Route 66 Living Road
In most towns, the old road is a relic. In Flagstaff, it is still the road.
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Route 66 was officially decommissioned in 1985, replaced by Interstate 40. In most towns along the original route, the old highway became a bypass, a back road, or a memory. Flagstaff is different. The original alignment through downtown is still the main street.
Near the train station, a floor mural marks the Route 66 centennial. Standing on it, you are standing on an active piece of American highway history. Cars pass. Pedestrians cross. The road is alive.
The Route 66 Story
You are not visiting a reconstruction. You are walking the actual road, the same corridor that millions of travelers have passed through since 1926. Why this road survived when so many others didn't is a story about geography, stubbornness, and a little luck.
The rest of this story? You will hear it on the tour.
This Is Stop 06 of 16
on the Route 66 Walking Tour of Flagstaff.