Road Culture • The asphalt ribbon and the rite of the open highway

American road culture: Route 66, drive-thrus, and the road trip as a rite of passage. Explore the freedom, aesthetics, and cultural significance of the US highway.

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The car is a mobile extension of the self. We trace the faded neon of Route 66 and the endless stretch of the interstate, examining why the road trip remains the ultimate American rite of passage. This is a culture built on the romance of the horizon, where the drive-thru is a marvel of efficiency and the open highway promises the eternal possibility of reinvention.