Clinton Street Bridge – Binghamton NY

City:
Binghamton, NY

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

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

Started:
1936

Completed:
1937

Contractor:
James McCraw Company

Description

A graceful Art Deco bridge carries [East] Clinton Street over Chenango River in downtown Binghamton, New York. The project was enabled by funding from the federal Public Works Administration (Docket No. NY 1321-R). The PWA provided a $162,297 grant for the project, whose total cost was $562,763.

Dedication plaques can be found at both the bridges northeast and southwest corners. Construction occurred between Mar. 1936 and Jun. 1937. Nearby, a parallel underpass construction project, which carried rail traffic over Clinton Street, was also enabled by the PWA.

Source notes

Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 26.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on October 14, 2018.

Location Info


Clinton St.
Binghamton, NY Broome County

Coordinates: 42.103031, -75.914794

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