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Victory Memorial Bridge construction, Nashville, Tennessee, 1953
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Title
Victory
Memorial
Bridge
construction
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
1953
Corporate name
Nashville Bridge Company--History--Sources
Topical entry
Bridges--Tennessee--Nashville
Central business districts--Tennessee--Nashville
Rivers--Tennessee--Nashville
Bridges--Design and construction--Tennessee--Nashville
Engineering--Tennessee--Nashville
Transportation--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs
Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Cumberland River (Ky. and Tenn.)
Victory Memorial Bridge (Nashville, Tenn.)
Description
Pictured
:
Construction
crews
working
on an
early
phase
of
Nashville’s
Victory
Memorial
Bridge
in
1953
. This
bridge
connects
the
public
square
and the
central
business
district
, on the
western
side
of the
Cumberland
River
, to
Main
Street
in
East
Nashville
.
M
.
S
.
Poteat’s
firm
was
contracted
to
building
the
bridge
approaches
, as
well
as the
bridge
substructure
. For the
final
phase
, the
superstructure
and
decking
, the
contract
went
to the
Nashville
Bridge
Company
.
State
engineer
Roy
Higgs
was in
charge
of the
project
. The
Victory
Memorial
Bridge
originated
in
part
from a
1948
public
movement
to
recognize
Nashville
and
Davidson
County
military
soldier
casualties
from
World
War
II
;
officials
later
favored
a
joint
memorial
including
Korean
war
names
.
Constructed
of
1,900
feet
of
modern
steel
in
stone
,
it
officially
opened
May
19
,
1956
, with
Mayor
Ben
West
cutting
the
ribbon
and
reading
a
poem
titled
“The
Bridge
Builder”
by
local
poet
Miss
Will
Allen
Dromgoole
.
Victory
Memorial
Bridge
formally
opened
May
19
,
1956
, as a
special
feature
of the
Armed
Forces
Day
parade
and
celebration
Forms
part
of
Record
Group
3
,
Metro
Davidson
County
Photographer
.
1
photograph
negative
:
b
&
w
;
4
x
5
in.
Publisher
Metropolitan
Nashville/Davidson
County
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
Date
1953
Type
Still
Image
;
Negatives
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
RG 3 228 Bridges 002
Relation
Record
Group
3
Coverage
1950-1959
Rights
U.S
. and
international
copyright
laws
protect
this
digital
content
,
which
is
provided
for
educational
purposes
only
and
may
not be
downloaded
,
reproduced
, or
distributed
for any
other
purpose
without
written
permission
.
Please
contact
the
Metro
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5880
.
Location
Closed Stacks, Metro Archives RG 3
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