Treat for Tourists: Turnpike Offers a New View

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Coordinates 37.528529, -77.429329

Direction 347° (N)

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Source:: The Valentine
Collection:: Richmond Times-Dispatch Photograph Collection
Date:: 3/28/1958
Region:: Richmond, Virginia
(inherited from source)
Description:: Black and white photograph of construction of the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike; image is a panoramic view of the new toll road as it curves past the city to the North; Main Street Station is visible on the right side of the road; the downtown skyline and Medical College of Virginia buildings are visible to the left; construction supplies litter the in-progress roadway; Richmond, Virginia. Inscription: stamp __Red date stamp - Mar 28 1958; red "Two [star]" stamp __Verso Geographic Description: Richmond, Va. --Shockoe Valley (Richmond, Va.)
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