Landmarks & Sights along U.S. Route 66
States are listed East to West from Illinois to Kansas (this page) and Oklahoma to California (next page). Towns listed from East to West within each state.

Illinois
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Illinois Route 66 Landmarks
Route 66 begins in Illinois for those heading west (and ends for those going east). There are plenty of Rte 66 landmarks on the plains of Illinois.

Cafes, Diners and Restaurants
Berghoff Restaurant (Chicago)
Historic Lou Mitchell’s Restaurant (Chicago)
Henry’s Drive-In (Cicero)
The first White Castle (Berwyn)
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Gemini Giant, Wilmington, Illinois
Historic Dell Rhea’s Chicken Basket (Willowbrook)
Site of World's First Dairy Queen (Joliet)
Polk-A-Dot Drive-In (Braidwood)
Weitz Cafe (Braidwood)
Former Coffeehouse (Dwight)
Big Al’s Hot Dogs (Dwight) - (Gone)
Cozy Inn Restaurant (Pontiac)
Old Log Cabin Restaurant (Pontiac)
First Steak ’n Shake (Normal)
Historic Palms Grill Café (Atlanta)
The Mill Museum on 66 (Lincoln)
Pig Hip Marker & Sign (Broadwell)
Double H Bar (Sherman)
Historic Ariston Café (Litchfield)
Decamp Junction Roadhouse (Staunton)
Hamel Haven (Hamel)
The Bluesmobile, a replica in Joliet, Illinois

Gas Stations
Castle Car Wash (Chicago)
Former Mercury Oil gas station (Chicago)
Former Amoco Gas Station (Chicago)
Former Phillips gas station (Berwyn)

Soulsby’s Service Station, Mt. Olive Pechristener
Historical Standard Oil Gas Station (Plainfield)
Rossi’s Service Station (Braidwood)
Historic Ambler’s Texaco Gas Station (Dwight)
Historic Standard Oil Gasoline Station (Odell)
Abandoned Old Mobil Station (Odell)
Archie’s Standard Service (Pontiac)
Anderson’s Corner old gas station (Lexington)
Vintage Gas Station (Normal)
Historic Sprague’s Super Service (Normal)

The Neon Sign of the Historic Dell Rhea’s Chicken Basket, Willowbrook. Marcin Wichary
Quinn service station (Bloomington)
Former Evans Gas Station (Bloomington)
Logan Service Station (Lincoln)
Former Dial’s Texaco (Lincoln)
Cottage Style gas station (Lincoln)
Sinclair station (Lincoln)
Vintage Service Station (Lincoln)
Werth Standard Gas Station (Lincoln)
Former Gas Station (Elkhart)
Casey’s Garden Shop (Bloomington)
Hilarious Route 66 Gas Station (Williamsville)

Castle Car Wash former gas station in Chicago
Fawn’s Standard Service Station (Williamsville)
Former Bill Shea’s Gas Station Museum (Springfield)
Mahan’s Filling Station (Springfield)
Historic Soulsby’s Shell Service Station (Mt. Olive)
Former Gas Station (Mt. Olive)
Abandoned gas station (Hamel)
Old gas cottage style station, Eck Auto (Collinsville)
Former Service Station (Collinsville)
Phillips Gull Wing station (East St. Louis)Former Gas Station (East St. Louis)
Another Gull Wing station (East St. Louis)
West End Service Station (Edwardsville)
Former Gas Station (Venice)
Old Gas Station (Granite City)
Vanishing Classic Gas stations
Gas stations appeared all across the US in the 1920s, they were located where demand was: along the US highways and in the downtown areas of the cities.
They usually included a garage to repair cars -prone to breaking down in those days.
Their styles varied across the year, from homely cottages in the beginning, to stylish and modern box shaped or Art Deco stations in the 1930s.
Oil companies promoted their brands, signage and station designs which can still be recognized today.
Shifting demographics, urban sprawl, zoning and the freeways moved them out of their old locations, and many of these historic buildings are now ruined shells.
Motels & Hotels on US 66 in Illinois
Hotel Chicago (Chicago)
Midland Hotel (Chicago)
Cindy Lyn Motel (Cicero)
Karavan Motel (Cicero)
Shamrock Motel (Cicero)
Chicagoland Motel (Lyons)
Plank Road Inn (Lyons)
Former Chalet Motel now Rodeway Inn (Lyons)
Presidential Inn & Suites Motel (Lyons)
Skyline Motel (Mc Cook)
Town House Motel (Joliet)
The Louis Joliet Hotel (Joliet)
The Manor Motel (Joliet)
Hotel Plaza (Joliet)
Rossi’s Motel (Braidwood)
Former Sands Motel (Braidwood)
Sun Motel (Braidwood Inn) (Braidwood)
Da-Jo Motel (Pontiac)
Fiesta Motel (Pontiac)
Palamar Motel (Pontiac)
Lexington Motel (Lexington)
Illinois Hotel (Bloomington)
Buckles Motel (Lincoln)
Lincoln Motel (Lincoln)
Redwood Motel (Lincoln)
Pioneer Rest Motel (Broadwell)
Historic Lazy A Motel (Springfield)
Leland Hotel (Springfield)
Caravan Motel (Springfield)
Northern Aire Motel (Springfield)
Ross Motel (Springfield)
Shamrock Motel (Springfield)
Pioneer Motel (Springfield)
Art’s Motel and Restaurant (Farmersville)
The Annex Motel and Cafe (Litchfield)
Belvedere Café, Motel, and Gas Station (Litchfield)
Former Rainbo Court Motel (Fairmont City)
East St. Louis Holiday Inn (East St. Louis)

