With each map, brochure, diary, or photograph we learn more about the highway—what it looked like, who used it, what it was like to drive it.
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Location:
Texas Department of Transportation, 125 E. 11th Street, Austin, TX 78701
Phone: (512) 463-8588
Web site: https://www.txdot.gov/
Institution Type: Government Archive
Collections
Description: Texas DOT holds all road plans for designated federal and state highways in Texas; plans for Route 66 show different routes and alignment changes across Texas. Includes photographs, articles from the Texas Highways magazine, and architectural history survey data on Route 66.
Regions Covered: Route 66 in Texas
Type of Materials: Government records, photographs, maps, promotional material (posters, brochures, advertisements, etc.), architectural design records, road plans, highway design and construction, pre-highway transportation, historic preservation
Time Periods: 20th century
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Facility Hours:
Monday-Friday 8AM-5PM, please contact for archival research.
Online Resources and Finding Aids: None