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](https://www.archivish.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/53D1BC3C-1D86-41F1-B56D-CD9A98C05B37-1024x682.jpeg)
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](https://www.archivish.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/8BAB5830-A3E3-4F88-A6B4-0DDB10F9B8E3-e1627972851339-682x1024.jpeg)
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