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D9946-5
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- 1940-07-01 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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On July 1, 1940, the 1923 Lincoln Touring Car carrying Governor Clarence D. Martin and Tacoma Mayor Harry P. Cain led the parade of vehicles that drove across the 1st Narrows Bridge - and back again - after the official ribbon cutting on the Tacoma end of the bridge. Once the Governor's vehicle had returned to the starting point, the bridge was open to the general public. 2,053 cars crossed the bridge the first day of operations; there was no accurate count of the thousands of pedestrians who took advantage of the "no-tolls for walkers" policy that day. (T.Times, 7-2-40, p. 1)
Suspension bridges--Tacoma; Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma); Governors; Martin, Clarence D., 1887-1955;