Toll Road Cuts Wide Swath through Downtown
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Source:
The Valentine
Collection:
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photograph Collection
Date:
6/2/1957
Region:
Richmond, Virginia
(inherited from source)
Description:
Black and white aerial photograph of construction of the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike in Richmond, Virginia; image shows a large dirt channel cut through the landscape; construction vehicles dot the roadway; train tracks are on the right of the image; a parking lot is on the left; a residential area is in the background. Inscription: stamp __Red date stamp - Jun 2 1957; red "Three [star]" stamp __Verso Geographic Description: Richmond, Va. --Jackson Ward (Richmond, Va.) --Shockoe Valley (Richmond, Va.) --Shockoe Bottom (Richmond, Va.)
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By:
John Pole
Date:
Mar 18, 2026
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Aerial Georeference submitted by John Pole
Mar 18, 2026 10:49 AM
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