The state of Illinois created Route 98 in 1924; the original route connected several cities in western Illinois.
Hugging the original route, the birds are currently crossing Illinois.
Meanwhile, the relay will continue on its original route towards its original destination in Stratford Park.
They even find an original route through a pretty hackneyed topic.
The original Route 66 design cut 40 feet into that area, but the new design skirts it, cutting instead into the less valuable wetlands.
The original route took the pilots from Japan, across the Pacific and toward the Pacific Northwest, before they encountered shifting weather patterns.
But, to designers' dismay, walkers often trample these obstacles and continue following their original route; bushes are stomped down, fences broken apart.
Planners scrapped the original route and instead proposed running the cable through a federal navigation channel, to minimize the damage to shellfish.
Kevin McGrew, a 43- year-old correction officer who lives near the original route of the pipeline, took part in the talks to find a new route.
And like a good country stroll, the detours you find yourself taking can be just as interesting as the original route.
The vast majority of climbers over the decades and today have stuck to the original route pioneered by Sir Edmund Hilary and Sherpa Tenzing 60 years ago.
