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Its length has varied over the years and changes in its route, especially from 1937, when Route 66 stopped serving the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The commonly accepted length is that after this reshuffle, approximately 2,278 miles (3,665 km) 1. Before 1937 it was 2,448 miles (3,945 km) 2. Route 66 crosses three time zones and eight states (from east to west: Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California). Its central point is in the small town of Adrian, Texas. It was the first tarmac trans-continental road in America. Americans call it The Mother Road or Main Street USA.
