Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, bridges, and tunnels
Started: 1936
Completed: 1937
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Description
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) improved Lewis–Wadhams Road. 2.58 miles of the road were widened, graded, and provided with a gravel foundation. The exact stretch of the road is unclear, though is believed to be that closer to Lewis.
Source notes
"To Improve Lewis Road Through WPA." The Lake Placid News, Mar. 6, 1936 (page 6). http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn86033359/1936-03-06/ed-1/seq-6/
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 28, 2015.
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