- City:
- Athens, Chillicothe, Cincinnati, OH
- Site Type:
- Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Public Works Funding, Work Relief Programs, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Completed:
- 1941
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
U.S. Route 50, commonly known in Cincinnati as Columbia Parkway, was a project built in association with the Works Progress Administration. The highway runs through Southern Ohio from east to west. It passes through Cincinnati, Chillicothe, and Athens.
The highway grade separation in Cincinnati was funded by the Public Works Administration in 1938.
Source notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_50_in_Ohio
https://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Works_Progress_Administration
Short, Charles Wilkins, and Rudolph Stanley-Brown. Public Buildings: A Survey of Architecture of Projects Constructed by Federal and Other Governmental Bodies Between the Years 1933 and 1939 with the Assistance of the Public Works Administration. Public Works Administration, 1939.
Site originally submitted by Austin Conn on May 17, 2017.
Additional contributions by Gray Brechin.
Site Details
Federal Cost |
---|
$5.00 |
Contribute to this Site
We welcome contributions of additional information on any New Deal site.
Submit More Information or Photographs for this New Deal Site
Join the Conversation