- City:
- Cape May Court House, Dennis Township, Dennisville, Middle Township, NJ
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1936
Description
An old unsatisfactory wagon road, connecting the village of Dennisville with Cape May Court House, New Jersey, was converted into a farm-to-market road in Middle Township, New Jersey, with approximately 100 federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers.
“The entire cost of the work is $33,425.00. Of this amount, the WPA will furnish $29,035, leaving $4,590 to be contributed by Middle Township. The project will continue for seven months.”
The road in question is most likely what is now known as Court House-South Dennis Road.
Source notes
"The Dawn," a New Jersey WPA publication; May 1936 issue, page 5. Found at the Jersey City Public Library's New Jersey Room.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 4, 2015.
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