Known facts
Names, dates, ownership, construction phases, and preservation work only get promoted when a source trail supports them.
Deep stop research
Who built it, owned it, saved it, and what still needs digging?
66 Roadies should not just say “old bridge” or “cool ruin.” Each stop can become a sourced dossier: owners, builders, road workers, bridge designers, preservation crews, source links, map evidence, and unresolved archive leads.
Open questions
If public sources do not name the contractor or workers, the page says so and points to highway records, deeds, bridge files, or newspapers.
Map evidence
Stories can tie into LiDAR, old roadbeds, bridges, culverts, aerials, and field GPS so travelers see why the place matters.
Seed dossiers
First researched story stops.
These are source-backed starters, not final book chapters. Worker names and original contractors are marked unresolved until we pull deeper records.
Research pipeline
How this gets deeper.
The next version should connect each story card to a map pin, source scans, archive notes, photos, and a research status label so roadies can help fill gaps without turning guesses into facts.
Public authority pass
NPS, National Register, HAER/HABS, state DOT, county history, and local preservation pages first.
Archive pass
Contract letting notices, county commission minutes, bridge inspection ledgers, deeds, newspapers, and payroll clues.
Field pass
Photos, LiDAR, aerial overlays, GPS traces, oral histories, and preservation-owner interviews attached as evidence.