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Claude C. Matlack Photographs

Highway construction at Seven Mile Bridge, 1937 October 5.

"Constrution like this extends for more than six and a half miles. The large beams rest on concrete pillars that formerly supported the railroad. Concrete slabs will be placed on top of the hole to form a railway 20 feet wide. Overseas Highway, Florida Keys. Pigeon Key trussel [sic]. October 5, 1937." -- original caption.

Credit: Claude Matlack Collection, Historical Museum of Southern Florida.

Image number: Matlack 287-13

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