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  • RAINBOWBRIDGE In Riverton, Kansas, the Marsh Arch bridge over Brush Creek is the only surviving bridge of this type on the entire length of Route 66. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 8 | THE TEXAS SPUR
    RAINBOWBRIDGE In Riverton, Kansas, the Marsh Arch bridge over Brush Creek is the only surviving bridge of this type on the entire length of Route 66. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 8 | THE TEXAS SPUR
  • ATTHE MARSH ARCH BRIDGE in Riverton, Kansas, photographers Rick Pulley and Tammy Roberts took advantage of the scenic spot for some publicity takes. Pulley, also a musician, supports a veterans project called Bands <4> Brothers | THE TEXAS SPUR
    ATTHE MARSH ARCH BRIDGE in Riverton, Kansas, photographers Rick Pulley and Tammy Roberts took advantage of the scenic spot for some publicity takes. Pulley, also a musician, supports a veterans project called Bands <4> Brothers | THE TEXAS SPUR
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    BARBARA BRANNON

    ROUTE 66 RAMBLE, PART 4: KANSAS

    Of the eight states through which Route 66 once passed—and its historic remnants still do—Kansas claims the least, by far. But that 12.8-mile-long elbow jutting into the state’s southeasternmost corner has played an outsized role in the culture of the Mother Road, and in its survival for …