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1929-1976 Quarry Alignment

Joliet Rd at East Ave.
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In McCook Route 66 bypasses a large limestone quarry by veering right onto 55th St. from Joliet Road and turns south on the west end at East Ave. to Joliet Rd. Turn left at East Rd and Joliet Rd onto the dead end for a photo op of the quarry and a half block or so of old Route 66.

The bypass opened in 1998 after the old road across the quarry buckled. Vulcan Materials Company owns the property on both side of Route 66 of the bypassed section is about nine tenths of a mile.

This is the west end of 1929-1976 alignment of Route 66, East Ave.& Joliet Rd, in McCook. I walked up to the fence that keeps you from driving or walking out onto the old road to get the first photo on this page

Photo(s): 2016