SAPULPA, Okla. — The City of Sapulpa is working to uncover sections of the original Route 66 roadway as crews work to construct View Stop Park along the current Route 66.
“We are over here at View Stop Park right off of Route 66 and so we are currently under construction for the new park that will be going in by the end of this year,” said Lucy Lawson, the Director of Marketing and Communications for the City of Sapulpa. “We have the original Route 66 right behind us that they are chipping away the asphalt and other materials that was used to lay over it and they are revealing our original Route 66 roadway right here next to the current Route 66.”
Along with the original Route 66, the park aims to highlight Bridge 18, a steel-truss bridge located along the historic road…