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    Who was the first to call Route 66 "The Main Street of America?"

    Question #116079. Asked by serpa. (Jul 18 10 9:12 AM)


    Zbeckabee

    		Cyrus Avery founded the U.S. 66 Highway Association and coined the route’s nickname, “Main Street of America.”

    http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_10_3.html

    When Congress passed expanded legislation in 1925, including provisions for numbering and mapping highways, Cyrus Avery of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and John Woodruff of Springfield, Missouri began lobbying for what they called the "Main Street of America."

    http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2241/where-is-route-66

    Jul 18 10, 12:36 PM

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