New Location: (Satellite, the welcome-to-Hydro park has yet to show up on the satellite image.)
Hydro has already preserved a Route 66 gas station.
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| Route 66 News posted Former Route 66 bridge moved to roadside park near Hydro A historic Route 66 bridge was removed and recently placed at the site of a forthcoming Route 66 roadside park outside of Hydro, Oklahoma. The Weatherford Daily News posted this short video of workers placing the 1930 truss bridge at the site: The newspaper reported: Hydro was awarded $496,000 by the Oklahoma Route 66 Commission to create a brand-new “Welcome to Hydro” attraction park, with the newly placed bridge as the star of the show.... |
8-axels on the crane. That is big enough that it can lift the whole bridge. Fortunately, it needs a relatively short radius with that load. (Why do online news releases make it so hard to find a date? This was posted on Dec 9, 2025.)
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| route66news video |
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| OAklaomaRoute66 and cover photo for Hydro Route 66 Bridge |
The bridge was decommissioned in 2006, and it was replaced with an embankment in 2008.
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| Street View, May 2008 |
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| Street View, Jul 2013 |
Alan Entz took ownership of the truss. "For nearly 20 years, it sat on the Entz’s property as a dream. Now, with the Route 66 Centennial fast approaching, it is returning to the Mother Road." [OAklaomaRoute66]
Two heavy-duty tow trucks, two telehandlers and an excavator was what was used to lift it up so that they could back a trailer under it for the move.
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| Screenshot from video embedded in OAklaomaRoute66 |
Upsy daisy
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| Same video |
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