Wishing Well Motor Innģ550 W Chestnut Expy. ![]() Towards West Springfield More Route 66 sights!Īfter you turn onto MO-266 (former US 66), to your left, on the SW ide of the highway is a classic motel. Turn right and follow it into "Western Springfield. 66 headed out of Springfield along what is now MO-266. Hereīoth Bypass 66 and City 66 meet and end. 160 for another mile, and you will reach the junction with "City 66" that comes from the east along W. It has a great sign and is an icebox-sytle building, perhaps from the 1930s.ĭanny’s Service Station on Route 66, Springfiled MO street view Danny’s Service Station on Route 66, Springfield, MissouriĬontinue south along U.S. Click for street view Danny's Service Stationĭrive south for 0.9 miles, and to your right on the NW corner of NW Bypass and EE Rd. Credits Rex Smith service station nowadays, Bypass 66 Springfield, MO. Rex Smith service station c.1940, Bypass 66 Springfield, MO. Each stone cabin had two units and the entrance doors were under a gabled canopy. The place also had a restaurant plus two cabins (behind the gas station, to the north and south of it. Thise side-gabled gas station which sold Flying A brand gas, was built by Otto Young in 1933, in a Craftsman bungalow style on what would become the new bypass alignment of Route 66 north of Springfield. Right, on the SW corner is the classic Rex Smith Gas Station.Ģ321 NW Bypass, Springfield. Click for street viewĭrive west, all of the motels that lined the highway in this section have been torn down to make space for modern buildings. > Book your Hotels in Springfield Rex Smith Gas Station & Cabins Credits The old D-X station nowadays, Bypass 66 Springfield, MO. You can make out the outline of the pumps island on the concrete driveway. It never had a canopy, it has kept its two original service bays, and a third one has been added. It is set on the SW corner of Broadway at 1001 W Kearney St. This is a 1940s oblong box style gas staton. Click for street view D-X Filling Station The Rancho Court now Route 66 Springfield, MO. Creditsīelow is the old motel as it is today, "Rancho Court" apartments, showing the office, and cabins to the left and right of the image, plus the old faded neon sign. Trail's End Motel postcard, Route 66 Springfield, MO. Below you can see the office (left), gas station (right) and the cabins behind them, the street lies between them. The office was to the east, a two-story building, and the gas station (now gone) was on the western property. The stone and brick cabins were set out on the eastern and the on the west side of N. It had twelve cottage-style units with kitchenettes with a semi-circular layout. It was built in 1949 as the "Trail's End Motel", later it became the Rancho Court Motel. Credits Rancho Court (formerly Trail's End Motel) Vintage postcard of The Rancho Motel Springfield MO. The sign has of course been "modernized" losing its 50's charm. The office has changed, but the units to the westĪre unchanged. Previously it was an Allied Service Travel Court. ![]() Glenstone Av and Kearney (where City 66 turns to the left). We will tour the city from east to west, starting at N. Tour Route 66 landmarks in Springfield () Along Bypass 66 Rittenhouse also mentions a " a small community" just on the western part of Springfield, we describe it further down. It remained as a part of US 66 until 1956, when the highway was aligned together with I-44 further north. Highway 66" described the Bypass 66, built in 1936 as a quick alternative for those who were heading " Straight through in a hurry" because it " avoid city traffic". Rittenhouse in his 1946 "guidebook to U.S. What to Do, Places to See Historic context, the classic Bypass 66 in Springfield Sights along City 66 in Springfield (). ![]()
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