National Register Record for OZARK TRAILS SECTION OF ROUTE 66

Historic Name: OZARK TRAILS SECTION OF ROUTE 66
Current Name: SAME
Address: FROM INTERSECTION OF N3540 ROAD AND E0890 ROAD WEST TO INTERSECTION OF E0890 ROAD AND THE ST. LOUIS AND SAN FRANCISCO RAILROAD TRACKS
City: STROUD VICINITY            County: LINCOLN
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THIS ROAD, CONSTRUCTED IN 1915-1917 AS PART OF THE OZARK TRAILS ROAD NETWORK, WAS DESIGNATED PART OF ROUTE 66 IN 1926 AND IT SERVED AS AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT OF ROUTE 66 UNTIL IT WAS REPLACED IN 1930 BY A NEW PAVED ROAD TO THE NORTH, AT WHICH DATE THIS OLDER SECTION WAS BYPASSED. THIS NOMINATION INCLUDES PORTIONS OF THE ROADBED, AN OZARK TRAILS MONUMENT, SEVERAL STONE BOX DRAINS, AND THE DOSIE CREEK BRIDGE. THE ROADBED IS IMPROVED DIRT WITH GRAVEL ABOUT EIGHTEEN FEET IN WIDTH. THE BRIDGE IS A PRATT PONY TRUSS. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 12/5/2003.

Type: DISTRICT
Historic Function: TRANSPORTATION: ROAD-RELATED (VEHICULAR)
Current Function: TRANSPORTATION: ROAD-RELATED (VEHICULAR)
Area of Significance 1: TRANSPORTATION
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: OTHER: OBELISK; OTHER: PRATT PONY TRUSS BRIDGE
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: CA 1915            Original Site: YES
Condition: FAIR
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: MAY 12, 2003