- City:
- McNeill, MS
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1936
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
Description
The concrete bridge constructed by the Works Progress Administration over the Hobolichitto Creek (also spelled Hobolochitto) was 100 feet wide and part of the county’s farm to market road program. It was constructed 5 miles from McNeill for a cost of $6,304. It has since been replaced.
Source notes
Mississippi WPA Projects are Approved. (Jul 16, 1935). Biloxi Daily Herald, p. 17.
Alliston OK's Work here Awaiting Federal Grant. (Aug 18, 1935). Clarion-Ledger, p. 9.
WPA Bridges Stream. (Dec. 17, 1936). The Newton Record, p. 12.
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on July 5, 2020.
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