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Source Collection
Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0452.01.os005_007.002
Description
Paddle steamer "Belle Carol" near Mud Island, Memphis, Tennessee, with the view upstream of the Mississippi River and the Hernando de Soto Bridge under construction on December 28, 1971. Photographer: Bob Williams.
Designed to connect Arkansas and Memphis, construction of the bridge began in 1967 and the first automobile traffic began using it in August 1973.
Date Created
2021
Date
1971 December 28
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Recommended Citation
"Hernando de Soto Bridge, Memphis, 1971" (2021). Memphis. 295.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal4/295
Keywords
Hernando de Soto Bridge (Memphis, Tenn.).
