Just south of Miami, and a little tricky to find and follow, is a section of old, old Route 66 this is just a hoot to drive because it is only 9 feet wide. (Including curbs!) Constructed between 1919 and 1921 as Highway 7, it was later claimed by Route 66 at the more famous road's inception in 1926. It is one of several sections of the Mother Road known as the Sidewalk Highway, built only wide enough for one vehicle at a time. 66 legend has it that frugal local officials were able to build their section of the road twice as long by making it only half as wide. (Or maybe in those dangerous early days of auto travel, most road trips were only in one direction anyway, with the driver never to be heard from again. No return trip necessary!) Used now as a side road between farms, I had to pull way over onto the shoulder several times to let the local pickup trucks pass. Log Book: 653 miles motored on old 66.
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So happy to have found your blog (via Pinterest!). I was raised in Sapulpa....thanks for the trip down memory lane.
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