An important part of America's history is disappearing. At age 76, the road known as "The Main Street of America" and "The Mother Road" needs our nation's help. While individual states and counties through which the Route 66 Corridor passes are doing what they can to help maintain this vintage thruway, we have seen that more must be done to preserve and maintain what has become an integral part of our American heritage.

In 1999, in response to the recognized need to preserve the rich resources of the historic highway, Congress passed an Act to create the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program. Administered by the National Park Service, the program collaborates with public and private entities to identify, prioritize and address Route 66 preservation needs. It provides cost-share grants to successful applicants for the preservation and restoration of the most significant and representative properties dating from the route's period of outstanding historical significance, 1926 through 1970.

The Act calls for $10 million to be set aside for this program through 2009; however, only a limited amount of those funds has been made available by Congress, and has begun to decrease each year. We need your help!