Belmont St. Reconstruction – Worcester MA

City:
Worcester, MA

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Description

Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) reconstructed Belmont Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. WPA Bulletin:

WPA in Worcester removed electric car rails on Belmont Street from Shrewsbury Street to Lake Bridge and is installing safety islands in the center of the highway.

 

Source notes

Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: Oct. 12, 1936 (pg. 2) https://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unit

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 16, 2017.

Location Info


Belmont St.
Worcester, MA

Coordinates: 42.273869, -71.764150

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