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File:Photographic copy of September 16, 1931 New Orleans Morning Tribune newspaper article. Located in a photo album at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, HAER LA-17-63.tif

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Photographic copy of September 16, 1931 New Orleans Morning Tribune newspaper article. Located in a photo album at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Archives Center, Work and Industry Division, Washington, D.C.; SEPTEMBER 16, 1931 NEW ORLEANS MORNING TRIBUNE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE AND PICTURE OF BRIDGE BID OPENING FEATURING LOUISIANA GOVERNOR HUEY LONG, NEW ORLEANS MAYOR WALMSLEY, STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN O.K. ALLEN AND PUBLIC BELT RAILROAD CHIEF ENGINEER ROBERT BARCLAY. - Huey P. Long Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River approximately midway between nine and twelve mile points upstream from and west of New Orleans, Jefferson, Jefferson Parish, LA
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Modjeski, Masters and Chase, Inc., engineer; Siems-Helmers, Inc., builder; American Bridge Company, builder; McDonald Engineering Company, builder; McClintic-Marshall Corporation, builder; Paul M. Brignac Electric and Machine Company, builder; Jack Harris and National Construction Company, builder; Calloway, Deborah, transmitter; Coco and Company, contractor
Depicted place Louisiana; Jefferson Parish; Jefferson
Date Documentation compiled after 1968; 2005
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER LA-17-63
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  • Significance: The Huey P. Long Bridge, the first bridge to cross the Mississippi River in Louisiana, was named for governor during whose administration it was built. It is still considered a major engineering accomplishment and was recognized as the world's longest steel trestle railroad bridge at 22,996' (4.36 miles of structure) in length. It has two railroad tracks between two trusses and two, two-lane highways bracketed to the outside. It was built during the depression of the 1930s at a cost of $12.8 million. The bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1071
  • Survey number: HAER LA-17
  • Building/structure dates: 1935 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/la0507.photos.221228p
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