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Historic 1935 roadhouse converted to state park visitor center. Survived Times Beach dioxin disaster. Features exhibits about Route 66 and the environmental catastrophe.
Everything that was here
- 1999–present · still open
Route 66 State Park Visitor CenterMuseum / Visitor Center
Historic 1935 roadhouse converted to state park visitor center. Survived Times Beach dioxin disaster. Features exhibits about Route 66 and the environmental catastrophe.
See the map in 2000 → - 1935–1980
Bridgehead InnGas Station
A 1935 roadhouse that survived gambling, Prohibition's aftermath, and dioxin contamination to become a state park visitor center.
See the map in 1936 →
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