Route 66 is turning one hundred, in the same year the United States marks its 250th anniversary. Harley-Davidson is charting America's soul geography with the «Liberty Edition 2026».
Harley-Davidson Softail Standard (FXST) on Route 66 (model year 2024). (Image: Harley-Davidson, courtesy)
Wednesday, 10 June 2026 14:15
It runs from Chicago on Lake Michigan to Santa Monica in California: nearly 2,500 miles through prairie, desert, and faded small towns.
Route 66, inaugurated in 1926, is marking its hundredth year. Officially decommissioned in 1985, the road has nonetheless burned itself into the cultural memory of the United States — and the world — as a symbol of departure, freedom, and the promise that the journey itself is the destination.
