brownwho63 Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 (edited) I attended a quarterly meeting of the Route 66 Association of Missouri yesterday and learned that the old 66 bridge across the Meramec River at the Route 66 State Park in Eureka, MO (formerly the Times Beach 66 bridge) is slated for *swift and complete* demolition. Period. There was some discussion about what could be done to stall or prevent the bridge's removal and at this point I don't have a *specific* contact and can only suggest emails or letters of protest to the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDot). Contact is: http://modot.org A representative from the National Park Service was in attendance and, as I recall, said something to the effect that the swift action is due to available money to MoDot being nearly expired. (Could be wrong about that, however, so don't hold me to it.) You might be able to get more info from: http://www.cr.nps.gov/rt66 or IM_Rt66(at)nps.gov Perhaps nothing will prevent the permanent bridge removal (no replacement) but our pleas and protests might help to save the bridge, which I'm confident could still be used as a beautiful and historical pedestrian crossing. Nearly anything is possible........Bliss Edited November 17, 2009 by brownwho63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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