Chain of Rocks Bridge - Route 66

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FOR A SCENIC SIDETRIP FROM MITCHELL, FIND YOUR WAY TO THE CHAIN OF ROCKS ROAD, & CONTINUE WEST, PAST LOTS OF VINTAGE MOTELS E RUINS, TILL IT DEADENDS NEAR THE RIVER A SHORT HIKE BRINGS YOU TO THE FOOT OF THE BRIDGE. PARK & HIKE AT OWN RISK. www. AR HULL MOTONAUTAS A LUSH FORESTS ALONG THE RIVER'S BANKS PROVIDE VALUABLE HABITAT FOR MANY SPECIES OF NATIVE PLANTS E ANIMALS. THE BRIDGE MAKES A PERFECT NATURE OBSERVATION DECK" -11(₁ ALTHOUGH OFFICIALLY CLOSED, ONE GREAT IDEA (MINE) IS TO GET THE BRIDGE DESIGNATED A NAT'L HISTORIC LANDMARK & OPEN IT AS A HIKING-BIKING-NATURE TRAIL. C-1' Keuk NIVELL VIEW SKETCHED FROM A 1940's PHOTO-POSTCARD. ONLY FOUNDATIONS REMAIN OF THE TOLL-HOUSE-INSPEC. STATION. FNAN AN CHUN&ROCKS BRIDGE The CHAIN of ROCKS AMUSE- MENT PARK, PERCHED ON AN OVERLOOK CALLED RIVERVIEW PARK, WAS A POPULAR SPOT FOR THE WEARY TRAVELLER AS WELL AS THE "NATIVES" IT OFFERED A PICNIC GROVE, RIDES, SWIMMING, SKATING DANCING & SOFTBALL DIAMONDS THE PARK CLOSED IN THE MID-1705 I will LAMBELL 66 EXPRESS CHAIN OF ROCKS BRIDGE, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI (VIEWED FROM THE MISSOURI SIDE, FACING EAST, TOWARD ILLINOIS). SPANNING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER JUST NORTH OF ST. LOUIS, THIS MONOLITHIC YET GRACEFUL STRUCTURE WAS BUILT & OPENED TO TRAFFIC IN 1929. OWNED & OPERATED BY THE TOWN OF MADISON, ILLINOIS, THIS TOLL BRIDGE ALLOWED THROUGH TRAFFIC ON U.S. 66 U.S. 40 TO BY-PASS DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS. THE 1.1 MILE-LONG BRIDGE WAS FAMOUS FOR THE UNUSUAL SHARP CURVE IN THE MID- DLE, WHICH MEANT THAT TRAFFIC HAD TO YIELD TO WIDE-TURNING TRUCKS! THE BRIDGE WAS CLOSED IN THE LATE 1960's, WHEN I-270 WAS COMPLETED. TODAY THIS SEVERED LINK OF THE ONCE-GREAT ROUTE 66 REPOSES PEACEFULLY, LUSH TREES ENSHROUDING HER BASES & TRUMPET VINES CLIMBING HER TRUSSES...WHILE THE HORDES ROAR BY ON THE INTER STATE. LIGA le R. Waldmire illalle Ta Fatih OLD ROUTE 66 Scenes ©1991 I....

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ROUTE 66 WAS CERTIFIED IN 1926 WHEN THE NATION ADOPTED A NUIMBERED SYSTEM OF CROSS- COUNTRY, INTER-STATE ROADS. FULLY PAVED BY 1936, ROUTE 66 BECAME AN IMPORTANT & LEGENDARY HIGHWAY,IMMORTALIZED IN LITERATURE, MUSIC &ON TELEVISION. GRADUALLY "REPLACED BY HUGE HOMOGENEOUS INTERSTATES," 66 WAS DECERTIFIED IN 1985, CEASING TO EXIST OFFICIALLY. BUT WELL OVER 80% OF THE OLD ROAD IS STILL DRIVEABLE SO, TRAVEL BACK IN TIME, & LEAVE THE STRESS BEHIND ON THE INTERSTATES... AND THEN, YOU TOO WILL SAY: I STILL GET MY KICKS, ON OLD ROUTE 66 SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL OLD IS BEAUTIFUL SLOW IS BEAUTIFUL SAFE IS BEAUTIFUL. SANTA MONICA! ASADENA LOS ANGELES Pacific Ocean CAL Great SAN BERNARDINO BARSTOW -VICTORVILLE LOJA DESERT INEV./ Grand Canyon 32 KINOMAN ORTMAN unted Desert, i Petrified Forest Basin COLORADO R TO POCK SELIGMAN ASH FORK WILLIAMS-8 WINONA- WINSLOW- FLAGSTAFFC JOSEPA CITY HOLBROOK Colorado Plateau COLO. GRANDE RIO UTAH ARIZ NM. GALLUP THOREAU GRANTS CONT DIVIDE 62563 MORIARTY SANTA ROSA ILLINOIS 110, ROCHESTER TUCUMCARI 2. Box IRE, R. R. 2. R. WALDMIR Jo. still the best way wrest! TAKE OLD ALMOST ALL THE WAY! MAIN STREET,USA- ChicagotoL.A.! OLENRIO VEGA ALBUQUERQUE (write small) KAN. OKIA TEKSUS VEGA (midway on 66) GOTT. ARCADIA OXLAHOMA CITY EDMOND GROOM CAMARILLO MCLEAN Prairie FORD HYDRO CELK CITY SHAMROCK CLINTON Province OKLA: -CHAND EL RENO GALENA- BAXTER SRGS. KANSAS MISSOUR DEPEW R. Walda -SAPULPA BRISTOW MOLTIV- MIAMI VINITA CLAREMORE TULSA SAINT LOUIS PACIFIC SULLIVAN CUBA- BROADWELL JOPLIN CARTHAGE CHICAGO LLINOI. Lake Michigan OLINCOLN LMT SPRINGFIELD O' JOLIET DWIGHT SPRINGFIELD PONTIAC LATEAU EAST ST. LOUIS -ST. JAMES Mississippi R WAYNES VILLE ROLLA LEBANON CONWAY ©1990... PRINTED ON 100% RECYCLED STOCK