- City:
- El Reno, OK
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Sidewalks and Stairs
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
Built by the WPA in 1936, the pedestrian tunnel provided safe passage under U.S. Highway 66, and was used by children to get to an elementary school on the west side of the highway. The school no longer stands and this section of former Highway 66, now Rock Island Avenue, carries only local traffic.
Source notes
https://www.okladot.state.ok.us/memorial/route66/canadian/historical/town-range/site63.htmSite originally submitted by John Murphey on January 27, 2015.
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Beth Griesel
The entrances have been closed off and are not accessible to the public.