Route 66 crosses the South Canadian River just east of Hydro, OK...The "pony bridge" between Hinton Junction and Weatherford on Rt. 66 was completed in 1934. It consists of 38 pony trusses and at 3,944 feet, is the longest bridge on Rt. 66 in Oklahoma.
Just west of Hydro, OK on 66 we find "Lucilles Place"...This two-story service station wasy built by Carl Ditmore in 1929. It was conveniently located half a mile south of Hydro on Route 66 (which had been created only three years earlier). Carl and Lucille Arthurs Hamons acquired it in 1941 and Lucille ran it for almost 60 years. Se earned the nickname of "Mother of the Mother Road" and was the reason for Provine Station to be commonly known as Lucille's Place. Route 66 carried traffic past the service station from 1926 till I-40 was completed in 1971. Then it was bypassed by traffic using the safer and quicker expressway. The motel closed and Carl died that same year. But Lucille kept operating the station. She sold cold beer which the locals from nearby Weatherford -a dry town- found very appealing. She passed away on August 18, 2000.
