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MAYO BRIDGE, FOOT 14TH STREET, RICHMOND, VA.
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Beautiful and Historical Richmond, Va. Series
NO. 32 MAYO BRIDGE
(FOOT OF 14th STREET).
RICHMOND, VA.
This handsome steel and concrete structure
replaces the "old" Mayo bridge, over which
the Confederate Army, defending Richmond,
retreated, just before the evacuation and
burning of the City in April, 1864. The new
bridge begins at the south end of 14th Street,
and crossing the Mayo's Island, it joins the
two portions of the City lying on the north
and south banks of the James River, and
furnishes an important traffic artery for the
commercial life of the community. It
erected by the City of Richmond at a cost
of $300,000.00 and completed and opened to
the public in September, 1913. From abutment
to abutment it has a length of 1,775 feet.
Visitors to Paris will probably notice its re-
semblance to the famous "Point Neuf,' cross-
ing the Seine near Notre Dame.
was
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