- City:
- Hollandale, MS
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
- Started:
- 1934
- Completed:
- 1937
- Contractor:
- Barber Brothers
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
Description
Public Works Administration project 1307 for completion of gravel roads, bridges, and drainage was approved for Washington County 2/21/1934. A loan in the amount of $400,000 and a grant for $161,149 funded construction of 8.503 miles of the road between Hollandale and Yerger (now named Darlove), as well as between Murphy and Slater’s Ferry, and between Winterville and Priscilla. George Vizant was chief engineer of the Washington County Highway Commission, and Barber Brothers of Baton Rouge, LA were contractors. Construction began October 17, 1934 and was completed by August 31, 1937.
Source notes
Report No. 5. Status of Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects. Region No. 3 Mississippi. (January 3, 1940). Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works Project Division, p. 104.
Notice to Contractors. (Sep 27, 1934). The Weekly Democrat-Times, p. 6.
Building of 26 Miles of Gravel Roads is Started. (Oct 25, 1934). The Weekly Democrat-Times, p. 1.
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on August 29, 2021.
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