Posted: Jul 07, 2010 3:37 PM
Updated: Jul 08, 2010 11:36 AM
By Dan Bewley and Terry Hood, The News On 6
CATOOSA, OK -- The world is watching what the Oklahoma Department of Transportation does with two old, historic bridges.
The twin bridges over the Verdigris River in Catoosa are in line for a makeover, and Route 66 enthusiasts from as far away as Australia are keeping track of the progress.
Nearly 20,000 vehicles travel the two bridges every day.
The bridges were built in the 1930s and have been slowly falling apart. Just in the last two years alone, ODOT has been out there 42 times for repairs.
"You have to do almost like a zigzag across it," Catoosa resident Elizabeth Bolin said in a previous interview.
The bridges are on ODOT's list to be replaced. The only question is what the new bridge will look like. The concern comes because the bridges are part of the long history of Route 66 and preservationists and historians are worried that the old truss style may be on the way out, and a typical concrete bridge may be on the way in... FULL ARTICLE
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Thu, July 8, 2010
by Crystal Drwenski