U.S. Route 66 U.S. Route 66 U.S. Route 66 (US 66 or Route 66), also known as the Will Rogers Highway, the Main Street of America or the Mother Road, was one of the original highways in the U.S. Highway System. US 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 the United States, originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona before ending in Santa Monica, California, near Los Angeles, covering a total of . It was recognized in popular
Highway 2 Bridge Highway 2 Bridge The Highway 2 Bridge is an automobile and pedestrian crossing of the Kansas River on the border of Johnson and Leavenworth Counties in De Soto. The current bridge was built in 1964. A girder bridge, it is the only bridge over the river for a span of 21 miles, as Linwood's bridge is 10 miles west and Shawnee's K-7 Highway Bridge is 11 miles to the east. The bridge runs concurrent with Leavenworth County Highway 2 and S. Wyandotte Street. The two lane bridge has a span of 1,670 feet[1] and was opened in 1965, built at