Americana & Kitsch
The World’s Largest Laundromat (Berwyn)
Rich and Creamy Ice Cream Stand (Joliet)
Dick’s Towing (Joliet)
Bluesmobile (Joliet)
Gemini Giant (Wilmington)
Sinclair Dinosaur (Wilmington)

The Brooks Catsup Bottle Water Tower, Collinsville. Tristan Denyer
Funks Grove Pure Maple Sirup (Funks Grove)
Muffler Man Holding Hot Dog (Atlanta)
Lincoln Watermelon Slice Monument (Lincoln)
Phone Booth on Lincoln City Hall (Lincoln)
World’s Largest Covered Wagon (Lincoln)
Lauterbatch Muffler Man (Springfield)
Rail Splitter: Skinny Abe Lincoln Statue (Springfield)
Barn with 13-star flag painted on it (Nilwood)
Pink Elephant Antique Mall (Livingston)
Henry’s Rabbit Ranch (Staunton)
Historic Largest Catsup Bottle in the World (Collinsville)
Fiberglass Cow store sign (Edwardsville)
Neon Signs and Murals

Sonrise Donuts neon sign, Springfield
Vintage Neon Signs
Neon signs awaken a feeling of nostalgia for bygone days. They were a key advertising tool for diners, motels and restaurants across the nation from the mid 1920s to the mid 1960s.
They were built with kitschy eyecatching colorful designs.
But by the early 1970s neon signs fell out of grace: they were hand made and therefore costly. The appearance of cheap mass made fluorescent-lamp, backlit, plastic box signs for shops and stores marked the end of the neon sign era.
Fabulous McCook neon sign (McCook)
Pontiac Murals (Pontiac)
Selz Royal Blue Shoes Mural (Chenoa)
Lexington Neon Arrow Sign (Lexington)

Turkey Tracks sign, Nilwood, Il. Jim Grey
Tropics Neon Sign (Lincoln)
Sonrise Donuts (Springfield)
Vic Suhling Neon Sign (Litchfield)
Nite Spot Café neon sign (Fairmont City)
Kriege Hardware ⁄ Deweys Pizza neon sign (Edwardsville)
Dairy Master neon sign (Madison)
Route 66 stuff
Eastern Terminus of Route 66 (Chicago)
The Lincoln Highway Meets Route 66 (Plainfield)
Lincoln Highway and Route 66 in Joliet (Joliet)
Odell Subway Tunnel (Odell)
Route 66 Hall of Fame and Museum (Pontiac)
Cayuga to Chenoa Historic section of US 66 (Chenoa)
Memory Lane (Lexington)
The Route 66 Parkway (Towanda)
Towanda Dead Man’s Curve (Towanda)
Historic Brick Road (Auburn)
Historic Route 66 Girard to Nilwood (Nilwood)
Turkey Tracks on 1926 US66 (Nilwood)

