This is a ROUTE 66 statue seen on display on a wall in a diner at the midway point (1139 miles in each direction) of Rt 66 that runs between Chicago and Los Angeles. Route 66 was the name of a TV show that aired between 1960-1964. It was a story of two young men traveling the roads in a convertible. There were 116 episodes. Many of them took place in states other than those through which Rt 66 went .