McKinley Bridge opens to bicycles and pedestrians

The McKinley Bridge, which is part of an old Route 66 alignment that connects Venice, Ill., to St. Louis, opened to bicycle and pedestrian traffic on Saturday, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. More details: The bikeway is the newest addition to a 600-mile network of recreational paths the Great Rivers Greenway District calls the River … Continue reading McKinley Bridge opens to bicycles and pedestrians

Hitched on 66

The Morris (Ill.) Daily Herald has the story about Thomas Kowaczek and Jennifer O'Dowd, who got married Sunday on Route 66 at the old Odell Station in Odell, Ill. “He said he wanted to get married in Odell, at the Route 66 gas station,” O'Dowd said. “I just looked at him and said, ‘No, really, … Continue reading Hitched on 66