Revisiting the 'Mother Road,' Route 66, which turns 100 this year

NPR | By Davia Nelson,

Nikki Silva

Published August 10, 2026 at 4:19 PM EDT

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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the legendary U.S. Route 66. We revisit a 1984 documentary made as the last stretch of the highway was being bypassed by the Federal Interstate System.

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Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva, better known as the Kitchen Sisters, have been producing radio stories for NPR since 1979.

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