- City:
- Waltham, MA
- Site Type:
- Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1937
Description
Description of a project undertaken by the W.P.A. in 1937:
“Forest Grove Road, Waltham; a project to widen, relocate and improve this roadway, which traverses land in the Charles River Reservation, was approved and work was started in November, 1937. The bulk of the work will, however, have to await favorable weather in the spring.”
Source notes
"Annual report of the Metropolitan District Commission," by Massachusetts Metropolitan District Commission (1937 volume; pg. 20)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 10, 2018.
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