“This view presents (the) original Pass of the North (Paso del Norte). It shows the Rio Grande, Highway U.S. 80, the Canal and Santa Fe R.R. emerging from this famous pass. Across the river are seen mountains in Old Mexico and Mt. Cristo Rey with its “Christ the King” Statue overlooking the valley.” It used [...]
The original Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel was built between 1960 and 1964. It connects between Cape Charles, VA on the Delmarva Peninsula, and the cities of Virginia Beach and Norfolk in southeastern Virginia. Prior to the bridge-tunnel’s construction, one could either take a ferry (which, despite making as many as 90 crossings a day, was not [...]
“Bridge Spanning Cuyahoga River on Ohio Turnpike.” I don’t want to be too technical, but it appears that the bridge pictured is spanning the Ohio Turnpike. Unless, of course, they built the turnpike on the riverbed. Hope they don’t get a lot of rain! Actually, what I think is happening in this picture is that, [...]
This is one of many postcards that my Aunt Brenda picked up on our many trips to western Pennsylvania to see our extended family.
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