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The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed San Francisco's Merced Boulevard during the Great Depression. Healy, p. 43: This improvement contributed to the State plan of connecting main highways by broad intersecting arteries, in this case making an arterial connection from Sunset Boulevard around Lake Merced to Skyline Boulevard and to Junipero Serra and Alemany Boulevards and to Highway 101, thus aiding the traffic problem and producing a landscaped boulevard of rare value for recreation and scenic beauty, skirting the shores of Lake Merced. The work performed consisted of grading, rocking and surfacing a finished 60 foot drive, more than three miles long....