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Mississippi River Bridges
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The caption from this 1930s photograph reads:
"Old Man River" With the _____ Bridge and the U.S. Marine Hospital in Foreground
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The caption from this 1950s/1960s postcard reads:
"EASTERN GATEWAY TO ARKANSAS. This picturesque view of the Memphis-Arkansas Bridge across the Mississippi River was taken at sunset. Across the river at the far end of Bridge is West Memphis, the Eastern Gateway to Arkansas."
Click photo to enlarge. Postcard published by Bluff City News Co., Memphis, Tenn |
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| Mississippi River Bridges, 1920s |
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Bridges over the Mississippi River
From 1960s postcard
C. B. S. Card Service, 501 Franklin Drive, Paris, Tn. 38242 |
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The caption from this 1950s/1960s postcard reads:
The Memphis-Arkansas bridge, spanning the Mississippi River, making Memphis the great connecting link between the Southeast and the Southwest.
Click photo to enlarge. Bluff City News Co., Memphis, Tenn |
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The caption from this 1950s/1960s postcard reads:
BRIDGES OVER MISSISSIPPI RIVER at Memphis, Tennessee.
Click photo to enlarge. Bluff City News Co., Memphis, Tenn |
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Submitted by: Ken : 19 Sep 2008, 14:38
After they built the Memphis-Arkansas bridge, they removed the auto lanes
on each side of the old Harahan Bridge. Just before they did, my friend
Robert Harrell and I drove down to take a look. They had already placed
barricades across the lanes, but, being teenage boys, we just moved the
barricades and drove across. It was hard to drive across because there
were already pieces of asphalt and holes that you could look down and see
the river below you. We decided not to come back the other way, but instead
drove around to the new bridge.
Ken Berryhill, Central High class of '48
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