> Don't miss the Brick paved sections of Route 66
Buildings, historic sites, architecture, theaters
Chicago Portage (Lyons)
Plainfield’s Downtown Historic District (Plainfield)
Rialto Square Theatre (Joliet)
Collins Street Prison (Joliet)
Historic The Eagle Hotel (Wilmington)
Historic Water Street Shopping District (Wilmington)
Historic two-cell Jail (Gardner)
Historic Streetcar Diner (Gardner)
Historic Frank L. Smith Bank (Dwight)
Historic Pioneer Gothic Church (Dwight)
Historic Railway Depot (Dwight)
Historic Windmill in Dwight (Dwight)
Historic Livingston County Courthouse (Pontiac)
Historic Illinois State Police District 6 Headquarters (Pontiac)
Historic Raymond Schulz Round Barn (Pontiac)
Pontiac Trail (Pontiac)
Division Street Bridge (Pontiac)
Chenoa Pharmacy (Chenoa)
Oasis Drive In (Lexington)
Normal Theater (Normal)
Dixie Travel Plaza (McLean)
Historic J. H. Hawes Grain Elevator (Atlanta)
Gillett Memorial Arch Bridge (Elkhart)
Wayside Park (Sherman)
Dana-Thomas House (Springfield)
Historic sites related to Abraham Lincoln (Springfield)
Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop (Springfield)
Cozy Dog Drive-In (Springfield)
Our Lady of the Highways (Waggoner)
Sky View Drive In Theatre (Litchfield)
Church of the Neon Cross (Hamel)
Monk’s Mounds (Collinsville)
Cahokia Mounds World Heritage Site (Collinsville)
Historic Majestic Theater (East St. Louis)
Gateway Geyser (East St. Louis)
McKinley Bridge (Venice)
Ghost Signs (Madison)
Historical Chain of Rocks Bridge (Madison)
Lewis & Clark State Historic Site (Granite City)
And this ends our long list of Illinois landmarks, but there are plenty more, you can find a specific landmark in any of the state's towns:
Towns on US 66 in Illinois
Check out the Route 66 towns in Illinois learn all about their notable places, history, attractions, wheather, how to get there, where to stay and much more.
Missouri
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Misouri US 66 Landmarks
Starting at St. Louis with its "Gateway Arch" Route 66 has quite a few landmarks along its Missouri alignment.
We list them categorized and within each category, detailed from Eeast to West. Enjoy your roadtrip!

Munger Moss Motel's classic neon sign, Lebanon MO
Marcin Wichary
Landmark Categories
- Route 66 Classics & Kitsch
- Stores
- Cemeteries, Churches & Bridges
- Neon Signs
- Museums
- Garages
- Historic Places
- Vintage Gas Statons
- Classic Motels, Hotels and Tourist Camps
Route 66 classics & Kitsch
Giant Sign (St. Louis)
Gateway Arch (St. Louis)
Pink Elephant (Fenton)
Route 66 State Park (Times Beach)

Wilders Steakhouse, Joplin Missouri
Meramec Caverns painted Barn sign (St. Clair)
Indian Harvest Trading Post Teepees (St. Clair)
Meramec State Park (Sullivan)
Route 66 Viva Cuba Murals (Cuba)
The World's (second) Largest Rocking Chair (Fanning)
Hillbilly Sign (Rolla)
Totem Pole Antiques (Rolla)
Larry Baggett's Trail of Tears Memorial (Jerome)
Uranus Missouri (St. Robert)
Frog Rock (Waynesville)
Giant Bowling Pin (Buckhorn)
Replica of the Hubble Space Telescope (Marshfield)
Birthplace of Route 66 Roadside Park (Springfield)
Mural on Route 66 (Springfield)
Birthplace of Route 66 (Springfield)
Stores
US 66 Outpost and General Store (Fanning)
Parson’s Store and Post Office (Laquey)
Wrink's Food Market (Lebanon)
Mr. Swiss (Lebanon)
Colt Gas and Groceries (Lebanon)
Old Phillipsburg General Store (Philipsburg)
Plano General Store (Plano)
Gay Parita Store and Cafe (Paris Springs)
Spencer Store (Spencer)
Spencer Cafe & Barbershop (Spencer)
Cemeteries, Churches & Bridges
Chain of Rocks Bridge (St. Louis)
Meramec River US 66 Bridge (Times Beach)
Beaver Creek Bridge (Doolittle)
Route 66 Bridge at Devil's Elbow (Devil's Elbow)
1942 Big Piney River Bridge (Devil's Elbow)
Roubidoux Bridge (Waynesville)
1840 Cemetery (Hazelgreen)
Route 66 Gasconade Bridge (Hazelgreen)

