GC185TQ Old Rte 21 Wills Creek Bridge (Traditional Cache) in Ohio, United States created by SenecaIndian

This cache has been archived.

SenecaIndian: The new owners of the property have withdrawn access rights for geocachers, so I must archive the site.
Disappointing, as this was an interesting piece of Guernsey County history.

GC185TQ ▼

A cache by SenecaIndian Message this owner

Hidden : 12/28/2007

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Located on the south side of Cambridge at the site of the Wills Creek Bridge on old U.S. route 21.
Small, watertight plastic screw top container.

When Interstate 77 was opened in 1962, U.S. Route 21 was closed. This section was abandoned but not destroyed and the bridge was removed.
The sections of highway which are still in use are now identified as Ohio Highway 821.
Route 21 was the major highway which ran between Cleveland, OH and Columbia, SC and was the prime route for people going from Ohio to Florida.
From the bridge site you can see the abandened road surface running up the hill. It is difficult to believe that big trucks, buses and automobiles used this narrow, winding roadway for hundreds of miles.
Elvis Presley traveled this road in 1956 driving from a concert in Cleveland, Ohiob back to Tennessee in his famous pink Cadillac. He stopped in Byesville a few miles south of this spot and had lunch in the "City Restauran" now long since closed.
Follow the access trail from the parking area to the abandened roadway.
The creek bank and bridge abutment is very steep and can be dangerous, please remain on the south side of the guardrail.

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