What part of Route 66 is not drivable?
Louise Mosley
2025-05-06 01:28:40
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There's a few miles of old Route 66 that will never see a car again. It's too unstable due to nearby quarrying operations. The roadway there, known as Joliet Road, is completely closed and gated off. The highway splits a very large quarrying operation and the excavation has made the roadway too unstable to support traffic. In 1998 a one-mile section of the highway buckled and broke. The road ended up located on a narrow strip of limestone, resembling a long ridge, with sheer drops on both sides into the depths of the quarries. Definitively closed as it was too dangerous, the Illinois DOT filed a suit against Vulcan that same year stating that Vulco had mined limestone too close to the highway, damaging it.
Jenna van Wessex
2025-05-06 00:30:34
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When Route 66 was decommissioned in 1985, some sections of the road were re-purposed, while others were abandoned completely.
In many of the cities the old route became the business loop for the interstate.
At certain points, in areas with no stops, you may wish to join the I40 and bypass these business loop portions if you're pressured for time.
Just how much of Route 66 is still drivable?
Just how close can you get to the original road?
While it's certainly true that you can no longer drive Route 66 from end to end uninterrupted, a significantly large portion (approximately 85%) remains paved and drivable.