Neon Signs
Beacon Motel (Pacific)
Skylark Motel (St. Clair)
Cafe Sign (Lebanon)
Satellite Lanes (Lebanon)
Ghost Sign (Conway)
Meramec Caves Barn Sign (Conway)
Red’s Giant Hamburg sign (Springfield)
Rte 66 Museums
Route 66 Museum (Lebanon)
Route 66 Car Museum (Springfield)
Garages
Rischbeiter’s Garage (Marlborough)
Ramsey’s or Centerville Garage (Doolittle)
T &T Cafe and Garage (Doolittle)
Red Top Garage (Red Top)
Jim Collins Garage and Law’s Auto Salvage (Heatonville)
D. L. Morris garage (Heatonvile)
Jim Moot's Auto Body (Albatross)
Brown's Garage (Rescue)
Historic Sites

Old Gillioz theater on Route 66 in Springfield, Missouri, by Abe Ezekowitz
Chain of Rocks Bridge (St. Louis)
International Shoe Company Building (St. Clair)
Cuba City Jail (Calaboose) (Cuba)
Dillon House (1857) (Rolla)
Historic County Jail (1860) (Rolla)
Fort Leonard Wood (St. Robert)
George M. Reed Roadside Park (St. Robert)
Site of Waynesville Fort (Waynesville)
Historic Stagecoach Stop (Waynesville)
Historic County Courthouse (Waynesville)
Woodruff Building (Springfield)
Abou Ben Adhem Shrine Mosque (Springfield)
Gillioz Theatre (Springfield)
Old Jail: Calaboose (Springfield)
Pythian Castle (Springfield)
Historic Rock Fountain Tourist Court (Springfield)

Gary's Gay Parita Sinclair Gas Station
Paris Springs MO, openroads.com
Post Office (Avilla)
Whee Bridge (Carthage)
66 drive-in theater (Carthage)
Red Oak II (Carthage)
Superman museum (Carterville)
Praying Hands statue (Webb City)
Dales Ole 66 Barber (Joplin)
The Route 66 Mural Park (Joplin)
Bonnie and Clyde Garage Apartment (Joplin)
Vintage Service Stations
Vintage Gas Station (St. Louis)
Yet another old Gas Station (St. Louis)
Taylor Gas Station (St. Louis)
Service Station (St. Louis)
Marty Filling Station (St. Louis)
old Texaco station (St. Louis)
Dodson Service Station (St. Louis)
Phillips service station (Eureka)
Zephyr Service Station (Villa Ridge)
Old Conoco Service Station (Cuba)
Phillips 66 gas station (Cuba)
Derby Service Station (St. James)
Malone’s Service Station (Doolittle)
Bell’s Cafe & Sinclair gas station (Waynesville)
Rigsby Station and Home (Waynesville)
Bohannon Café Garage (Waynesville)
Old gas station (Gascozark)
Gascozark Cafe and Service Station (Gascozark)
Old Service Station (Hazelgreen)
Mobil Service Station (Lebanon)
Old Phillips 66 Service Station (Lebanon)
McClary Motel, gas station and cafe (Cafeyville)
Carter & Lawson’s Underpass Cafe and Service Station (Philipsburg)
Station north of town (Philipsburg)
Staton south of town (Philipsburg)
Conway Service Station (Conway)
Niangua Filling Station (Niangua)
Rockhaven Restaurant, cafe and filling station (Niangua)
Danny's Service Station (Springfield)
O’Dell Gas Station and Café (Springfield)
Rex Smith Gas Station (Springfield)
Service Station (Halltown)
Gay Parita Service station (Paris Springs)
Spencer Garage and Service Station (Spencer)
Miller's Station (Albatross)
Adamson Oil Co. (Albatross)
Old Store - Service Station (Phelps)
Brown's Garage (Rescue)
Shady Side Camp (Rescue)
Chet Campbell's Gulf Service Station (Carthage)
Neatherry Station (Carthage)
Texaco service station and Clover Inn Cafe (Carthage)
Historic Old Rock Sinclair filling station (Carterville)
U.S. Filling Station (Webb City)
Route 66 Welcome Center (Webb City)
Cosden Service Station (Joplin)
Former Texaco Service Station (Joplin)
1930s Phillips Service Station (Joplin)

