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This is one of the most comprehensive listings of historic and cultural Highway-orientated websites available. Please contact us with your suggestions and comments. As many of these small “home-brewed” websites age, some will go offline. Please inform us of any broken links and dead websites that you find, so we can keep up with our housekeeping. Also, these websites will “pop-up” into a new browser window, so if your screen gets cluttered, be sure to close older windows. Some Windows users may not realize that their browser has created dozens of separate windows – it’s a good idea to click “off” the settings for “maximize browser windows.” And before you start – please remember to bookmark our site: www.highwayproject.org!
Music and Video links follow
Randy Garbin’s new magazine is call By the Way; he used to edit Roadside Magazine.
Diner Directory it’s always a good idea to know where to eat
Drive-Ins.com says it all
Ghost Towns (watch out for pop-ups!)
Interesting Ideas – Roadside Art online
State Highway Markers just in case you forget where you are
Welcome to America and thanks for coming!
Prolific photographer Dave Nance has several photo galleries online. Explore: http://dnance.home.sprynet.com/descansos/index.htm
Buddy Boys, Longfellas, Onion Rings, Strawberry Pie. If you remember these, you remember Lendy’s.
Stuck on Stuckeys The classic roadside restaurant chain
Drivin’ the Dixie Georgia’s Old Dixie Highway
Giant Camera Passes the Test & Gets Official Historic Status
Tiki Gardens Memorial Web Page, Indian Shores, FL
The World’s Largest Cedar Bucket in Cannonsburg, TN
Roadside Gallery
On the Road: Kentucky’s Roadside Commercial Architecture 1920-1960
Welcome To The Ohio Lincoln Highway League
Historic California U.S. Highways
Generations of Americans grew up reciting the amusing Burma Shave Jingles. Remember those famous roadside signs?
Memory Bank: Roads and Highways Post Cards
U.S. Highways: From US 1 to US 830 A web site dedicated to the preservation and celebration of the US numbered highway system.
The National Task Force for Historic Roads The purpose of the Task Force is to promote the recognition of historical roads.
The AHP web site was listed in Brill’s Content Magazine (now defunct) as one of the best web sites of 2001! We were listed on Brill’s Best of the Web page, but unfortunately the dot.com bust knocked Brill’s offline.
Lost America Night Photography This is where you’ll find a collection of night photography of the abandoned roadside west.
Roadfood.com A site devoted exclusively to finding the most memorable local eateries along the highways and back roads of America.
HoJoLand Howard Johnson’s Restaurants and Ice Cream Shoppes Tribute Page.
Roadside Architecture in the 1950s America: Reflections of Society
The Unofficial Georgia Highways Web Page
Grandma Knapps ’37 Road Trip Photo journal of a 1937 road trip.
Magnolia Meanderings The Highways and Byways of Mississippi.
Connecticut Roads Small State. Big Site.
The Rhode Island Highways Page
Fun Facts About Kentucky Highways
Road Dog Home of road trip pages/Whatever catches their eyes.
Alexander Harris Roadgeek Site
Diner City “Your online guide to Classic Diners and the American Roadside.”
See Rock City “We’ve done our best to capture the Rock City experience here on this site. But as you might expect, there’s no substitute for the real thing...”
“American Dream Road” Take A Tour Down The Disappearing Highway.
Caboose Motel Sleep in a restored authentic caboose in Avoca, New York.
The American Odyssey: A 4 month, 48 state, 23,000 mile journey across America.
DriveinMovie.com is dedicated to the culture, history, preservation and promotion of Drive-in theatres. Locate a Drive-in near you!
Bowling Green State University Dept. of Popular Culture -- The only university in the U.S. to implement a graduate department devoted to the scholarly study of popular culture.
The Big Dig The Central Artery/Tunnel Project in Boston is the largest, most complex and technologically challenging highway project attempted in America.
Meanwhile, Back at the Cadillac Ranch -- A tribute to the Ranch on its twentieth anniversary.
Fred Smith’s Wisconsin Concrete Park
Lincoln Highway Association
Lincoln Highway Adventures Traveling America’s First Transcontinental Highway
Grotto of the Redemption A sprawling shrine with winding stairways, balconies, statues and mosaics crystals and gemstones in Iowa.
