If you live in a smaller city along route 66 you do see tourist. That doesn't mean they are driving on the old road across the USA. Clinton had a festival this summer and there was a large turn out from across the nation.

If they really want to attract tourism, the Smithsonian Institute museums in Washington, D.C. have had many giant warehouses of items stored away for decades, just because they don't have enough room to display them-- so why doesn't the State of Oklahoma & Cities / Towns offer to become satellite hosts for the museum- attracting the poorer tourist[s] that can't afford [the expense & time] to travel to Washington for a week to see historic relics and rarities? In my opinion, that would be a good investment of tax dollars

I don't think so. People are not going to exit a 4 lane, 70 mph interstate to drive on a rough, curvy 2 lane highway through a bunch of little towns with one stop light. Unless there is a big attraction to bring them there, like, I don't know, Disneyland. I really don't think Pop's Diner is going to do it.

Route 66 has a rich history, unless there are various attractions for young and old, and the refurbishment of the exisiting ones, it will come across like a money pit for govermental and private investors alike

If you survive the trip to get there (lots of I-40 bridges) it might be nice. But then you have to spin the pistol chamber and drive back home.

Money should first be spent on repairing or replacing Oklahoma's crumbling bridges.

Restore and preserve any thing you can. Use prison laborers to rebuild and preserve if possible. Add anything you can think of that is unusual or things you can not see or do anywhere else. How about a classic car rental for people who would like to drive Route 66 in a time period car. Things like this.

I live right next to it. It is barely two lanes and rough as a washboard. Yet the romance of the road lives on...especially since I use it to get home. It depends on what is going to get improved and where. Before it will increase tourism you need to be able to find it easily and drive on it safely.

Sorry, I meant SH 66, not 99. Been having problems with my eyesight, detached retinas.

I've been avocating this for years. First, we should redisignate SH99 as US 66. Then work to improve the original road bed. We could honestly claim that we have the only authentic part of US Rt 66 in the USA. We would finally have the "tourist destination site" we have always longed for in Oklahoma. People overseas, especially, Germany love the idea of cruising Rt 66. We should have done this years ago!

No, it would be pouring good money down a hole. Most of the people who have businesses along Rt. 66 now are so lazy that they won't even pull the weeds growing in the sidewalk in front of their businesses or even spray a little salt water on them to kill the weeds, certainly not spend any money on fresh paint-- and now those same people want the state, civic organizations and the few conscientious business men / women still around to invest more money.

I have been to Pop's three times now. I do not live too far away. The place is crowded. It is a novelity and it is on Rt. 66. Pop's advertised on quite a few billboards. I think us locals would be suprised how many tourist travel segments of Rt. 66. So I my opinion improvements to and advertising the improvements will increase tourism on Rt. 66.

have any of you tried the new place yet? (the one built by Chesapeake?? Soda Pop's or Pop's???) Looks pretty interesting.