San Francisco Bay Toll-Bridge

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Stock #:606155
Type: Postcard
Era: White Border
City: San Mateo
State: California (CA)
County: San Mateo
Publisher: Pacific Novelty Co.
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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World's longest bridge-7.1 miles long spans San Francisco Bay from San Mateo to Mt. Eden; cost $7,500,000; monolithic construction, except for five steel spans (300 feet each) across deep water channel. Central span is a lift span, giving a clearance of 135 feet when raised, to allow vessels to pass. It reduces automobile travel between San Francisco and Central and Southern California points by thirty minutes.

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