The great American road trip, fueled by — and undercut by — the automobile that created it
A car drives along Oatman Highway on historic Route 66, near Oatman, Ariz., on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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September 14, 2026 11:05 AM
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — There's something about the American road trip.
It has been memorialized in books like Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” and satirized in movies like “National Lampoon’s Vacation."