LUDLOW – (INT) – It may be a while before nostalgic motorists can take a ride along the length of the Mother Road in the San Bernardino County Desert.

Eighty miles of Old Route 66 – now known as National Trails Highway – were closed by last summer’s intense storms.

Roni Edis at the County Department of Public Works says flash floods inflicted millions of dollars of damage.

“Roads were washed out. Bridges were damaged as water went up behind the wing walls adjacent to the bridges undermining the road.”

The first 18-mile segment of damaged road in the Ludlow area was reopened Friday. But, it won’t be until late January that all the repairs have been made, weather permitting.

Story Date: November 15, 2014