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Photo 48-IMA-26

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Campus ---- cafe and unnamed motel.

The sign appears to read: Campus Queen along with a classic EAT neon sign. A filling and service station is visible equipped with both a garage and twin pump islands. Prior to 1968, the highway in the foreground was designated as Bypass US 40 & Bypass US 66. The junction of these two highways occurred less than a 1/4 mile east in a triangular interchange with 40 coming from the south and 66 coming in from the north. By 1968, I-270 had been constructed, the triangular interchange had been removed and all US highway designators had been dropped from the pavement in front of the complex. Another, and likely separate motel complex appears at left.

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