Ribbon cutting ceremony for US 1 expansion, 1964
Item
Title
Ribbon cutting ceremony for US 1 expansion, 1964
Description
Photograph published in the Stuart News (8 Oct 1964) with caption "Cutting the ribbon to open U. S. 1 through Stuart are Mrs. John H. Monahan and her daughter, Suzen, to the obvious pleasure of Monahan, District 4 Road Board member, and Governor Bryant." The ceremony marked the completion of a decades long expansion of Hwy US 1 into four lanes and a new span of Roosevelt Bridge, a project that first began in 1945 and followed previously competed expansions of US 1 through Palm Beach, Broward, Dade and Duval counties.
Creator
Source
Scan gift of Sandra Thurlow.
Publisher
Stuart News (Stuart, Fla.)
Rights
No Copyright - In the United States: The Martin County Library System believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. For more information, visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Format
Black and white negative; 4x5 inches
Language
English
Type
Still Image
Identifier
Thurlow-2025-008-buildings-046
2025.008
Coverage
Original Format
Negatives
Collection
Citation
Arthur Ruhnke (1912-1986), “Ribbon cutting ceremony for US 1 expansion, 1964,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/12740.