Janvier Road Improvements – Williamstown NJ

City:
Williamstown, NJ

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Sanitation and Water Disposal

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

Started:
1936

Completed:
1936

Description

The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) graded Janvier Rd. from Sykesville Rd. to the township line “to a width of 33 feet and surfeced with gravel to a width of 20 feet in Franklin Township. Cross drains will be places and a washout condition now prevalent will be eliminated.”

Source notes

"The Dawn," a New Jersey WPA publication; October 1936 issue, page 28. Found at the Jersey City Public Library's New Jersey Room. "WPA Plans Work on Rural Roads"; News-Herald, Paulsboro, NJ, Sept. 24, 1936.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 13, 2015.

Location Info


Janvier Rd.
Williamstown, NJ

Coordinates: 39.659152, -75.008124

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