- State:
- WASHINGTON-DC
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1933
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Site Survival:
- Unknown
Description
In 1933, the Washington Post announced the approval of several road surfacing projects funded by the federal PWA: “Among projects approved here are paving of Sixteenth street, Constitution Avenue, Michigan Avenue, Columbia Road, Foxhall Road, Good Hope Road, New Hampshire Avenue, Benning Road and Conduit Road, widening of E Street back of the White House and widening of Thirteenth Street” (October 9, 1933).
It is not clear which section of Columbia Road was repaved, but other infrastructure projects in the vicinity make the stretch near MacMillan Reservoir a likely candidate for paving.
The labor was most likely provided by relief workers in the Civil Works Administration (CWA) or Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA).
Source notes
“District leads states in road work speed,” Washington Post, October 9, 1933, p. 13
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on March 18, 2015.
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