FFA students in Riverton, Kansas, recently finished a 20-foot-tall steel sculpture of a Route 66 shield that will go up on the Mother Road this year.
According to the Joplin Globe:
FFA adviser Jacob Larison said that his students came up with the idea about two years ago with the aim of bolstering the community. The goal was to create the largest Route 66 sculpture along the 13-mile stretch of the Mother Road in Kansas in effort to promote tourism in Cherokee County.
“Some of our FFA officers had talked about building something for economic development and tourism and came up with the idea of trying to build the largest 66 sculpture in Kansas,” Larison said. “It took us until the spring of last year to pull the trigger on getting started on it and figuring out what it was going to be.” […]
“It’s kind of cool to think about how many people are going to see this sign driving through here every day,” Wolken said. “Years down the road, it will still be standing there.”
The newspaper reported 16 FFA students finished the sculpture last week.
Cherokee County contributed $300 for the project, which cost about $700 in materials. The Kansas Department of Transportation also donated scrap metal.
The sculpture will be placed near an informational Route 66 kiosk on a roundabout intersection just outside Riverton. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for it eventually will be announced.
(Images courtesy of Jacob Larison and Gabriel Elliott)
Nice project. I look forward to seeing the finished product.
Nice work. We would like the student to do Missouri Route 66 sign also
The sign went up today, tons of pictures taken already.