Vintage Traffic Scenes

A collection of vintage photographs showcasing traffic on mid-century highways, featuring classic cars, trucks, and a nostalgic urban landscape.

Vintage photograph. Traffic coming off of overpass. Lincoln Tunnel, Weehawken, New Jersey

Bayshore Highway. Original caption: Bayshore Highway - U.S. Route 101 Alternate, looking south from north of Butler Street overcrossing. Photo by: California Dept. of Public Works, Div. of Highways. State: California. Place: San Francisco.

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana opens the Drechttunnel; View of the tunnel tubes. November 15, 1977. Dordrecht, South Holland

East Tri-Level bridge (National Defense Access project), Willow Run Freeway System. Original caption: East Tri-Level bridge (National Defense Access project), Willow Run Freeway System. Photo by Michigan State Highway Department. State: Michigan. Place: Willow Run Freeway.

Terminal Island Freeway. Original caption: Terminal Island Freeway, looking south from State Street overhead to Anaheim viaduct. State: California. Place: Los Angeles.

Anefo photo collection. Coentunnel approaches completion, way to Coentunnel entrance. March 29, 1966

Interchange to U.S. 190 and the Mississippi River Bridge. Original caption: Interchange to U. S. 190 and the Mississippi River Bridge, which is the west entrance into Baton Rouge, Louisiana. March 19, 1952. State: Louisiana.

Aerial photo of the yard of the N.S. station Venlo.

Approach Punt Road Bridge. March 17, 1950.

USA, New York State, New York city, East River Drive south from 54th Street

Anefo photo collection. The Oosterscheldebrug (Zeeland Bridge) under construction. Bridges. October 17, 1965. Colijnsplaat, Zeeland, Zierikzee

Vintage photograph. View of the Brooklyn Plaza and entrance, Brooklyn Battery Tunnel

Vintage Photograph. Traffic on George Washington Bridge looking towards New York.

Vintage Photograph. Heavy traffic stopped in front of toll gates on the Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge

Stuttgart570 Historical Air Running from the Stuttgart Shadow Ring from 1959

Road approach to Administration Building at Washington National Airport, Washington, DC. Original caption: Road approach to Administration Building at Washington National Airport, Washington, D. C. The approach was constructed with the aid of Federal funds, administered through the Public Roads Administration of the Federal Works Agency. Photograph by Federal Works Agency, Photo by Wilson - Negative No. F-1620. State: Virginia.

Expressway, Autobahn, seen from above, traffic, traffic ways

Vintage Photograph. Aerial view of Long Island Highway.

Image of the transport of a freight wagon of the N.S. On a trailer of a truck ("wagon trailer" or "roller car transport") in Eindhoven.

Hollywood Parkway - Barham to Vineland. Original caption: Looking northerly from Lankershim toward Vineland. State: California.

Arriving In San Francisco -- Main artery of the city from the South is Bayshore Boulevard, shown here looking North at the Intersection with third street. The downtown buildings can be seen at a distance, in the upper center of the photo. October 1, 1947. (Photo by Wide World Photos).

New York, New York: c. 1930 The Westside Express Highway at Canal Street.

Vintage Photograph. Interior of the new tube in Lincoln Tunnel.

Anefo photo collection. unknown . Anti-glare on motorway 4a, Haarlemmermeer-Ypenburg workers bring the anti-release. October 10, 1962

USA, New York, New York City, Traffic jam in city

Vintage Photograph. Cars in heavy traffic massed in front of toll gates on the Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge

Bologna-florence motorway. rio della piazza viaduct. 1964.

Vintage Photograph. A tank trunk on the highway.

View of the railway crossing in the Rijksstraatweg in Hardegarijp.

At Albano station for electrification.

Vintage Photograph. Air view of the New Jersey Turnpike.

1950s CAR BUS AND TRUCK TRAFFIC CROSSING THE BEN FRANKLIN BRIDGE FINISHED IN 1926 BETWEEN CAMDEN NJ AND PHILADELPHIA PA USA

Vintage car parked on the road

Anefo photo collection. Pressed traffic, direction Gooi and Veluwe stood enormous files. October 4, 1964. Amstelveen

Intersection of Klingle Rd and Porter Street, NW. Original caption: Entrance and exit lanes to Klingle Road at intersection of Porter Street, NW, Washington, DC April 1951. State: District of Columbia. Place: Washington.

