Travel Dispatch: A Route 66 Road Trip
A Times journalist follows the trail of the storied highway, which this year turns 100.
Travel Dispatch
August 12, 2026

This year not only marked the semiquincentennial of the United States, but the 100th birthday of the country’s most storied highway: Route 66. Stephen Hiltner, Travel’s deputy editor, hit the road — which was one of our 52 Places to Go in 2026 — this summer to take it all in.

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