Guide to Missouri's Route 66

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Steak n Shake, Springfield Rest Haven Court, Springfield

Steak n Shake at St. Louis Street and National Avenue takes you back to simpler times when Route 66 was America’s Main Street. Rest Haven Court opened in the 1940s, but the huge neon sign for which it is best known didn’t come along until the 1950s. The hotel is still operating near the intersection of Kearney and Glenstone Streets in Springfield Wild Animal Safari is a drivethrough animal park with more than seventy different species and 750 exotic animals. Springfield’s ark Central Square has been witness to many historic events. It was from a hotel just a few blocks east of the square that the deal was agreed upon to create a Chicago-to-Los Angeles route to be numbered 66.

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