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1943 Mystery Creek Bridge

Old Route 66
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The above photo is the closed westbound 1943 bridge over this mystery creek. The bridge was built as part of the expansion of Route 66 to four lanes. OK the name of the creek is probably not a mystery to local folks, but I haven't found a reference that names it yet. The creek runs under the road at a pretty severe angle as the barriers show.

The bridge is about 6/10s of a mile south of the intersection of Old Route 66 and N 1200E Rd.

GPS: 40.772260, -88.704378

This photo is from the north end of the closed westbound bridge.

The original 1926 alignment of Route 66, still in use today, uses the bridge on the upper right in the photo. That bridge dates to the mid-50s when it replaced the original 1926 bridge, the 1950s version was redone in the early 2000s..

Photo(s): 2023