Roadies Right On! Line Publishing -- ROAD TRIPPIN! in the U.S.A.
Doo Wop Preservation League Awareness and appreciation of the popular culture and imagery of the 1950s and 1960s.
Roadside Peek Take a roadside journey along the revitalized Route 66 including many photos.
1940’s State Highway Markers
Delaware River Tour Road
Neat Roads in Northern California
49 Miles Along Highway 49 Information concerning Highway 49 in California.
The US 29 Fan Club
Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner in Worchester, MA Homepage.
The Automotive License Plate Collectors Association
Downtown Collinsville, IL A unique Catsup bottle water tower and Bull Durham tobacco wall advertisement.
Classical Gas Rusty Gas Stations, Trucks and Roadside Joints.
Connecticut Roads Small State / Big Site
Old Billboards Along Historic Route 66
A Brief History of America’s Backbone US 50 Through Colorado.
History of the US Highway System
Historic Roads and Highways of Florida
Indian Love Call: Wigwam Village Information relating to Wigwam Village Motels.
Minnesota’s Roadside Architecture Minnesota’s Larger Than Life and Other Strange Attractions
Wall Drug The Free Ice Water Store.
Roadside Art Online The Western Avenue And Vicinity Gallery in Chicago.
Hit The Road! Their mission is to inspire people to travel and their store includes maps, guidebooks, car games, art work and roadside memorabilia.
Burma-Shave Slogans of the Fifties
The American Diner Museum
The Arkansas Traveler’s Roadside Attractions
Motel Americana
Welcome To The Drive-In Theater Web site dedicated to those who these theaters.
World’s Largest Roadside Attractions
Gas Signs Collection of gasoline photos and logos.
Hidden America A site dedicated to “On The Road” Americana.
The Route 66 Collection Route 66 in California – Before, During and After the Heyday of Route 66. Be sure to investigate the National Park Service Special Resource Study – It contains valuable and interesting information.
Places to Visit Oil & Gas Museum and Restored Gas Stations
Road Trip USA Cross Country Adventures on America’s Two Lane Roads
Oklahoma Route 66 Association Welcome to Oklahoma.
Welcome to the Free Loop -- An Inspiration Gathering/Exuding Year on the Road in a 1963 VW Art Bus.
Primarily Petroliana The Gas Station & Auto Service Collectibles Web Site.
Road Map Collectors of America
Casey’s Roads and Highways Page “Historic California US Highways Page” among other state projects.
Route 66 Association of Illinois web site.
New Mexico Route 66 Association web site contains their current newsletter, stories concerning the Mother Road and a list of upcoming events.
The Society of Commercial Archeology is a site devoted to roadside architecture of all types including tourist cabins, movie theatres, bus stations and drive-ins. The organization is “devoted to the artifacts, structures, signs and symbols of the 20th-century commercial landscape.”
Out West On Line is a quarterly “on the road” newspaper founded in 1987 by roving editor/reporter Chuck Woodbury, who spends much of each year roaming the old highways of the American West searching for stories about whatever he finds interesting...
The Lincoln Highway America’s Longest Main Street contains information related to this transcontinental road.
Highway Signs View highway route markers, past and present, from around the world.
The Road Warrior’s America A journey from sea to shining sea on and off Route 80 with The Road Warrior and Record Photo Director Rich Gigli.
History by the Side of the Road The Ubiquitous Service Station Has Fueled America’s Love of Cars Since 1907 is an excellent web site presented by Chevron.
Welcome to the Big Texan Steak Ranch and Motel Home of the FREE 72 0z. Steak Dinner in Amarillo, Texas. This site in interesting for its home page images and history page.
The Grace of the Blue Swallow reflects on time spent at this classic Rt. 66 motel in Tucumcari, N.M.
Road Trip USA -- Across New Mexico is an honest and straight forward narrative concerning traveling Route 66 in the Land of Enchantment.
Roadside America focuses on true offbeat roadside culture and is one of my favorite sites.
Route 40 National Road home page is an exceptional source of information concerning that highway and also includes information on other routes.
The National Historic Route 66 Federation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving what is left of Route 66.
The U.S. Department of Transportation maintains a National Transportation Library and its Transportation History page is worth investigation. Some of the material is listed below. Papers dealing with the Interstate System are included since they may be of interest to some readers:
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