Crowd at Dedication of Tri-Level Highway Overpass, Willow Run, Michigan, 1942
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Built by Ford Motor Company to mass produce World War II B-24 bombers, Willow Run was more than 20 miles from Detroit. To connect the plant with existing roadways, workers rapidly constructed a new expressway with state-of-the-art grade separations. Crowds celebrated the highway's momentous completion - one of many urgent wartime defense preparations - at this dedication ceremony in 1942.
Built by Ford Motor Company to mass produce World War II B-24 bombers, Willow Run was more than 20 miles from Detroit. To connect the plant with existing roadways, workers rapidly constructed a new expressway with state-of-the-art grade separations. Crowds celebrated the highway's momentous completion - one of many urgent wartime defense preparations - at this dedication ceremony in 1942.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
September 1942
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.77025.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
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