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Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Call number of Original
81989C
Creation Date
12-11-1955
Format of Original
4 x 5" gelatin silver negative
Description
Article caption:
"A Many Bridged Twin-Lane Ribbon Cuts Through the Maine Countryside.
The Nation’s newest superhighway opens Tuesday when the Maine Turnpike Extension admits its first paying user. Peaceful Maine countryside from Portland to Augusta is sliced by the Extension’s long, thin line."
Photo published in the Portland Sunday Telegram, on 11 December 1955.
Recommended Citation
"Maine Turnpike Construction, 1955" (1955). 1950's. 3.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/decades_1950/3
Keywords
Highways, Maine Turnpike
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