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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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

udropp inn Cafe Shamrock TX on Dec 27, 2024 at 10:44:39 pm [Print]
The cafe is now reopened under new management.

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.

OK PAGE-13 MAP BETWEEN KELLYVILLE AND STROUD on Oct 15, 2024 at 11:25:23 pm [Print]
UPDATE The SHOE TREE LOOP east of STROUD is closed on its west end. The former Trading Post at the east end is gone. Don't take this now private driveway. The "new" shoe tree is nothing to look at really, so just forget this site.

hOLBROOK AZ on Oct 08, 2024 at 4:03:41 pm [Print]
I suggest you check the room first at Brad's desert Inn after a recent report.

Palomas to Montoya New Mexico on Sep 22, 2024 at 7:11:20 pm [Print]
The OPTION between these points( see NM page 5) floods in heavy rain. Check ahead, and use the main route on 40 if in doubt (especially if driving an RV or motorbike (even if dry...this stretch has a narrow "tunnel" under I-40 at the eastern side and is not recommended for such vehicles)..

bump Bug ranch moved on Sep 04, 2024 at 1:38:45 pm [Print]
Bug Ranch has expanded and moved from Conway TX to the RV park just west of the Big Texan in Amarillo on the I-40 north frontage road. ONLY paint the cars...NOT the sidewalks, etc!

McLEAN TO ALANREED TEXAS DETOUR on Aug 29, 2024 at 2:58:40 am [Print]


On TX-page 6, to get to Alanreed from McLean (or visa versa) you will need to follow BUS 40 west out of town to join I-40 westbound (EXIT 141) and take the interstate to Alanreed (EXIT 135).

EB, join I-40 at Alanreed via EXIT 135 and take I-40 to Mclean (hopefully the overpass for the EASTBOUND off ramp from I-40 to Bus 40/66 into McLean will be open. If not, use EXIT 142.)


See the map of the DIRT 66 OPTION on TX page-5. This detour does not affect using Hwy 273 to drop south to CO RD BB (it DOES block CO RD 26, buit that is not part of the option).

Thanks to Brady and other good folks from the TX 66 Assoc!.

RICH HENRY IL page-21 on Aug 19, 2024 at 10:22:00 pm [Print]
Sadly, our friend Rich Henry of Henry's Rabbit Ranch in Staunton, Illinois has passed away. This is a huge blow to Route 66. He will be mourned and missed by people around the world who had the pleasure of meeting him and his rabbit mascots.

The disposition of his collection currently on outside display is unknown. If you visit the Rabbit Ranch for now, please be respectful to his family and avoid trespassing on the property.