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Title: Elvas Freeway
Date Created and/or Issued: 1945
Contributing Institution: Sacramento Public Library
Collection: Sacramento Room Photographs
Rights Information: This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Description: This 1945 photo shows the Elvas Freeway, a north-south artery that crossed the American River and was designed to relieve pressure on the 12th and 16th street viaducts. The freeway went through a $5.5 million expansion in 1955, swelling to six lanes by 1962.
Type: image
Identifier: 1438
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll1/id/2363
Subject: Freeways and Highways
Source: Sacramento Room Photograph Collection

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