ERIC RICHARD KRAUSE

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MAJOR UNITED STATES RESEARCH TRIPS SERIES

RESEARCH TRIP ~ HISTORIC ROUTE 66

Friday, March 16, 2007 - Sunday, April 22, 2007

A HISTORY OF THE VITRIFIED BRICK ROAD
----- Route 66: A History of the Vitrified Brick Road, By Eric Krause -----

Based on the Journal and Accompanying Photographs of Lynda Krause, "Route 66", Tour 2007

ILLINOIS

THE MOTHER ROAD
(288 Miles)

1.  Madison	2. Madison	3. Madison: Border between Illinois and Missouri	4. Madison	5. Madison
6. Madison	7. Staunton	8.	9. Near Nilwood	10. Near Nilwood
11. Near Nilwood	12. Near Nilwood	13. Between Chatham & Auburn	14. Between Chatham & Auburn	15. Between Chatham & Auburn, Snake Bridge over Lick Creek
16. Between Chatham & Auburn, Snake Bridge over Lick Creek	17. Between Chatham & Auburn, Snake Bridge over Lick Creek	18. Between Chatham & Auburn, Snake Bridge over Lick Creek	19. Between Chatham & Auburn, Snake Bridge over Lick Creek	20. Between Chatham & Auburn, just off Snake Bridge over Lick Creek
21. Between Chatham & Auburn, just off Snake Bridge over Lick Creek	22. Between Chatham & Auburn, just off Snake Bridge over Lick Creek	23. Between Chatham & Auburn, just off Snake Bridge over Lick Creek	24.	25. Funks Grove
26.	27. Shirley	28.	29. Towanda	30. Towanda
31. Towanda	32. Towanda	33. Towanda	34. Lexington	35. Lexington
36.	37. Dwight	38. Dwight	39. Elwood	40. Wilmington
41. Lyons	42. Chicago	43. Chicago	44. Chicago	45. Chicago

 

• 1. Madison: Chain of Rocks Bridge over Mississippi River
• 2. Madison: Chain of Rocks Bridge over Mississippi River
• 3. Madison: Chain of Rocks Bridge over Mississippi River
• 4. Madison: Chain of Rocks Bridge over Mississippi River
• 5. Madison: Chain of Rocks Bridge over Mississippi River: The Bell System
• 6. Madison: Chain of Rocks Bridge over Mississippi River
• 9. First of 2 small brick and Concrete bridges
• 11. "STATION 1618 + 70 BUILT 1920 BY STATE OF ILLINOIS WITH FEDERAL AID PROJECT [?]'
• 12. Original culvert
• 13. Restored brick road, some new brick near bridges
• 14. Restored brick road, some new brick near bridges
• 18. Original bricks in the base of the bridge
• 19. Original bricks covered by old layer of asphalt
• 20. Original road disappears into bush, all grass and tree covered, bricks here and there
• 21. Original road disappears into bush, all grass and tree covered, bricks here and there
• 22. Original road disappears into bush, all grass and tree covered, bricks here and there
• 27. Shirley: Exit has dead ends sections of old Highway 66 next to current 66.
• 28. Railway tracks on one side plus old telephone lines and unused culverts
• 29. Towanda: Abandoned westbound lanes of former 4-laned Route 66
• 33. "Dead Man's Curve," a sudden 90-degree curve, existed down the road from here on original 1926 2-lane Route 66
• 39. 2-lane Route 66 where the old road ends at the later 4-lane Route 66. The 2-lane Route 66 continues on the other side of the 4-lane road
• 44. "Jackson Blvd." Lake Shore Drive has been called the beginning of Route 66 since 1937. Prior to that it was Jackson Blvd and Michigan.

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  From September 2003 Research Trip to Illinois and Missouri
   

1. Between Chatham & Auburn

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