McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 046

Title: McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 046
Description: Caption: "Mississippi River Bridge Under Construction, New Orleans, June 14, 1934." View of the Huey P. Long Bridge while under construction. The cantilevered steel through truss bridge, designed by Ralph Modjeski, spans the Mississippi River between Elmwood and Bridge City. It opened to traffic in 1935.
Contributor: Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996.
Coverage: Mississippi River, Louisiana
Date: 6/14/1934
Format: JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier: 96-07-08-alb11-046
Language: English
Publisher: California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Source: Image of an item within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
Subject: Huey P. Long Bridge, Mississippi River, Louisiana
Type: Still Image