Gasconade River Bridge

For several years now the Route 66 Association of Missouri has been working hard to save this bridge.

The 2012 photo above shows the bridge in happier days. The Gasconade River bridge was built in 922 and became part of the original Route 66 in 1926. The bridge is just west of Hazelgreen. The bridge consists of two steel Parker through trusses, one steel Pratt through truss and one pony truss.

This is what greeted us on the east approach looked like in 2018.

The bridge spans not quite 526 feet with the longest span being not quite 162 feet. It is a fairly narrow bridge with a deck width of just 20 feet. There is a riverbank access on the west end of the bridge that includes what looks to be a boat launch ramp.

This 2018 photo shows the distance between the original Route 66 bridge and the I-44 bridge, note the boat launch ramp on the west shore of the river.

This photo shows the new steel girder bridge between the old bridge and the I-44 bridge. Access to the old bridge is via intersection on both sides of the river.

East Access GPS: 37.761284,-92.449364
West access GPS: 37.758180,-92.455790

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Vintage Advertising Highlights

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U.S. Highway 66 Bridge over Gasconade River in the Scenic Missouri Ozarks.

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Scenic U.S. Highway 66 winds its way through the Ozarks. The Gasconade River Bridge is located at Hazelgreen, between Lebanon and Waynesville, Missouri.

NOTE: This postcard predates I-44 which is just a short distance upstream. (Towards the top right corner in this image) Today there is a new bridge in between this one and I-44, so at the moment there are three bridges within a few hundred feet.

Photo(s): 2012, 2018, 2023