Poll photo collection. Israel: Herzlia (Herzliya). Parking on the coast with a building in the scaffolding on the eight region. undated. Herzliya, Israel

Anefo photo collection. Opening of the E10, the new highway between Breda and Antwerp, by. The bus containing Queen Juliana and King Baudouin on the new road. January 17, 1972. Antwerp, Belgium, Breda, Noord-Brabant

View of the Provincialeweg between Vinkeveen and Loenersloot near Loenersloot, with the connection to Rijksweg 2 to the right.

Bayshore Freeway. Original caption: Bayshore Freeway, U. S. 101 Bypass showing divided roadways with pedestrian overhead crossing in background. South San Francisco, San Mateo County, California. Photo by: California Highways and Public Works State Department of Public Works Division of Highways Sacramento, California. State: California. Place: San Francisco.

Road signs near Flagstaff, Arizona, circa 1948

Vintage Photograph. Traffic on the George Washington Bridge, looking toward Manhattan, New York City, Frame 2

USA-Roads. January 21, 1949.

Children, walkers, cyclists crowded the motorway at the Kamen intersection on 9 December 1973, the 3rd carless Sunday due to the oil crisis. The motorway could only be used with special permission

Vintage Photograph. Gooseneck Hill Route 3 in Rhode Island.

Vintage Photograph. A truck on the highway.

Road port under the railway.

Vintage Photograph. Queens Midtown Tunnel Traffic in New York City.

Photo collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection Photo collection Government information service own, photo number 156-1400. 1956

Cahuenga Pass Expressway. Original caption: Cahuenga Pass Expressway, Los An geles, California. Photos by T. W. Kines, Aug. 22, 1948. State: California. Place: Los Angeles.

Vintage Photograph. Jacobs Ladder looking West at US 8 in Beckett Massachusetts.

Madrid, 24/06/1995. One dead and three roads cut off after the impressive downpour.

USA, California, View of motorway along Santa Monica beach

V1 Flying Bomb An excellent low aerial oblique view showing adjacent V1 bomb damage sites in Lewisham, London. Lewisham Road is the main thoroughfare in the centre of the picture. The flying bomb sites shown are Granville Park (June 1944), Lewisham Hill (top right, June 1944) and Cressingham Road in July 1944.

Melbourne Australia December 1999 Congested streets of Melbourne during the 1990s capturing the city s bustling urban life and traffic gridlock

Anefo photo collection. Motorists from Bijlmermeer in a long procession to town hall to protest against parking rates. March 9, 1978

Vintage Photograph. Truck on road.

Photo collection Government information service. Traffic, city of Amsterdam. City traffic. Treblaan bus and tram tram. 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Work for free tram track on Vrijheidslaan, Amsterdam. August 1, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

GDR, Plauen, 25.03.1990, motorway near Plauen, Thuringia, Wartburg (car), W50 Laster (truck), DEKO Plauen

Vintage Photograph. Midtown tunnel traffic in NY City.

Santa Rosa Freeway. Original caption: Aerial view of Santa Rosa Freeway, on U.S. 101, looking north. Photo by: California Highways and Public Works, State Department of Public Works, Division of Highways, Sacramento, California. State: California. Place: Santa Rosa.

Vintage Photograph. Air view looking northwest completed Santa Ana Freeway showing Lakewood Cloverleaf Traffic Interchange System.

USA, Texas, Dallas, Traffic with skyline in the background

Anefo photo collection. Storm surveillance Oosterschelde ready; Overview. September 8, 1986

Anefo photo collection. File on the way Utrecht to Amsterdam at ABCOUDE exit. 11 February 1973. Abcoude, Amsterdam, Utrecht

Vintage Photograph. Hollywood Freeway in Cahuenga Pass showing Highland Avenue turn off on far right. Hollywood at top corner, California

Beirut-City has a lot of traffic jams day and night

Anefo photo collection. Traffic signs Maximum speed 70, 80 and 90 km along highway. November 14, 1967

Link road. 1967.

Car driving on elevated road, mountain in background

Madrid, July 1972. A caravan made up of cars in an exit operation.

Intersection from Pelham Parkway to Hutchinson River Parkway showing sign and cars rounding feeder road to parkway, Bronx, New York

First Traffic On San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge -- A view of the San Francisco side of the world's largest bride shortly after it was opened to traffic for the first time on November 12th. President Roosevelt pressed a key in his office in Washington which officially opened the new bridge. November 14, 1936. (Photo by Wide World Photos).

District Reporting Växjö. Carriage Bear Transport

Vintage photograph. Cars entering Lincoln Tunnel

One of the long bridges linking the keys on the overseas highway from Miami to Key West, Florida , Bridges, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

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