The Legendary Road Mural, Route 66, Tucumcari Poster

"The Legendary Road Mural, Route 66, Tucumcari, New Mexico" by Catherine Sherman. This mural in in Tucumcari, New Mexico, is a tribute to Route 66, The Legendary Road. The mural features some of the notable sights in Tucumcari area, such as Tucumcari Mountain and the Route 66 Monument. According to visittucumcarinw.com, "Thanks to many talented artists, murals began popping up around Tucumcari in the late 1990s. There are now almost 100 murals around town and more on the horizon." The website lists many of the murals. In addition to large and small murals on the exterior walls of shops, motels and other business, are murals inside businesses. U.S. Route 66 (US 66 or Route 66), also known as the Will Rogers Highway and as the Main Street of America or the Mother Road, was one of the original highways within the U.S. Highway System. Route 66 was established on November 11, 1926, with road signs erected the following year. The highway, which became one of the most famous roads in America, originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona before ending at Santa Monica, California, covering a total of 2,448 miles (3,940 km). It was recognized in popular culture by both the hit song "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" and the Route 66 television show in the 1960s. Route 66 was the main road for those who migrated west, especially during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. People doing business along the route became prosperous due to the growing popularity of the highway, and those same people later fought to keep the highway alive in the face of the growing threat of being bypassed by the new Interstate Highway System. Route 66 underwent many improvements and realignments over its lifetime, and it was officially removed from the United States Highway System on June 27, 1985, after it had been completely replaced by the Interstate Highway System. Portions of the road that passed through Illinois, Missouri, New Mexico, and Arizona have been designated a National Scenic Byway of the name "Historic Route 66", which is returning to some maps. Several states have adopted significant bypassed sections of the former US 66 into the state road network as State Route 66." by Catherine Sherman. This mural in in Tucumcari, New Mexico, is a tribute to Route 66, The Legendary Road. The mural features some of the notable sights in Tucumcari area, such as Tucumcari Mountain and the Route 66 Monument. According to visittucumcarinw.com, "Thanks to many talented artists, murals began popping up around Tucumcari in the late 1990s. There are now almost 100 murals around town and more on the horizon." The website lists many of the murals. In addition to large and small murals on the exterior walls of shops, motels and other business, are murals inside businesses. U.S. Route 66 (US 66 or Route 66), also known as the Will Rogers Highway and as the Main Street of America or the Mother Road, was one of the original highways within the U.S. Highway System. Route 66 was established on November 11, 1926, with road signs erected the following year. The highway, which became one of the most famous roads in America, originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona before ending at Santa Monica, California, covering a total of 2,448 miles (3,940 km). It was recognized in popular culture by both the hit song "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" and the Route 66 television show in the 1960s. Route 66 was the main road for those who migrated west, especially during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. People doing business along the route became prosperous due to the growing popularity of the highway, and those same people later fought to keep the highway alive in the face of the growing threat of being bypassed by the new Interstate Highway System. Route 66 underwent many improvements and realignments over its lifetime, and it was officially removed from the United States Highway System on June 27, 1985, after it had been completely replaced by the Interstate Highway System. Portions of the road that passed through Illinois, Missouri, New Mexico, and Arizona have been designated a National Scenic Byway of the name "Historic Route 66", which is returning to some maps. Several states have adopted significant bypassed sections of the former US 66 into the state road network as State Route 66.