- City:
- Dallas, PA
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
“WPA’s legacy is visible today in those and many other ways” in Wilkes-Barre. “Travel was made easier when the East End Boulevard was straightened out and crucial highway links in the Back Mountain and West Side areas were constructed, all by WPA workers.”
Source notes
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: "Area still benefits from jobs program created during Depression," 2011. https://archive.timesleader.com/2011_7/2011_09_04_Area_still_benefits_from_jobs_program_created_during_Depression_-news.htmlSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on September 16, 2015.
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