Thousand Islands International Bridge celebrates its 70th birthday (AP)
From The Associated Press thrpugh USA Today:
COLLINS LANDING, N.Y. (AP) — The Thousand Islands International Bridge is marking 70 years since its opening with a celebration planned for Aug. 16.
The celebration will run from noon to 3 p.m. and will include an ice cream social, a vintage car display and prizes. At night a fireworks display is planned over Boldt Castle, a six-story, 120-room Italian Renaissance-style mansion.
More than 85 million vehicles are estimated to have passed over the bridge system since President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King cut the ribbon on Aug. 18, 1938, before a crowd of 25,000 people.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2008-07-23-thousand-islands-bridge_N.htm
COLLINS LANDING, N.Y. (AP) — The Thousand Islands International Bridge is marking 70 years since its opening with a celebration planned for Aug. 16.
The celebration will run from noon to 3 p.m. and will include an ice cream social, a vintage car display and prizes. At night a fireworks display is planned over Boldt Castle, a six-story, 120-room Italian Renaissance-style mansion.
More than 85 million vehicles are estimated to have passed over the bridge system since President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King cut the ribbon on Aug. 18, 1938, before a crowd of 25,000 people.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2008-07-23-thousand-islands-bridge_N.htm
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