Fox News' Steve Doocy travels Route 66, uncovers the stories that built America over a century

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Steve Doocy hits the roadworthy for Route 66 centennial celebration

'Fox & Friends' co-host Steve Doocy embarks connected an breathtaking three-day roadworthy travel on the iconic Route 66, celebrating its upcoming centennial. Starting successful Tulsa, Oklahoma, Steve visits unsocial section businesses and speaks with artists and classical car enthusiasts. His travel volition proceed done Kansas and reason successful Springfield, Missouri, marking the authoritative kickoff for the Route 66 centennial.

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"Fox & Friends" co-host Steve Doocy has erstwhile again deed the road, this clip to people a large milestone for 1 of America’s astir iconic highways.

Appearing this week connected Fox News Channel, Doocy kicked disconnected a three-day roadworthy travel on Route 66, celebrating the historical roadway’s upcoming 100th day — arsenic the federation gets acceptable to besides observe America's 250th birthday.

Route 66, known arsenic the "Mother Road," stretches from Chicago to Santa Monica, Caliornia.

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The travel began successful Tulsa, Oklahoma, wherever Doocy explored section attractions, met with artists and highlighted the city’s heavy ties to the famed route.

On Tuesday, during his unrecorded segment, Doocy showed disconnected a classic-style Mustang tied to the celebration, noting that thousands of cars are expected to instrumentality portion successful assorted centennial events.

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The three-day travel on Route 66 by Fox News' Steve Doocy is successful solemnisation of the highway’s upcoming 100th anniversary. (iStock)

"This is each portion of the classical cars [display]," Doocy said.

"They’re each coming retired for the 100th day of Route 66."

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During his stop, Doocy visited Decopolis, a Route 66-themed shop. He spoke with creator and proprietor William Franklin astir Tulsa’s past and plan influence.

Franklin noted that the shop’s name, Tulsarama, dates backmost decades.

"It’s from Oklahoma’s semi-centennial," Franklin said. "Tulsa had its large enactment called the Tulsarama."

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He besides pointed to the city’s beardown creator identity, shaped during its lipid roar years.

"A batch of Art Deco [is] present due to the fact that erstwhile Tulsa had its lipid roar days, it was during the Art Deco era, and it was besides astatine the opening of Route 66," Franklin said.

Steve Doocy speaking with Cory Williams and William Franklin successful  Tulsa.

Steve Doocy of Fox News, astatine right, spoke with William Franklin, shown astatine near front, who highlighted Tulsa’s past and Route 66 arsenic a unifying roadworthy that brings radical together. (Fox & Friends)

Doocy besides met writer and contented creator Cory Williams, who described Route 66 arsenic much than conscionable a roadway.

"Route 66 … connects the state together," Williams said. "It’s what brings america unneurotic and allows america to person joyousness on the way."

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Doocy’s travel volition proceed done Kansas earlier wrapping up successful Springfield, Missouri, which is acceptable to big the authoritative kickoff of the Route 66 centennial celebration.

"We’re going to beryllium driving passim the adjacent week," Doocy said.

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An "Oklahoma US 66" motion is shown on historical Route 66 successful the authorities of Oklahoma. (iStock)

"Tomorrow we’re going to beryllium successful Kansas, my location state, and past we’re going to wrapper things up successful Springfield, Missouri … which is going to beryllium the authoritative kickoff for the Route 66 centennial."

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Along the way, Doocy is spotlighting tiny businesses, classical cars and the communities that proceed to support the tone of Route 66 live arsenic it approaches its 100th year.

Kelly McGreal is simply a accumulation adjunct with the manner squad astatine Fox News Digital. 

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