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Title
Correct bridge safety hazard
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1960
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated April 7, 1960 reads, "Workmen begin widening of Moorpark street bridge over Tujunga Wash from two to four lanes. Project will cost $55,526 and is scheduled for completion in less than four months. Contract calls for widening bridge between Radford and Gentry avenues as well as its approaches and installing street lighting and storm drains. It will eliminate longtime hazard of four-lane thoroughfare narrowing into two lanes of traffic over bridge."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00113911
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d014_f35_i26
CARL0005286156
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/47928
Subject
Construction and demolition debris--California--San Fernando Valley
Construction workers--California--San Fernando Valley
Bridges--California--San Fernando Valley
Bridges--California--San Fernando Valley--Design and construction
Electric lines--Poles and towers
Men--California--San Fernando Valley
Streets--California--San Fernando Valley
Moorpark Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Tujunga Wash (Calif.)
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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