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D106882-1
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- 1957-05-18 (Creation)
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This sign stood at the Gig Harbor side of the road as drivers approached the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in 1957. The cost for a car and driver was 50 cents with each passenger costing an additional 10 cents. Tolls were charged on the Narrows Bridge from the first day that the 2nd bridge opened on October 14, 1950 as a means to pay for and maintain the bridge. In 1957, the average salary for a school teacher in the United States was $4,085, a coke cost 5 cents, and a copy of Life Magazine at the news stand was 25 cents. The toll on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge was removed in an official ceremony at 10:00 a.m. on May 14, 1965. According to information supplied by patron, the gentleman setting up the cones is Mark L. Hamilton, a former character actor in Hollywood and later Washington State Highways Department employee. Photograph ordered by Milton Weinberg Advertising Agency. TPL-6621
Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma); Bridges--Tacoma--1950-1960; Suspension bridges--Tacoma; Signs (Notices);