Pulaski County, Mo., has been scrounging for a couple of years for money to repair the aging Devil’s Elbow Bridge in the Route 66 hamlet of Devil’s Elbow, Mo.
It looks like the county has landed more cash for the bridge, courtesy of the federal government. From KOLR-TV in Springfield:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is giving the county a 24-thousand-dollar grant. […] The money will be used to buy new equipment and pay for engineering fees.
A $24,000 grant isn’t going to repair the bridge outright, but every bit helps. At last report, the deteriorating bridge’s weight limit had been dropped to 12 tons, preventing tour buses from crossing it into Devil’s Elbow. The 1923 bridge had also received a $250,000 grant in February to help stabilize the structure.
(Hat tip: Tonya Pike)