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Welcome to our blog for news of what is going on in our association and all over Route 66. Opinions expressed on this blog are those of the individual posters and may not represent the views of the Route 66 Association of Missouri. Please also visit our web site!

Route 66 Association of Missouri Welcomes New Business Members

We welcome the following new business members and thank them for their support:

McGraphics – Cuba

Yacovelli’s Restaurant – Florissant

Please patronize the business members that support what we do. Here is a link to the complete list: Route 66 Association of Missouri Business Members

Corridor Management Plan for the Missouri Historic Route 66 Byway

The Route 66 Association of Missouri was awarded a National Byway grant in 2006, and entered into a contract with Great River Engineering to proceed with a Corridor Management Plan (CMP) on July 29, 2009, and work began under the guidance of The Missouri Department of Transportation. This will be a yearlong effort and will include public meetings in each Route 66 County. Great River Engineering has developed a web site specific to this CMP – http://Route66.greatrivereng.com. PLEASE take time to look at this site and register so you may get updates and news on the progress of the CMP. The public meeting dates will also be published there and it will be important that you attend. For questions or to volunteer your knowledge and help with this Association project, contact: Tommy Pike, 417-865-1318 or Jerany Jackson at (417) 886-7171.

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Upcoming Meeting in St. Clair

Sunset Motel Sign, Villa Ridge, MO

The next meeting of the Route 66 Association of Missouri will be on Saturday, November 14, at Elks Lodge 2651 at 35 East North St., St. Clair, MO 63077. Lunch will be served at 12:00 P.M. with the general meeting following.

Click here for more information and the lunch registration form.

Meeting guests will be Kaisa Barthuli, Acting Program Manager and John Murphey, Cultural Resources Specialist, with the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program, Santa Fe, NM. Kaisa and John will provide Route 66 updates.

We encourage you to stay in the vicinity of St. Clair after the meeting, as it is now expected that the long-awaited “Official Re-lighting” of the newly restored neon sign at the Sunset Motel (just 10 miles east of St. Clair located just west of the old Diamonds (Tri-County) restaurant at Villa Ridge) will occur later that Saturday afternoon – with the festivities there beginning about 4:45 – 5:00 PM. Details will be given during the meeting.

Route 66 Association of Missouri Welcomes New Business Members

We welcome the following new business members and thank them for their support:

Branson Lock – Branson

Stone’s Throw Dinner Theatre – Carthage

Britton Funeral Home – Cuba

A Miner Indulgence Bed & Breakfast – Rolla

St. James Tourist Information Center – St. James

Great River Engineering of Springfield, Inc. – Springfield

Tour & Convention Consultants of the Ozarks – Springfield

Twin Motorcycle & Tattoo – Springfield

H&R Block – Abilene, Kansas

Please patronize the business members that support what we do. Here is a link to the complete list: Route 66 Association of Missouri Business Members

Program Announced for St. Louis Route 66 Festival

Celebrate the Mother Road at the second annual St. Louis Route 66 Festival to be held Saturday, October 3, at the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge, 10950 Riverview Drive, St. Louis, MO, 63137.   The event offers an afternoon of FREE fun and activities on both the Missouri and Illinois sides of the Bridge from 11:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Classic cars will span the length of the bridge. “A honk-off will start the festivities,” said Laura Cohen,  Confluence Partnership Director. “The signal will be ladies and gentlemen, honk your horns!” Visitors will be able to vote for the Fan Favorite Award, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Come visit The Route 66 Association of Missouri’s booth at the Festival!

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Wagon Wheel Motel Under New Ownership

Cuba, MO The Wagon Wheel Motel, 901 East Washington, a continuously operating Rt. 66 Motel since the 1930s, has a new owner.

On September 15, ownership passed from the heirs of previous owners, Pauline and Harold Armstrong, to Connie Echols, owner of another Cuba Route 66 business The Wildflower, a florist and gift shop. Echols looks forward to her role as an owner of the historic motel and returning it to its former glory. Echols plans a renovation and modernization of the motel while maintaining its historic integrity.

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Route 66 Association of Missouri Welcome’s New Business Members

We welcome the following new business members and thank them for their support:

Schaefer Autobody Centers – Crestwood

Flying A Motorsports – Cuba

Country Caboose – Joplin

Diana’s Diner – St. James

Route 66 Fudge Shop & Specialized Chocolates – St. James

Vacuum Cleaner Museum and Factory Outlet – St. James

Luttrell Auction & Music Barn – Springfield

Route 66 Hot Dogs – Springfield

Culver’s Route 66 – Webb City

Cheques in the Mail, Inc. – Las Vegas, NV

Please patronize the business members that support what we do. Here is a link to the complete list: Route 66 Association of Missouri Business Members

Route 66 Association of Missouri Welcomes New Business Members

We welcome the following new business members and thank them for their support:

Best Budget Inn – Carthage

Three Mile Creek Wood Products, LLC – Cuba

St. James Chamber of Commerce – St. James

City of Strafford – Strafford

Superdawg drive-in – Chicago, IL

Please patronize the business members that support what we do. Here is a link to the complete list: Route 66 Association of Missouri Business Members

Route 66 Association of Missouri Welcomes New Business Members

We welcome the following new business members and thank them for their support:

Spencer Garage – Spencer

Laura Jean Derrick – Architect PC – Springfield

Springfield-Greene County Library Center – Springfield

Webb City Florist & Greenhouse – Webb City

Please patronize the business members that support what we do. Here is a link to the complete list: Route 66 Association of Missouri Business Members

MoDOT to close ramp from Lewis Road to WB I-44

Crews demolish lanes on the Lewis Road Bridge

The Missouri Department of Transportation has closed the Lewis Road overpass exit to the Park – the westbound exit is closed, so anyone traveling west from here has to go east to the Antire road exit, cross over I-44 there and then head back west. Antire Road is exit 269, east of Exit 266. Exit 266 is Lewis Road.

To read more, here is the press release.