File:Construction Work on Key Bridge, June 1948.jpg

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June 1948 aerial photo of Francis Scott Key Bridge, the Potomac River bridge that connects Washington, D.C., and Rosslyn, Virginia

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English: Aerial photo, looking south-southeast, of Francis Scott Key Bridge, the Potomac River bridge that connects Washington, D.C., and Rosslyn, Virginia. Road traffic is visible: automobiles, trucks, a camper and and one PCC streetcar operated by the Capital Transit Company. Also visible are the beginnings of construction of the Whitehurst Freeway and the all-but-demolished piers of the Aqueduct Bridge. Taken in June 1948 by T. Welby Kines, one of three staff photographers of the United States Bureau of Public Roads.
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Source https://catalog.archives.gov/id/169152199
Author T. Welby Kines, staff photographer for the United States Bureau of Public Roads

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. Note: This only applies to original works of the Federal Government and not to the work of any individual U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, county, municipality, or any other subdivision. This template also does not apply to postage stamp designs published by the United States Postal Service since 1978. (See § 313.6(C)(1) of Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices). It also does not apply to certain US coins; see The US Mint Terms of Use.

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