent visitors reported that they possibly averted a car-break in downtown Joliet, for example. They parked and began walking towards the majestic Rialto Theatre. It was a Sunday, so most businesses were closed, and downtown was empty...except for one suspicious individual with a cut down hockey stick (who suddenly pretended it was a cane when spotted). The tourists saw him head back towards their parked car, so they turned back. When he spotted them he quickly disappeared in an alley!

Not casting any disparagement on Joliet (a city I really enjoy)...this is an issue in all cities...so just be careful, OK?

And IF you see someone with a hockey mask and chainsaw..run! oh wait...that was a movie I saw......

Misc updates on Mar 19, 2013 at 9:22:34 pm [Print]
4 Women on the Route in Galena KS is now called "Cars on the Route"

Shea's Historic Route 66 Museum in Springfield, Illinois: Mr Shea passed away on Dec 14 2013.


Route 66 News on Feb 25, 2013 at 3:51:24 pm [Print]
An excellent website for keeping abreast with happenings and changes along the Mother Road is Ron Warnick's site; http://route66news.com

This website is one of my valued sources for update info, along with the route 66 egroup at yahoo, my own research trips, and reports from EZ guide users.

MO page-1 on Sep 05, 2012 at 7:06:52 pm [Print]
The car game has changed a bit due to the adoption of the blue and white "Historic 66 Byway" signs, instead of the former brown and white signs!

OK page-18 on Aug 31, 2012 at 2:23:11 am [Print]
Eastbound aproaching Wellston and 66B from Luther:

You can NO longer "veer left" to join eastbound 66B at the Y JCT with OK 66. Instead, continue about 4 tenths of a mile, turn LEFT at the HWY 102 JCT, then next RIGHT onto Hwy 66B into Wellston as before.

WB directions are NOT affected

MO-page-9 on Aug 25, 2012 at 5:50:41 pm [Print]
ADVISORY: Be sure to admire the Indian stuff (located just east of EXIT 242 on the north outer road) from your car as you drive right on past.

IL page-25 thru MO page-3 on Aug 25, 2012 at 5:46:14 pm [Print]
I will be changing the EZ tour route in the upcoming 3rd edition, from the Illinois side of the Chain of Rocks Bridge to Downtown St Louis. This will involve following IL Hwy 3 south from I-270 EXIT 3. (note..this is a substitute road and not 66) The tour route will cross the McKinley Bridge (the 1926 era crossing of Rte 66) and there join I-70 to St Louis (another substitute road). This way is easier and usually quicker..although at times of heavy traffic, the 2 lane bridge may get tied up a bit by stoplights at I-70 and at IL 3. After talking with EZ guide users, it seemed that an EZ-er way from Mitchell to St Louis would be welcomed.

WB: From the JCT of Chain of Rocks Rd south of EXIT 3, join Hwy-3 SOUTH towards ST Louis. Take HWY 3 for @ 7.3 mi, then stay AHEAD (AVOID the Hwy 3 turn at the Broadway light) to follow the divided 4 lane as it curves up to enter MISSOURI via McKinley Bridge. Follow the signs “To East I-70,” cross I-70, then quick LEFT onto 11th, then join East I-70 south to downtown ST LOUIS.


EB: Follow I-70 north from downtown ST LOUIS. Take EXIT 248A, cross Salisbury, then quick-turn RIGHT on McKinley Bridge, across the river into ILLINOIS. Curve down, then, at the upcoming Broadway St light, stay AHEAD onto Hwy 3 (NO turn). Go @ 7.3 mi, to Chain of Rocks Rd. Turn RIGHT and resume following the tour.

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.