U.S. 66 Highway / Watson Road Overpass - Bridge 8.8 - Shrewsbury, MO - St. Louis Subdivision

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  1. don

    don Guest

    Watson Road / U.S. Route 66 Overpass - Bridge 8.8 - Shrewsbury, MO - St. Louis Subdivision

    Watson Road, Old Route 66, St. Louis, MO.

    Here's the bridge that the Sunnyland shot by Ivan Oaks was made on back in the thirties.

    If you look closely just above the "e" in "the", you can still see the old small Frisco Lines coonskin showing through.

    This was about 3 years or so ago.
     

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  2. pensive

    pensive Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Here are a few additional images of the bridge across Watson Road, formerly US Route 66, on the St Louis Subdivision, River Division of the Frisco.

    The south end trestle used to be much longer but was replaced by fill during the BN era.

    Photographs by Rich Lawler.
     

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  3. klrwhizkid

    klrwhizkid Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    Here are a few more contemporary pictures of the bridge.

    Photos by Keith Robinson.
     

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    klrwhizkid Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

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  5. klrwhizkid

    klrwhizkid Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    From Richard Crabtree on Frisco Rails Across Missouri:
    Frisco ~ Shortest Line to Memphis - Birmingham - Pensacola in Shrewsbury, Missouri on Watson Road.

    Frisco Bridge over Watson Road, Shrewsbury, Mo ca 1931-40.jpg
     

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