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The 100 Years ROUTE 66 shield painted on the open desert road
1926 – 2026

One hundred years of the Mother Road.

ROUTE 66 turns one hundred in 2026. The centennial style guide is finished: 48 pages, and a collection of 47 anniversary artworks made for product.

The centennial style guide

100 Years of ROUTE 66

A separate guide, alongside the main ROUTE 66 Style Guide. Half of it tells the story of the road and what a century of it has meant. The other half is artwork ready to put on product.

48Pages
4Chapters
47Anniversary artworks
1926–2026The centennial year

The journey begins

How the road came about in 1926, how it was built, and why it outlived its own decommissioning.

Inspired by ROUTE 66

Film, music, literature, television and photography: a century of the road in culture.

More than a sign

What the shield has come to stand for, and how to use it.

The 100 Years Collection

Forty-seven anniversary artworks: shields, skulls, snakes, diners, eagles, engines and open road.

The 100 Years Collection

Forty-seven artworks, made for product.

Shields, skulls, snakes, diners, eagles, engines and the open road. Drawn for apparel, accessories and packaging — print-ready, in layered files, and included with your licence.

The anniversary shields, in seven variations

Themed artwork

Click any artwork to see it large. Every one comes as a layered, print-ready file with your licence, and our designers will adapt it to your product.

For our licensees

Celebrating the centennial? Tell us what you have in mind.

If you already hold a ROUTE 66 licence, the centennial style guide comes with it at no extra cost.

And if the artwork needs work to fit your product — another colourway, another placement, a design built around your range — our designers do that in house. For licensees it is part of the service, not a separate project.

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1926 – 2026

Feel the Freedom.


The anniversary starts in November 2026. Let’s make 2027 a year to remember.

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