Ohio66 presents an in-depth look at the circumstances surrounding the departure of George Maharis from route 66 in the middle of the third season.
Thanks to Doug Dawson for the photos and commentary on this episode.
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Street Signs Close-up of street signs where "A Bridge Across 5 Days" begins. |
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Prospect & Paradise The corner of Prospect and Paradise Aves, near Spring Grove State Hospital in Catonsville, MD. |
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Baltimore Marine Repair Yards As far as I could discover this is what's left of the Baltimore Marine Repair Yards, where Tod and Buz worked in "A Bridge Across 5 Days." |
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Baltimore Marine Repair Yards Another part of the former Baltimore Marine Repair Yards. This building may have been used for scenes inside the repair yards' personnel office. |
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A Derelict Building ... at Spring Grove State Hospital, long since boarded up after the hospital's population began to decline. |
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Campus A part of Spring Grove's sprawling campus that is still functioning, albeit with considerably lessened staff and patient population since Tod and Buz' visit in the fall of 1961. |
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Looking up ...at the same statue of Jesus as in photo 10. |
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COME unto ME... This touching quote provides the succor and emotional support Buz sought in the quest for his birth mother and also provides touching and fitting closing words for this episode. |
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