This stunning video shows the flooding that was occurring yesterday in the central Missouri towns of Jerome, Devil's Elbow and Hazelgreen. The video, with the help of a drone, includes a lot of footage of the closed Route 66 bridge, aka the Gasconade River Bridge, near Hazelgreen. Route 66 fans are hoping the bridge can … Continue reading High water in central Missouri
Category: Weather
Will the Mountain Springs Road section of Route 66 reopen?
As many readers know, flash flooding in September 2014 destroyed dozens of bridges and made huge stretches of old Route 66 in California's Mojave Desert impassable for months. Fifteen months later, all of Route 66 in the desert is open except for a section west of Ludlow, California -- which can be bypassed via the north … Continue reading Will the Mountain Springs Road section of Route 66 reopen?
More than 1,300 miles of bad driving
A humongous weather system was wreaking havoc from Albuquerque to Chicago -- basically along 1,300 miles of Route 66. Blizzard conditions exist from east of Albuquerque to the Texas Panhandle. Interstate 40 remains closed at this hour from Albuquerque to just west of Amarillo -- a distance of almost 300 miles. Almost all of Oklahoma's … Continue reading More than 1,300 miles of bad driving
A view from the Oklahoma ice storm
An ice storm struck much of central Oklahoma over the weekend. One report said about 70,000 people were without power on Sunday. Here's a look at ice-covered trees that line old Route 66 between Bethany and Yukon, Oklahoma, near Lake Overholser. https://youtu.be/-zsMIPbKa68 The trees look terrible in the video, but most will recover. Many Oklahomans learned from … Continue reading A view from the Oklahoma ice storm
Sinclair Travel Stop in Tulsa closes
The Sinclair Travel Stop near Interstate 44 in east Tulsa, which included a Route 66 Diner, recently closed and eventually will make way for a QuikTrip travel plaza, according to KOKI-TV in Tulsa. The station reported that tenants at the property at I-44 and 161st East Avenue moved out Monday. The closed Sinclair truck stop … Continue reading Sinclair Travel Stop in Tulsa closes
Flash flood washes out part of Route 66 near Ludlow
Flash flooding on Monday afternoon washed out part of the National Trails Highway, aka Route 66, near Ludlow, California, according to a weather report later that evening. San Bernardino County didn't have that listed on its online map as of Monday night, although those often aren't reported until the next day. It's not known at … Continue reading Flash flood washes out part of Route 66 near Ludlow
Santa Rosa restaurant reopens faster than expected
Instead of being closed for weeks, the Route 66 Restaurant in Santa Rosa, New Mexico, reopened July 30 in mere days after a lighting strike destroyed the historic eatery's electrical system, according to last week's print edition of the Guadalupe County Communicator. Lightning during a sudden storm July 22 destroyed the restaurant's electrical box and … Continue reading Santa Rosa restaurant reopens faster than expected
Incredible scenes from the Cajon Pass fires
Wildfires along the Cajon Pass north of the Los Angeles metro area are an unfortunate but fairly regular occurrence during summer, and the fires often close the Interstate 15 / Route 66 corridor for a few hours. Friday's fire was different. The 3,200-acre blaze jumped the freeway and ignited about 20 vehicles, causing motorists to … Continue reading Incredible scenes from the Cajon Pass fires
Part of Route 66 in Mojave Desert may remain closed until 2016
A portion of the National Trails Highway (aka Route 66) from Essex, California, to just east of Amboy, California, may remain closed until 2016 because flash flooding in September 2014 damaged the roadway and bridges there, according to a San Bernardino County official. The flooding washed away about 50 bridges from Essex to Ludlow, California. … Continue reading Part of Route 66 in Mojave Desert may remain closed until 2016
The big threat facing Williams — and the Southwest
The Route 66 town of Williams, Arizona, has faced plenty of adversity in its history -- not the least the coming of Interstate 40 that re-routed east-west traffic and decimated its downtown, at least for a while. But a new report by Cronkite News Service, based at Arizona State University, delves into an issue that … Continue reading The big threat facing Williams — and the Southwest