- City:
- Pleasant Hills, PA
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1939
Description
Curry Hollow Road was constructed in 1938-9 as part of a New Deal project sponsored by the Public Works Administration (PWA). PWA Docket No. PA [X]2106
The Pittsburgh Press: “Another grant of $203,453 has been made for Curry Hollow Highway, connecting Route 51 and Broughton, which will relieve traffic on Route 51, and eliminate Iwo railroad crossings. Total cost is estimated at $458,118.”
The total final cost was listed in PWA documents as $333,022.
Source notes
National Archives: 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 38.
The Pittsburgh Press, Sunday,September 8, 1938, page 11: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/147529988/
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 18, 2018.
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