- City:
- Houston, TX
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1933
Description
Several large highway and road development projects, which included improvement work such as street paving, were undertaken in Houston during the Great Depression and were enabled by federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. PWA grants covered nearly half the construction costs. Federal assistance to the city amounted to millions of dollars (not even adjusting for inflation). Work began as early as 1933 and would continue for several years.
(PWA Docket Nos. TX 1292, 1312, W1041, W1333, W1958)
Source notes
National Archives: Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, pages 179, 183, 185, 187.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 4, 2014.
Contribute to this Site
We welcome contributions of additional information on any New Deal site.
Submit More Information or Photographs for this New Deal Site
Join the Conversation