Rand McNally, a publisher of popular and widely distributed road maps, announced today that its 2011 edition of its road atlas will include the marking of Route 66 and other historic roads.
Among several updates that will be included in the atlas are:
The addition of specialty highway shields to show historic and scenic routes including Route 66, the Lincoln Highway, the Great River Road, the Great Lakes Circle Route, and the Lewis & Clark Trail Highway;
The atlas arrived in stores in late April, in time for vacation season. It retails for $13.95, although it’s frequently discounted to $10 to $11.
That’s pretty cool. My atlas is several years old now. This looks like the perfect excuse to buy a new one, and support R-M for their excellent decision making. Glad to see other significant roads/routes added as well.
Wow! This is a big deal and I’m glad to hear it. I know Congress decommissioned Route 66 in the Summer of 1985, but when did Rand-McNally remove it from their U.S. atlas? http://www.summerof1985.wordpress.com.
Great news. Now if we could get MapQuest to do the same.
After Google Maps came out, I don’t remember the last time I used MapQuest.
Google has Interstate 10 listed as Historic Route 66 in Los Angeles…this shows the level of knowledge about Route 66 in Southern California, but we’re slowly changing it at 66-to-Cali!