Highway work in Merced

By Jesse Chenault on September 22, 2009 12:56 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

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Highway 99 construction

March 21, 1961

Downtown Merced


This looks like the Highway 99 overpass on the west side of town. This overpass is getting an upgrade starting in December. It's going to be widened to six lanes.  



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Highway 99 construction

March 21, 1961

Downtown Merced


Here's an artsy shot of the construction. 



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Highway 99 construction

March 21, 1961

Downtown Merced


It's difficult to determine where exactly this shot was taken but it was captured the same day as the other two. 


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This page contains a single entry by Jesse Chenault published on September 22, 2009 12:56 AM.

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Jesse Chenault is the copy desk chief at the Sun-Star and a former staff photographer. The purpose of this blog is to share photos from the newspaper's archives that hopefully spur a discussion about our area's history, photography or the events, people and places pictured here. Feel free to log in and contribute information about the pictures. He'll try to give as many details as he can about names, dates, places but some of the information is fairly sketchy. E-mail him at jchenault@mercedsun-star.com. Find recent content on the main index or look in the archives to find all content.

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