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I-20 at Longview: 1967 and 2001

A band and drill team marked the I-20 opening in 1967. Billy Donovan returned to these locations in 2001. Compare both pairs of photographs, including the change in clearance beneath the bridge.

From the TexasFreeway archive

Source: TxDOT archive library

The same places, thirty-four years apart.

A closer look

I-20 at Longview: 1967 and 2001

View A · May 1967 and July 2001

Source: TxDOT archive library
I-20 dedication ceremony at Longview · View A

Photo contributed by Billy Donovan.
I-20 at Estes Parkway in 2001 · View A
Same location on July 7, 2001.

View B · May 1967 and July 2001

Source: TxDOT archive library
I-20 dedication ceremony at Longview · View B

Photo contributed by Billy Donovan.
I-20 at Estes Parkway in 2001 · View B
Same location on July 7, 2001. Notice that the bridge clearance has been reduced by asphalt overlay.

I-20 at Longview: 1967 and 2001

I-20 dedication ceremony at Longview · View A

I-20 at Estes Parkway in 2001 · View A

I-20 dedication ceremony at Longview · View B

I-20 at Estes Parkway in 2001 · View B