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St. Louis Public Radio
Friday, Sept. 18 - Gettin' your rest on Route 66
14 minutes Posted Sep 18, 2026 at 10:47 am.
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Route 66 turns 100 this year. One of the prominent features on the mother road that made car travel from Chicago to California possible was the small motels people would stop at along the way. Most of them are long gone, but one of them has been rescued, and is back open. St. Louis Public Radio’s Jonathan Ahl takes us to the Shamrock Court Motel in Sullivan.