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"Launch off from Las Vegas": Centenary kicks on Arizona's Route 66 

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Newstalk ZB,
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Sat, 11 Apr 2026, 1:33pm
Cruiser's Route 66 Café in Williams. Photo / Supplied
Cruiser's Route 66 Café in Williams. Photo / Supplied

"Launch off from Las Vegas": Centenary kicks on Arizona's Route 66 

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sat, 11 Apr 2026, 1:33pm

"If you’re keen to savour a bite-sized sampler of America’s Mother Road, Arizona’s Route 66 is a bumper section, tightly packed with time-honoured attractions and kitschy Americana curios. A century on from its launch as the nation’s first cross-continental route, the pioneering highway endures as a metaphor for the pursuit of new possibilities. Route 66 was officially decommissioned forty years ago by the multi-laned march of the I-40, but the evocative, retro-wreathed, roadside towns remain."

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