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Title: McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 046
Contributor: Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996
Date Created and/or Issued: 6/14/1934
Publication Information: California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Contributing Institution: California State Archives
Collection: McCarthy (William M.) Photograph Collection
Rights Information: © 2017 by the California State Archives, a division of the Secretary of State’s Office. Contact the owner for more information at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246.
Description: Caption: "Mississippi River Bridge Under Construction, New Orleans, June 14, 1934." View of the Huey P. Long Bridge while under construction. The cantilevered steel through truss bridge, designed by Ralph Modjeski, spans the Mississippi River between Elmwood and Bridge City. It opened to traffic in 1935.
Type: image
Format: JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier: 96-07-08-alb11-046
http://exhibits.sos.ca.gov/items/show/9395
http://exhibits.sos.ca.gov/files/original/4a39246817095ebeece06f73625cf722.jpg
Language: English
Subject: Huey P. Long Bridge, Mississippi River, Louisiana
Place: Mississippi River, Louisiana
Source: Image of an item within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)

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