Highway 66
Highway 66 is 2400 miles long, stretching from Chicago all the way to Los Angeles and through eight states. The drought from the Dust Bowl ruined many crops and homes and the wealthy forced them to leave so many headed to California on that route. The creation of this long highway was because many unemployed males worked on road gangs and paved by 1938.
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Highway 66 was significant to the Joad family and all large number of migrants because it was a mass exodus towards California. All the migrants took this path and it is significant because of the length of it. This was THE road to the promised land, a better future and many were eager to reach the light (California) at the end of the tunnel (road). Many cafe's, gas stations, hotels, and little stores of business were placed along the highway to attract migrant customers and as a places to freshen up and get supplies they needed. In the picture shown above, it is an old jalopy with a person's belongings piled high because they tried to bring as much as they could/needed. source
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| travel map of highway 66 |
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| some shops along highway 66 |
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