HISTORIC ROUTE 66 PICTURES OF THE WEEK IX
Week of June 6, 2004: Intersection of 11th Street & Sheridan Rd., along Historic Route 66 in Tulsa. The Wonder Bread factory on the corner makes this the best-smelling intersection in town.
Week of June 13, 2004: Old Warehouse Market building, intersection of 11th Street & Elgin Ave., along Historic Route 66 in downtown Tulsa. The tower and front facade are all that remain of the original 1929 structure. Click here for more information on the structure.
Week of June 20, 2004: Frankoma Pottery on Old Sapulpa Road, along the unmarked real Historic Route 66 just north of Sapulpa. Learn more about this 71-year-old business by clicking here.
Week of June 27, 2004: officially Bridge No. 18 at Rock Creek, this 80-year old structure west of Sapulpa was at one time part of the original Route 66. Just north of the current OK-66 about a quarter-mile west of the junction with OK-117, this bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. More information about the Rock Creek Bridge can be found by clicking on any of the pages shown in this Yahoo search.
Week of July 4, 2004: Continue off OK-66 over the bridge in last week's picture, west of Sapulpa, and further on down the road, part of the original Route 66, is this railroad bridge. Note the relatively low clearance. View looking west.
Week of July 11, 2004: The current eastern terminus of OK-66, west of Vinita. From this point eastward to the Kansas State Line the road that was once US-66 is duplexed with various other US highways, hence no need to continue OK-66 beyond this point.
Week of July 18, 2004: Flour plant in Yukon, along OK-66/Historic Route 66.
Week of July 25, 2004: The Oasis Motel on 11th Street in east Tulsa, along Historic Route 66.
Week of August 8, 2004: Western terminus of OK-66, in El Reno. Historic Route 66 continues to the west along BUS-I-40.
Week of August 22, 2004: Western terminus of OK-33, in downtown Sapulpa, looking west. OK-66/Historic Route 66 continues along this road.
Week of September 5, 2004: In preparations for this summer's Route 66 Festival, every major cross-street along Historic Route 66 had one of these directional signs at the intersection. This one was along Southwest Blvd. crossing S. 33rd W. Ave.
Week of September 19, 2004: In preparations for this summer's Route 66 Festival, all the utility poles along Historic Route 66 is southwestern Tulsa had paper "Route 66" signs such as the above stapled onto them. These were along Southwest Blvd. between S. 33rd W. Ave. and 41st St.
Week of October 3, 2004: Interstate 44 eastbound in Oklahoma City, which is also the unmarked OK-66, and closely follows the historic route. OK-66 continues unmarked at this exit and follows US-77 north until 77 meets I-35 east of Edmond. At least, the historic route went that way; as OK-66 is unmarked in this area, it's hard to tell which way the route goes now.
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