Those attending a public hearing Thursday night at the Catoosa Community Center in Catoosa, Okla., heard bad news and good news regarding the historic but decrepit Bird Creek Bridge that carried Route 66. The bad news is the westbound 1936 bridge will be gone in a matter of months and replaced by a nondescript $5.4 million … Continue reading Bad news, good news at Bird Creek Bridge hearing
Category: Bridges
Rancho’s plans for Foothill Boulevard
The City of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., has just posted a computer animation video of its plans to dress up Foothill Boulevard (aka Route 66), including the Pacific Electric Trail overpass. The pedestrian bridge is particularly impressive. 12/28/2010 UPDATE: The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin reports that this project will be finished in late 2011.
Traffic report
Here's a recent TV report about the closure and detour from the westbound Bird Creek Bridge on Oklahoma 66 near Catoosa: I'm glad those rumble strips are being removed. I drove over them a few days ago, and they were incredibly bone-jarring.
Give an inch, take a mile to save a bridge
Vicky Hartzler, the newly elected U.S. Representative in Missouri's 4th District, has e-mailed constituents and asked them to send photos of notable sights in her district so she can display them when she takes office next month. The Pulaski County Daily tells the rest of the story: At Thursday morning’s meeting of the Pulaski County … Continue reading Give an inch, take a mile to save a bridge
Waynesville bridge soon will be improved
The city of Waynesville, Mo., is proceeding with plans to improve the historic Roubidoux Bridge that carried Route 66, reported The Daily Guide newspaper. Waynesville City Councilwoman Luge Hardman said lighting would be placed on both sides of the bridge, and that bids for the project would be let as soon as spring. Hardman said the … Continue reading Waynesville bridge soon will be improved
Lake Overholser Bridge will undergo repairs
The historic Lake Overholser Bridge that once carried Route 66 in Bethany, Okla., is about to undergo repairs after it was closed to traffic for the past year or so. According to KWTV in Oklahoma City: The plan is to keep the bridge preserved and close to the original state as possible. Eventually, it will … Continue reading Lake Overholser Bridge will undergo repairs
Galena bridge reopens to traffic
A few days ago, Melba Rigg at 4 Women on the Route in Galena, Kan., passed along good news -- the historic Front Street Bridge that was closed to traffic for repairs has reopened. The bridge, which actually is a 216-foot-long railroad viaduct, was built in the early 1920s, and incorporated as Route 66 when … Continue reading Galena bridge reopens to traffic
Bird Creek Bridge soon will be closed
If you want to drive on the westbound Bird Creek Bridge on Oklahoma 66 (aka old Route 66) near Catoosa, Okla., you'd better do it within the next three weeks or so. The state is building an emergency crossover to the eastbound bridge that should be completed within 20 days, reported the Tulsa World, where … Continue reading Bird Creek Bridge soon will be closed
Route 66-themed bridge will be built in Rancho
If you have to replace a historic railroad bridge, this is the way to do it. Foothill Boulevard (aka Route 66) in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., will be widened to six lanes, which will necessitate the removal of the 81-year-old Pacific Electric Railway Bridge near Baker Avenue. But what will replace it seems to be a … Continue reading Route 66-themed bridge will be built in Rancho
Lining up on the bridge
This is what a driver on old Route 66 in Kansas found Saturday near the historic Rainbow Bridge, near Baxter Springs. It's like a time warp back in the 1930s.