AUGUST 24
The Great Rivers Greenway plans to restore the bridge at Route 66 State Park in Missouri.
The Meramec River Bridge has been long-closed and its deck removed ten years ago.
The cost of reopening the bridge has been placed at $9 million.
It was built in 1932 at Times Beach, Missouri. In the 1980s, Times Beach had to be abandoned because of dioxin contamination owing to attempts to keep the dust down.
The soil of the town was incinerated and then it became a part of the Route 66 State Park with its main office at the old Steiny's Inn and the bridge connected the two parts of the park, but it was found that the bridge could no longer support traffic, leading to its closure.
Now, you have to get back on I-44 to go to the two parts. Kind of a dangerous thing.
We were fortunate to get a chance to drive across the bridge before it was closed.
--RoadDog
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