- City:
- Valley Falls, KS
- Site Type:
- Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1936
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed this composite truss bridge over the Delaware River in 1936, in conjunction with Jefferson County. The bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Source notes
(1) National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Work Projects Administration, Information Service, Primary File, 1936-42, Box 4, Folder 160-A. (2) “Delaware River Composite Truss Bridge,” Bridgehunter, https://bridgehunter.com/ks/jefferson/440001/, accessed June 20, 2014.
(3) NRHP: https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/04955f66-32b8-4373-9ec1-b9098b77990f
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on July 28, 2014.
Additional contributions by Evan Kalish.
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