- State:
- WASHINGTON-DC
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1940
- Completed:
- 1940
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
In 1940, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) built a new roadway at Ellicott Street between 43rd Street and Wisconsin Avenue in the district’s northwest quadrant.
This project was part of a massive New Deal program of street paving and upgrades around the city of Washington DC. Most such work is invisible today beneath subsequent repavings.
Source notes
“WPA works on 122 miles of D.C. streets,” Washington Post, April 1, 1940, p. 15
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on March 10, 2015.
Additional contributions by Richard A Walker.
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