Along 66, Dec. 2019: Time Is Running Out to Save the Gasconade River Bridge

DECEMBER 5--  Located near Hazelgreen, Missouri, a really small, unincorporated town about half way between Lebanon and Waynesville, the bridge was closed in 2014 due to severe deterioration.  It is over 90 years old and carried Route 66 over the Gasconade River until then.

A new bridge has been built a few yards north of the original one and south of the I-44 bridge.

No progress has been made between MoDOT and groups hoping to save it.  Another meeting is planned Dec. 9.  If anew bridge owner and finances aren't found before part way through 2020, the bridge may be torn down.

That would be too bad as that is a really neat looking old bridge (back when a bridge looked like a bridge, not a bunch of concrete blocks lined up by the side).  We were fortunate to get to drive over it on many occasions before it was closed.

They could make it into a neat park, perhaps with picnic tables on the bridge deck.

Let's Hope Something Is Found.  --RoadDog