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Title
D9946-16
Date(s)
- 1940-07-01 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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(First) Tacoma Narrows Bridge Opening Ceremonies. The bridge is opened to the general public for the first time on July 1, 1940. Good view of toll plaza and the stream of cars waiting to drive onto the 6.4 million dollar bridge. More than 2000 cars claimed the privilege of traveling across the bridge on the first day of operation; others chose a different mode of transportation--feet--to cross the span linking Tacoma to the peninsula area. (T.Times, 7-1-40, p.1)
Suspension bridges--Tacoma; Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma); Dedications--Tacoma; Pedestrians;