National Register Record for WEST SAPULPA ROUTE 66 ROADBED

Historic Name: WEST SAPULPA ROUTE 66 ROADBED
Current Name: SAME
Address: JCT OF OZARK TRAIL AND SR66 1/4 MILE WEST OF SAHOMA LAKE ROAD
City: VICINITY OF SAPULPA            County: CREEK
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: CONSTRUCTED IN 1924 AND 1925, THIS 3.3 MILE SEGMENT OF ROAD ONCE FORMED PART OF HISTORIC ROUTE 66 WEST OF SAPULPA, OKLAHOMA. IT SERVED AS PART OF ROUTE 66 UNTIL 1952, WHEN REALIGNMENT OF ROUTE 66 BYPASSED THIS ORIGINAL STRETCH OF HIGHWAY. THE CONTRIBUTING RESOURCES INCLUDE THE ROADBED, A BOX DRAIN, A CONCRETE GUARDRAIL AND RETAINING WALL, AND A RAILROAD TRESTLE. AFTER 1952, THIS STRETCH OF HIGHWAY BECAME A CORRIDOR FOR LOCAL TRAFFIC ONLY. TODAY IT SERVES AS A REMINDER OF THE PAST, WHEN A BRICK-DECKED BRIDGE REPRESENTED THE ACME OF CONSTRUCTION, WHEN THE ROADWAY MEANDERED GRACEFULLY THROUGH THE COUNTRYSIDE INSTEAD OF DOMINATING THE LANDSCAPE, WHEN AN EIGHTEEN-FOOT WIDE ROADWAY AMPLY ACCOMMODATED TWO-WAY TRAFFIC, AND WHEN THE TRAVELING WAS AS MUCH A PART OF THE TRIP AS WAS THE DESTINATION. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 3/3/2004.

Type: STRUCTURE
Historic Function: TRANSPORTATION: ROAD-RELATED
Current Function: TRANSPORTATION: ROAD-RELATED
Area of Significance 1: TRANSPORTATION
Area of Significance 2: ENGINEERING
Architectural Style: INAPPLICABLE
Architect: J. GALLAMORE CONSTRUCTION CO. AND J.J. HARRISON CONTRACTORS
Year Built: 1926            Original Site: YES
Condition: None
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: 2003