National Register Record for DEPEW ROUTE 66 SEGMENT

Historic Name: DEPEW ROUTE 66 SEGMENT
Current Name: None
Address: ROUTE 66 FROM MILFAY ROAD TRAVELING EAST FOR .46 MILES
City: DEPEW            County: CREEK
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: AS A SEGMENT OF THE ORIGINAL US HIGHWAY 66 ROADBED, THE DEPEW ROUTE 66 SEGMENT FALLS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE MULTIPLE PROPERTY NOMINATION “ROUTE 66 AND ASSOCIATED HISTORIC RESOURCES IN OKLAHOMA.” IT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1925, DESIGNATED AS US 66 IN 1926 AND REMAINED SO UNTIL A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED, STRAIGHTER ALIGNMENT OF US 66 BYPASSED THIS CURVING ROAD SEGMENT. IT FITS THE PROPERTY TYPE CLASSIFIED “ROADBEDS,” AND AS SUCH IT IS SIGNIFICANT UNDER CRITERIA A IN THE AREA OF TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE IT REFLECTS THE CHANGES IN TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL TRENDS EVIDENT IN CHANGING TRAFFIC PATTERNS ON US HIGHWAY 66. IT IS ALSO SIGNIFICANT UNDER CRITERION C IN ENGINEERING AS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION REFLECTING THE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES OF ITS TIME, TYPICAL OF US 66 IN OKLAHOMA IN THE 1920S.

Type: STRUCTURE
Historic Function: TRANSPORTATION: ROAD RELATED
Current Function: TRANSPORTATION: ROAD RELATED
Area of Significance 1: TRANSPORTATION
Area of Significance 2: ENGINEERING
Architectural Style: ROADWAY, STONE BRIDGE
Architect: None
Year Built: 1925/1926            Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: 2014