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Blue Hills Parkway Sidewalks – Milton MA

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Landscaping and Tree Planting, Parks and Recreation, Sidewalks and Stairs
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
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Description

Description of a W.P.A. project:

“Blue Hills Parkway; in the early spring of 1939, work will be started on the construction of a bituminous concrete walk from Kahler Avenue to Canton Avenue. The major items of work are the construction of 6,900 linear feet of 6-ft. wide bituminous concrete walk, regrading, loaming and seeding of 920 linear feet of 9-ft. wide planting space and 4,600 linear feet of 5-ft. wide planting space.”

Source notes

"Annual report of the Metropolitan District Commission," by Massachusetts Metropolitan District Commission (1938 volume; pg. 19)

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 12, 2018.

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Location Info

Blue Hills Pkwy.
Milton, MA

Coordinates: 42.254207, -71.093625

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