El Camino Real – Gaviota CA

City:
Gaviota, CA

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

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, National Recovery Administration (NRA)

Started:
1934

Description

The National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) helped finance the modernization of 4 1/2 miles of what is today State Route 1 and Interstate 101 through an unincorporated area 30 miles west of Santa Barbara from a twisty and dangerous 2 lane road into a 4 lane highway. The cost of construction was $65,000 per mile.

Source notes

September 1934 issue of California Highway and Public Works magazine

Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on November 18, 2014.

Location Info

Gaviota, CA Santa Barbara County

Coordinates: 34.473449, -120.20934

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