Your Guide to Historic Route 20
About Historic Route 20
Founded in 2012, Historic Route 20 is committed to raising the profiles of local communities, small mom and pop shops, historic sites and to encourage travel and economic development along the original 1926 alignments of US Route 20.
Travel through scenic and rural landscapes. See where history that shaped the nation took place. Visit one of many National Parks. Experience the local culture and meet friendly people! All waiting for you on Route 20.
Route 20 is currently the longest highway in the United States stretching 3,365 miles from Boston, MA to Newport, OR.
The Historic Route 20 Association is a 501 (c)-3 not for profit public charity.
Raising the Profiles of Small Towns
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Alden, Iowa
Membership
As a private, nonprofit institution, membership is what drives the Historic US Route 20 Association to success on its mission to preserve and promote the many great sites along the longest highway in the United States
We invite you to take part in this journey, and help sustain this important nonprofit organization by becoming a member today.
As a private, nonprofit institution, membership is what drives the Historic US Route 20 Association to success on its mission to preserve and promote the many great sites along the longest highway in the United States.
History After the Revolutionary War, expansion into the western frontier was prevalent. Many soldiers were granted land in lieu of payment for their service. This led to areas in western New York to Ohio to grow tremendously. Roads were scarce and travel relied on established Native American trails. In the 1790s, the State of New … Read more
Since its creation in 1925 and finalization a year later, US Route 20 has seen many realignments. Some of them have been only a few feet in length to straighten a curve or eliminate a 90° turn, while others have been completely rerouted to new locations. We will look at the most significant realignments below … Read more
Winter brings a different view of the landscape across Route 20 when many people aren’t exploring the road. Location and Geologic History In the Russell, MA village of Woronoco, a road cut near the intersection of MA Route 23 reveals the geological workings of the Berkshire Mountains. Millions of years ago, the continental collisions between … Read more
Help Wanted As Historic Route 20 enters a new year, we are looking for volunteers to help us with our organization. As many of you know, we are primarily a one man band right now with some help here and there. Our growth is limited by what can be accomplished by one person over 3,000 … Read more
US Route 20 is the longest highway in the United States according to the Federal Highway Administration. How is this number calculated and is it still accurate? How Long is Route 20? The official length of US Route 20 is 3,365 miles. The Eastern Terminus is at Kenmore Square in Boston, MAThe Western Terminus is at US … Read more
How did Newport, Oregon become the beginning of Route 20? The story goes back to a road trip. While Boston, MA has always been the eastern terminus of US Route 20 the western terminus has moved five times since the highway was first proposed in November, 1925. The western termini have been: Astoria, OR – … Read more
2021 proved to be a great year for Historic Route 20. We had the pleasure to meet Alex Simon, a gentleman from Las Vegas who wanted to ride an electric scooter across America all on Historic Route 20. His purpose was to promote micro-mobility and electric vehicle alternatives. We accompanied Alex on the 30 day … Read more
We are happy to announce a new website that we will be posting all of our stories, videos and more to. This will be going live on January 1, 2022. Facebook has been our primary content release source since we began a decade ago. With many leaving the site and sharing content to others limited, … Read more