Tony Hisgett
Classic Motels, Hotels and Tourist Camps
Missouri has many classic motels, some abandoned, others repurposed, and quite a few still alive and kicking lodging Route 66 travelers. Below we list some of them:
From East to West
Classic Motels from St. Louis to St. Robert
Duplex Tourist (Marlborough)
La Casa GrandeMotel (Marlborough)
Wayside Motel (Marlborough)
Chippewa Motel (Marlborough)
Steiny’s Inn (Times Beach)
Trail's End Motel (Gray Summit)
Gardenway Motel (Gray Summit)
Sunset Motel (Villa Ridge)
St. Clair Motel (St. Clair)
Scully's Sunset Inn (St. Clair)
Delta Motel (Stanton)
Cavern City Hideout Motel and Restaurant (Stanton)
Stanton Motel (Stanton)
Ozark Court Motel (Stanton)
Grande Courts (Sullivan)
Shamrock Motel (Sullivan)
Southern Hotel (Cuba)
Hotel Cuba (Cuba)
Wagon Wheel Motel, Cafe and Gas Station (Cuba)
Finn’s Motel (St. James)
Gateway Inn Motel (St. James)
Motel & RV Park (St. James)
Rock Haven Tourist Court (St. James)
American Way Motor Court (St. James)
Edwin Long Hotel (Rolla)
Sunset Inn, old Norman Dee Motel (Rolla)
Former Hargis Tourist Camp (Doolittle)
Totem Pole Cabins (Newburg)
Vernelle’s Motel (Newburg)
John’s Modern Cabins (Newburg)
Stony Dell Resort (Jerome)
Hiawatha Lodge (Devil's Elbow)
Ernie and Zada’s Inn or E-Z Inn (Devil's Elbow)
Devil’s Elbow Motel (Devil's Elbow)

Vintage Motels from St. Robert to Joplin
Deville Motor Inn, now Relax Motel (St. Robert)
Ramada Inn, now Liberty Lodge (St. Robert)
Ranch Motel (St. Robert)
Clark Motel (Waynesville)
Bell Hotel (Waynesville)
Wagon Wheel Motel, Cafe and Gas Station (Cuba)
S & G Motel (Buckhorn)
Bell Haven Court (Buckhorn)
Gascozark Trading Post and Cabins (Gascozark)
Spring Valley Court (Gazcozark)
Four Acre Court (Lebanon)
Munger Moss Motel (Lebanon)
Forest Manor Motel and Campground (Lebanon)
Lenz HoMoTel (Lebanon)
Red Fox Motel (Lebanon)
White Sands Motel (Lebanon)
Shepherd Hills Motel (Lebanon)
gas station and cabins (Caffeyville)
Timber Hill Camp (Sampson)
Oak Vale Park (Niangua)
Abbylee Court (Niangua)
Fair Oaks Motel (Marshfield)
Kentwood Arms Motor Hotel (Springfield)
Rex Smith Gas Station & Cabins (Springfield)
Andy's Court (Springfield)
Rest Haven Court (Springfield)
Flagship Motel (Springfield)
Glenstone Cottage Court (Springfield)
The Rancho Motel (Springfield)
Lamplighter Motel (Springfield)
Battlefield Inn former Empire Inn (Springfield)
Dogwood Inn former Silver Saddle and Baldridge (Springfield)
Rail Haven (Springfield)
Site of Rock Village Court (Springfield)
Rockwood Court (Springfield)
Historic Rock Fountain Tourist Court (Springfield)
Shamrock Square Motel (Springfield)
Wishing Well Motor Inn (Springfield)
Modern Cabins (Plano)
White City Motel (Halltown)
Las Vegas Hotel and Restaurant (Halltown)
Castle Rock Cabins (Heatonville)
Henson Building Hotel (Phelps)
Reed’s Cabins (Rescue)
Shady Side Camp (Rescue)
Log City Camp (Plew)
Kel Lake Motel (Carthage)
Lake Shore Motel (Carthage)
White's Court, later Rock Castle Cabins (Carthage)
Buster Brown Inn (Carthage)
Guest House Motel (Carthage)
Dazy Motel (Carthage)
Boots Court Motel (Carthage)
Murrell Tourist Rooms and Cabins (Carthage)
Middle West Hotel (Webb City)
The Westport Lodge (Joplin)
Plaza Motel (Joplin)

