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Devils Elbow Bridge, Missouri

Historic bridge
In Devils Elbow, Missouri
On Route 66
National Register of Historic Places

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Devils Elbow Bridge is a historic road bridge on old Route 66 near Rolla, MO, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It sits on a stretch of the old highway in the Missouri Ozarks that is easy to add to a day on the road. Devils Elbow Campground is about 0.2 mile away, and the ghost town of Hooker is less than a mile off.

What is Devils Elbow Bridge?

This is an old road bridge that carried Route 66 traffic, recognized with a National Register listing for its place in the story of the highway.

Visiting Devils Elbow Bridge: tips

Slow down, park where it is safe and walk up for photos; a short stop is enough. Food is about 0.1 mile away. Uranus Missouri is about 2.7 miles away and the ghost town of Clementine about 3.1 miles.

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Devils Elbow Bridge with the 6 closest stops. Tap a marker for details.

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Hooker

Hooker, Missouri · 0.2 mi from Route 66

A roadside town built on a newer line of Route 66, now gone except for its cemetery.

0.8 mi from Devils Elbow Bridge

Uranus Missouri in St. Robert, MO

Uranus Missouri

St. Robert, Missouri · 0.1 mi from Route 66

A tongue-in-cheek roadside stop with a planet-pun name, a self-styled mayor and a record-setting belt buckle.

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2.7 mi from Devils Elbow Bridge

Clementine

Clementine, Missouri · on Route 66

A tiny community right on the old Route 66 alignment, about fourteen miles southwest of Rolla.

3.1 mi from Devils Elbow Bridge

Onyx Cave

Rolla, Missouri · 0.8 mi from Route 66

A natural Ozark cave with pale cave onyx, a big main chamber and an old mining shaft from 1892.

3.1 mi from Devils Elbow Bridge

Spring Creek

Spring Creek, Missouri · 6.0 mi from Route 66

A lost river-junction town straddling the Phelps and Pulaski county border, just east of Fort Leonard Wood.

6.3 mi from Devils Elbow Bridge

Arlington

Arlington, Missouri · 0.1 mi from Route 66

A near-empty railroad and Route 66 town on the Little Piney, left at a dead end when I-44 bypassed it.

7.0 mi from Devils Elbow Bridge

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