Historic Route 66 Illinois Vital Statistics:

• 436 miles in Illinois, begins in Chicago
• Eight hours to drive the Illinois section (two - three days with stops)
• Designated a National Scenic Byway, September 22, 2005
• One of the 100 Most Endangered Sites on the World Monuments Watch, with various sections between Chicago, IL and Los Angeles, CA threatened by development pressures and abandonment, effective 2008

The Mother Road in Illinois

These books are shelved in the Illinois Collection.

• As the Story Goes by John & Lenore Weiss (917.73WEI)
• Route 66: Goin’ Somewhere, the Road in McLean County by Terri Ryburn-Lamonte (917.804RYB)
• The Route 66 Association of Illinois Preservation Committee “We Work for Food”: A Collection of Recipes by Route 66 Association of Illinois (641.59773ROU)
• Searching for 66 by Tom Teague (388.1209TEA)
• Traveling the New, Historic Route 66 of Illinois by John Weiss (917.7304WEI)

The Mother Road from Chicago to Los Angeles

• American Signs: Form and Meaning on Route 66 by Lisa Mahar-Keplinger (388.1MAH)
• Haunted Highway: The Spirits of Route 66 by Ellen Robson (133.1ROB)
• Route 66 by Gerd Kittel (973.92KIT)
• Route 66 by Tom Steil (388.1STE)
• The Route 66 Cookbook: Comfort Food from the Mother Road by Marian Clark (641.5CLA)
• Route 66: Lives on the Road by Jon Robinson (388.1ROB)
• Route 66 Remembered by Michael Karl Witzel (388.1WIT)
• Route 66: Remnants by Patricia Buckley (388.1209BUC)
• Route 66: The Empires of Amusement by Thomas Repp (388.1REP)
• Route 66: The Highway and Its People by Quinta Scott (388.109SCO)
• Route 66: The Mother Road by Michael Wallis (917.804WAL)
• Route 66 Traveler’s Guide and Roadside Companion (917.3ROU)
• The Ultimate Route 66 Cookbook (641.5973ULT)

Route 66 Fiction

• California Girl by Patricia Rice (Fiction RIC)
• Find Me by Carol O’Connell (NEWMYS OCO)
• The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (Fiction STE)
• The Hatbox Baby by Carrie Brown (Fiction BRO)
• Hope’s Highway by Dorothy Garlock (Fiction GAR)
• Mother Road by Dorothy Garlock (Fiction GAR)
• Murder of a Smart Cookie: A Scumble River Mystery by Denise Swanson (PBKMYS SWA)
• On the Road by Jack Kerouac (Fiction KER)
• Song of the Road by Dorothy Garlock (Fiction GAR)
• West On 66 by James H. Cobb (Fiction COB)

Other Print Resources

• Route 66 Magazine
  The library subscribes to this magazine. In addition to the current year, the library keeps one year of back issues. The current issue does not check out, but back issues may be checked out.
• Bloomington Public Library Illinois Clippings File, Heading: Highways and Roads—U.S. 66/I-55
• The library has a number of envelopes of newspaper articles and brochures on Route 66. The material does not check out, however copies may be made.

Route 66 On Film

• Cars (JDVD JUV CARS)
• Grapes of Wrath (DVD DRA GRAPES)
• Illinois (DVD TRA Illinois)
• Route 66: Return To The Road (DVD TRA ROUTE)

Audiobooks

• Across the Tracks by David K. Dunaway (AUDBK FIC DUN)
• On the Road by Jack Kerouac (AUDBK FIC KER)

Web sites of Interest

• Legendary Route 66: Traveling the Mother Road
  Has links to the states that Route 66 passes through, ghosts, ghost towns, museums, recipes, stories, associations, and much more.
• Legendary Route 66: the Illinois Mother Road
  Provides links to information about the history of Illinois Route 66 and information about the various Illinois Route 66 communities.
• Route 66 Association of Illinois
  The home page for the Route 66 Association of Illinois, it provides information about tours, calendar of events, upcoming programs, Route 66 sites that are open, and more.
• Illinois Route 66 Heritage Project
  Provides information on the history of Route 66, details on sites to see along the route, and much more.
• Historic Route 66
  If you want to learn more about Route 66, this is the site to visit. It is the oldest Route 66 web site and includes information on Route 66 in all of the states it crosses.
• National Historic Route 66 Federation
  Explore Route 66 and learn about the cultural heritage of Route 66.