| Summary: | Color photographic view of Cochrane Bridge with cars crossing over Mobile Bay in Mobile, AL. Postmarked March 5, 1931. Divided back postcard.Printed on front: 'Cochrane Bridge, Mobile, Ala. -- 80'. Printed on back: 'Cochrane Bridge, across the headwaters of Mobile Bay, is 10 1/2 miles long, and cost $2,500,000. It crosses the mouth of five rivers, emptying into Mobile Bay and is one of the longest bridges of its kind in the world. It is an important link in the Old Spanish Trail connecting Mobile, Alabama, with Pensacola, Florida. The center span of this bridge is one block long and lifts vertically, 135 feet above the water allowing passage of the largest steamships.' , 'Made in the U.S.A. By E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee', '14699'.Written on back: 'Hey Ruth - I bet you are sure having a nice time today. Am I right. From L.Y.E.'
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