Hernando de Soto Bridge, Memphis, 1972

Creators

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Source Collection

Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

Identifier

sc.0452.01.os005_007.001

Description

Aerial view looking downstream of the Hernando de Soto Bridge under construction across the Mississippi River with Memphis, Tennessee, on the left.

Designed to connect Memphis and Arkansas, construction of the bridge began in 1967 and the first automobile traffic started using it in August 1973.

Date Created

2021

Date

1972 April 25

Rights

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Recommended Citation

"Hernando de Soto Bridge, Memphis, 1972" (2021). Memphis. 354.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal4/354