1956 Map of Richmond
USGS Topo · Published 1959About this map
The James River and its rocky islands, including Belle Isle, anchor this mid-century portrait of Virginia’s capital during a period of significant infrastructural change. The 1958 addition of the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike is clearly visible, slicing through the urban grid and shifting the city's transport logic away from the legacy rail lines of the Southern Railway and Seaboard Air Line Railroad. Beyond the commercial core, the map detail extends to the residential and institutional character of neighborhoods like Ginter Park and Windsor Farms.
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