Captree Bridge Construction, N.Y.

View of a line of pilings being set into a narrow channel between two islands (Captree Island and Oak Beach) as part of the construction of the Captree State Parkway Bridge (later renamed the Robert Moses Causeway) linking Fire Island to West Bay Shore in Islip, Suffolk County. The bridge opened in 1954.
Identifier
NYSA_B1598-99_4719
Date Original
October 20 1951
Language
English
Source
New York State Archives, Aerial photographic prints and negatives of New York State sites, 1941-1957, B1598-99. Box 5, Folder 88 Negative Number 4719
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Geographic Locations

Long Island
Suffolk County