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Pennington Bend bridge area, Nashville, Tennessee, between 1964 and 1983
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Pennington Bend bridge area, Nashville, Tennessee, between 1964 and 1983
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Title
Pennington
Bend
bridge
area
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
between
1964
and
1983
Topical entry
Bridges--Tennessee--Nashville
Farms--Tennessee--Nashville
Landscapes--Tennessee--Nashville
Rivers--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs
Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Pennington Bend (Nashville, Tenn.)
Cumberland River (Ky. and Tenn.)
Description
An
aerial
photograph
of the
Pennington
Bend
area
of the
Cumberland
River
,
located
approximately
12
miles
northeast
to
downtown
Nashville
,
Tennessee
. The
Pennington
Bend
bridge
, a
part
of the
highway
system
known
as
Briley
Parkway
, was
officially
opened
on
November
3
,
1965
. The
bridge
was a
badly
needed
crossing
,
replacing
the
Williams
Ferry
, a
little
eight-car
ferry
that was the
only
direct
river-crossing
route
between
the
Inglewood-Madison
and
Donelson
communities
. In
1967
, the
state
legislature
authorized
the
naming
of the
bridge
as the
Duke-Fuqua
Memorial
Bridge
in
honor
of
Marine
Sgt
.
Kenneth
Duke
and
2nd
Lieut
.
John
Edward
Fuqua
,
two
young
men
who
died
in
military
service
in the
Korean
war
and in
Vietnam
.
Forms
part
of
Record
Group
412
,
Photographs
Collection
.
1
photographic
print
,
color
;
3.5
x
3.5
in.
Publisher
Metropolitan
Nashville/Davidson
County
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
Date
between
1964
and
1983
Type
Still
Image
;
Negatives
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
RG 412 899 Aerials - Pennington Bend Bridge Area no date 008
Relation
Record
Group
412
Coverage
20th century
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 412
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