Just down stream of the Melvin Price Dam is what is claimed to be the only bridge in the US with a bend in it.   In search of solid rock foundations, the bridge turns about 20^O shortly past the midway point toward Missouri. Here since 1929, it carried Historic Route 66 for 30+ years and is now retired to pedestrian traffic only. It provides a great view of Chain of Rocks that runs the full width of the Mississippi and two early (1890s) stone towers that rise above the water like miniature castles.