Route 66 was known as the "Mother Road" by John Steinbeck in The Grapes of Wrath. This route went all the way from Chicago, Illinois to Los Angeles,California creating a bunch of connections between small towns. This route helped hundreds of thousands during the Great Depression to migrant from the Midwest to go to California to look for jobs and find a better life. This route was also a very popular one for trucks because the it was mainly flat. During World War II Route 66 was also used to move military equipment.
The route is significant to the Joads and all migrants because it was there entrance to freedom. They believed that it would take them to California which means they will have a better life and get a job.
http://amhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_10_2.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_66#Route_facts
http://amhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_10_2.html
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug02/carney/map.html
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