PONTIAC TRAIL 1st Route 66 Historic Hwy Porcelain Sign The MOTHER ROAD 1926-2021

Description

June 30, 1926, Route 66 was officially chosen as the new Route from  Chicago to L.A. and on Nov. 11, 1926 it was oficially approved.
The solution to the confusing puzzle came on April 30, 1926, in Springfield. Avery, along with Oklahoma highway engineer John Page, traveled up from Tulsa to meet with Piepmeier and discuss the dilemma at Woodruff’s Colonial Hotel. The men restlessly pored over a list of the 24 unused highway numbers, when one number suddenly jumped off the page. Perhaps it was the ease with which the number rolled off the tongue, or the shape and repetition of the double sixes. Whatever the reason, at four o’clock that afternoon, Avery and Piepmeier sent a three-line telegram to Washington. It read:
Regarding Chicago Los Angeles Road, if California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Illinois will accept Sixty Six instead of Sixty, we are inclined to agree to this change. We prefer Sixty Six to Sixty Two.
The other states agreed, and that simple telegram became the birth of the nation’s most famous highway. The US Numbered Highway System was approved on November 11, 1926, and soon afterward the United States was connected like never before. Highway 66 quickly rose above all the rest thanks to a very concerted effort by the US Highway 66 Association, which formed in Springfield the following year.
Woodruff became the group’s first president, hosting its early meetings in his Kentwood Arms Hotel. The association had two seemingly lofty goals: pave Highway 66 from end to end and make it the most famous road in America. The group’s drive paid off. It managed to get the entire road paved by 1938, and Highway 66 is now more famous than ever, despite being decommissioned more than 30 years ago.
Now 95 years later we have The Mother Road, Will Rogers Highway, Mainstreet of America, or Route 66 where Bikers and Autos have been Gettin' their Kicks for 95 years.  Happy Anniversary Route 66, Keep on Truckin' and we dedicate this sign to you!
This is a large 20"x28" porcelain sign, not sure of the date, but it shows the first stretch of Route 66 from Chicago to
St. Louis. I added the Route 66 decal to let people know this was the original beginning of Route 66. I also have some 95th Ann. signs for sale and I will combine shipping.