Now 60 is legal, Highway 401 is getting signs to make 60-mile-an-hour driving legal

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Now 60 is legal, Highway 401 is getting signs to make 60-mile-an-hour driving legal

Date5/29/1959

Names

Roworth, Eddie (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Now 60 is legal; Highway 401 is getting signs to make 60-mile-an-hour driving legal.

Subject

Express highways

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0008361F

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