Interstate Highway 11 Improvements – Atmore AL

City:
Atmore, AL

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Completed:
1939

Description

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built a one-mile portion of State Highway 11 in the vicinity of Atmore. The highway facilitated agricultural trade across the border with Florida and it was graveled and asphalted by the WPA. Pictured is a portion of the new highway section built by the WPA.

Source notes

National Archives Record Group 69-N

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on November 30, 2017.

Location Info

Alabama State Route 21
Atmore, AL

Coordinates: 31.022753559674523, -87.49376534232789

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