Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2025-10-27 — Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2025: cross-connection with benton-mackaye-national-scenic-trail: Companion federal trail-designation efforts moving through Congress in the same session — Benton MacKaye at feasibility-study stage (scenic trail), Route 66 at designation stage (historic trail). (novelty: 2)
- 2026-07-21 — Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act: S2887 (119th Congress), the Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act, advanced to hearings before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. (novelty: 2)