Hot cheese dogs at the Nite Owl, on Eastern Avenue in Fall River. (July 1999 photo)

East of Fall River headed toward New Bedford is this classic four lane divided highway. Elsewhere, similar road styles were built along Route 6 in the late 1930s and 1940s, especially as bypasses to downtown areas. (July 1999 photo)

This classic amusement park, initially connected to Fall River and New Bedford by trolley, was closed in 1987. (July 1999 photo)

This is the four-lane divided Route 6 looking west from New Bedford toward Lincoln Park and Fall River. Lincoln Park is about five miles ahead. It opened in 1894 and over the twentieth century contained all of the accoutrements of amusement parks of the time, from roller coaster to big band entertainment. (October 2000 photo)