Located on Old US Highway 66, Hwy. CC, 2.2 miles southwest of Niangua Junction.
To your right, on the eastern side of the 1924 pony truss style Niangua River bridge there is a cottage with a steep pitched gable roof, a stone chimney and wood siding as well as a window in the attic.
Built around 1930 when some gas stations were designed to blend in with their surrounding community with a "cottage" style look.
We refer to them as Cottage Stations.
This structure is unused, but still standing.
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Route 66 Times says that the Niangua River bridge is a 1924 seven-paneled Pratt Pony Truss bridge built by M.E. Gillioz two years before Route 66 came into being.
The single span bridge stretched 80 feet and has a deck with a bit over 20 feet. Now, if that Gillioz name seems to ring a bell, it should. Gillioz also built the Gillioz Theater in Springfield, Missouri.
And, an interesting story at their site. When they took the picture of the bridge in 2021 they encountered "5 Guys and a Goat." Now, this is just one of those things that happen on the Old Mother Road. I'll write about this next post.
You just never know what you're going to run into on Route 66.
Goats? Goats on the Road? Please Tell. --RoadDog
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