- City:
- Framingham, MA
- Site Type:
- Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities, Sidewalks and Stairs
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Completed:
- 1939
Description
The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) conducted bridge work at Herbert St. and Beaver Dam Brook in Framingham, Mass. in 1939-40. According to the 1940 Town Report:
The old wooden bridge over the Beaver Dam Brook at Herbert Street, which had become unsafe, was replaced with a reinforced concrete structure, including new concrete abutments, wing walls and slab. Concrete curbing and sidewalks and bituminout concrete pavement were constructed on the approached to the new bridge.
Source notes
Annual Report of the Town of Framingham for the Year Ending December 31, 1939 (pg. 189). Annual Report of the Town of Framingham for the Year Ending December 31, 1940 (pg. 144).Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 5, 2017.
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