A stretch of Route 66 in Albuquerque, N.M., pictured on June 7, 2026. Towns and cities located along the highway are gearing up to celebrate the iconic road's centennial. Heather Diehl/Getty ImagesWorking in concert, the American Association of State Highway Officials and the Bureau of Public Roads adopted a uniform highway numbering system and corresponding map on November 11, 1926. The numbering system and map replaced the confusing patchwork of highways and trails, like the Lincoln Highway or the Old Trails Road, with an official network of numbered highways sanctioned by federal and state highway authorities.
2026年6月7日拍摄的新墨西哥州阿尔伯克基市66号公路路段。沿途城镇正积极筹备庆祝这条标志性公路的百年诞辰。希瑟·迪尔/盖蒂图片社
Since then, a small group of these highways have attained the status of cultural icon. There’s Route 1, which snakes all the way from Maine to Florida. Route 101 is celebrated for its majestic views of the Pacific Ocean, while Route 6 was immortalized in “On the Road,” Jack Kerouac’s classic novel.
1926年11月11日，美国各州公路官员协会与公共道路局协同合作，正式采用统一的公路编号系统及配套地图。该编号系统与地图取代了此前令人困惑的公路与小径拼凑网络（如林肯公路或古道公路），建立起由联邦与州级公路管理机构共同认可的官方编号公路体系。
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