Michigan (former Concord) Avenue NW Improvements – Washington DC

State:
WASHINGTON-DC

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

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Started:
1938

Completed:
1939

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Marked:
No

Site Survival:
Unknown

Description

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) improved a segment of Concord Avenue N, from North Capitol Street to Third Street.  This was a WPA curb and gutter project: “This constitutes the first step in the development of this roadway to connect North Capitol Street and Georgia Avenue.”

Concord Avenue was later renamed Michigan Avenue and further improvements have been made.

Source notes

Report of the Government of the District of Columbia, For the Year Ended June 30, 1939, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1940, p. 82.

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on June 10, 2020.

Location Info


Michigan Avenue NW
Washington, DC

Coordinates: 38.92724, -77.01458

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