Not in Kansas anymore? Think again

ROUTE 66 RAMBLE, PART 4
  • Not in Kansas anymore? Think again
    Not in Kansas anymore? Think again
  • RAINBOW BRIDGE In Riverton, Kansas, the Marsh Arch bridge over Brush Creek is the only surviving bridge of this type on the entire length of Route 66. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 9 | THE TEXAS SPUR
    RAINBOW BRIDGE In Riverton, Kansas, the Marsh Arch bridge over Brush Creek is the only surviving bridge of this type on the entire length of Route 66. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 9 | THE TEXAS SPUR

    Of the eight states through which Route 66 once passed— and its historic remnants still do—Kansas claims the least, by far. But that 12.8-mile-long elbow jutting into the state’s southeasternmost corner has played an outsized role in the culture of the Mother Road, and in its survival for roadies to drive today.

    In the second half of the twentieth century, progress in the form of one of the U.S.’s …