Closed Gasconade River Bridge" on Route 66
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The Gasconade River Bridge

The Gasconade River Bridge was built in the 1920s, and was a part of the old Route 66, between Chicago Illinois and Los Angeles in California.

Closed Gasconade River Bridge" on Route 66
Can’t get closer than this by car – 2017

In December 2014 the bridge was closed permanently, after having been degraded as a emergency bypass road for several years.

During the flooding of Central Missouri in December 2015, the river rose up to the bridge itself as can be seen on this video:

Im guessing some of the asphalt damage came after these floods.

Today a group called “The Gasconade River Bridge Guardians” have formed, and are trying to save the historic bridge from demolition.

Closed Gasconade River Bridge" on Route 66
Asphalt damage on the historic bridge.

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