Theatres

66 Drive-In Theatre, Route 66, Carthage, Missouri, by Carol Highsmith
19 Drive-In Theater (Cuba)
Holiday Drive-in Theater (Springfield)
66 drive-in theater (Carthage)
Route 66 Movie Theatre (Webb City)
Civic Theater (Webb City)
Fox Theatre (Joplin)
US 66 Diners, Cafés and Restaurants
Crown Candy Kitchen (St. Louis)
Eat-Rite Diner (St. Louis)
Bauer’s Ranch House (St. Louis)
Donuts Drive In (St. Louis)
Ted Drewes Frozen Custard (St. Louis)
Former Phil's Bar-B-Cue (Eureka)
Tri County Truck Stop (Villa Ridge)
Johnnie’s Bar (St. James)
Happy Hill Cafe (Jerome)
Old Munger-Moss Sandwich Shop (Devil's Elbow)
Site of Devil’s Elbow Café (Devil's Elbow)
Red Cedar Inn (Pacific)
Retro Route 66 Diner (St. Robert)
Skyline Cafe (Marshfield)
Former Route 66 Crawford Cafe (Strafford)
Steak ’n Shake (Springfield)
Alli’s Family Restaurant (Springfield)
Midway Service & Cafe (Avilla)
Whisler's Drive-Up (Carthage)
Carterville Dairy Creme (Carterville)
Wilder's Steakhouse (Joplin)
Fred and Red's diner (Joplin)
Mr. Swiss (Joplin)
The Colonel's Restaurant (Joplin)
Find landmarks in Missouri's US 66 Towns
Our list of Missouri's Route 66 Landmarks ends here but you can check each town individually to find more of them:
Learn all bout Missouri's Route 66 towns and their landmarks.
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Kansas
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U.S. 66 Landmarks in Kansas
This is the shortest segment of Route 66, and there are only three towns on its alginment (from east to west): Galena, Riverton and Baxter Springs.
Some of Route 66's landmarks in Kansas

Historic Place: Downtown District Galena, KS
Abe Ezekowitz
Kansas Route 66 Historic District-East Galena
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places
Main Street, Galena, KS.
Classic buildings of an early 1900s Midwestern American city's Main Street which is the original 1926 alignment of Route 66.
Another landmark is the Kan-O-Tex Service Station & Diner built in 1934. It is now known as "Cars on the Route" (formerly "Little's Service Station, "4 Women on the Route).
Tow Mater, the boom truck in Pixar's movie "Cars" was inspired by a truck that can be seen at the service station.
Just ahead, in Riverton is a Historical landmark:
The oldest continuously operating store on Route 66: Open since 1925.

Historic Place: Williams' Store, now Eisler Brothers Old Riverton Store, Riverton, KS
The Williams' Store
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places
7109 SE Highway 66, Riverton, KS.
It is the oldest store still operating on US 66, this building dates back to 1925, one year before the creation of the Mother Road.
Leo Williams opened it in 1923 but a a tornado razed it, so he rebuilt it in 1925. Leo and his wife ran the store until 1970. It was acquired by Isabell and Joe Eisler in 1973 and is now managed and owned by their nephew.
It is now the "Eisler Bros Old Riverton Store".
Historic US 66 Rainbow Bridge built in 1923

Marcin Wichary
Bush Creek Bridge
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places
Old Route 66, Riverton, KS.
An original concrete arch bridge also known as the "Rainbow Bridge". Built in 1923.
It became part of US66 in 1926. It is a an elegant bridge, with two concrete arches 130 feet (40 m) long. It is the only surviving bridge of its kind in Kansas.

Independent Oil & Gas Service Station, Kevin
Baxter Springs Independent Oil and Gas Service Station
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places
940 Military Avenue - Highway 66, Baxter Springs, KS.
This service station is an example of the 1930s "cotttage" styl typical of the major oil companies during the Great Depression.
The building was enlarged in 1940, but its style was preserved. Originally part of the Independent Oil and Gas Co., it was acquired in 1930 by Phillips Petroleum. The main features of the "cottage style" were a pitched and gabled roof, brick and stucco walls, neat windows and a chimney. Notice the bay window by the entrance.
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