US-66 Overview
Given that the 1923 bridge is just one lane, I'm surprised they waited until 1992 to bypass it.
"Historic Route 66 only enters Kansas for a few miles, but in that short distance it is interesting to note that travelers are treated to the one historic bridge type that is so uniquely Kansas: no other state boasts as many surviving rainbow arch bridges (Marsh type or otherwise) as Kansas does. Indeed, this is the only rainbow arch bridge on the entirety of Historic Route 66." [HistoricBridges]
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| Street View, Apr 2023 |
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| Street View, Apr 2023 |
Given that the 1923 bridge is just one lane, I'm surprised they waited until 1992 to bypass it.
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| Street View, Apr 2014 |
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| 1 of 12 photos posted by Michael Rodgers Photography Double Rainbow over Rainbow Bridge on Kansas Route 66. Mike Rodgers shared John Weeks: Rainbow arch bridges are pretty rare to begin with, but seeing a rainbow at the same time seems like a one in a billion thing. Congrats on either good luck or fantastic planning! Mike Rodgers: John Weeks thank you it wasn't planned I was going to Galena Kansas for their city wide yard sale and there it was I had to pull over |
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| John Albert Christeson Jr. posted Rainbow Arch Bridge on Historic US 66 in Kansas |
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| Route 66 Postcards posted The Rainbow Bridge (formerly the Brush Creek Bridge) in Cherokee County, Kansas, is the last surviving fixed Marsh Rainbow Arch bridge on all of historic U.S. Route 66. Completed in 1923, it was incorporated into Route 66 when the highway was designated in 1926. It originally connected the mining towns of Galena, Riverton, and Baxter Springs with a continuous concrete road. Designed by Iowa engineer James Barney Marsh, the bridge uses a reinforced‑concrete “rainbow arch” form patented in 1912. Its arches and slideable wear plates allowed the structure to expand and contract with temperature and moisture—an important early‑20th‑century innovation. After two similar bridges were demolished, the Kansas Historic Route 66 Association successfully fought to preserve it in 1992. Rainbow Bridge to remain intact. [The comments have a lot of photos with cars posed on the bridge.] |
When I saw the "signature photo" for the town of Baxter Springs, I figured this town was on Route 66. This filling station is now a Route 66 Visitors Center. (Update, this station, along with Big Brutus, are also subjects of photos for the Cherokee County.)
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| Peter Cowling, Nov 2022 |
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