Mill Street Bridge

: Mill Street Bridge
Mill Street Bridge withstanding a 2010 flood

Project type: Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities

Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

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Description

The Mill Street Bridge in Maynard, Massachusetts was falling apart before the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) completely rebuilt it in 1937. The three-arch stone bridge spans the Assabet River.

The W.P.A. also widened, straightened, and resurfaced Mill Street that year.

: Mill Street Bridge

Mill Street Bridge
Photo: David Mark Source © Creative Commons 2015

Mill Street Bridge

Source notes

Annual Reports of the Town Officers ... of the Town of Maynard, Massachusetts for the Year Ending December 31, 1937 (pp. 8, 10).

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 9, 2017.

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Location Info

Mill St.
Maynard, MA

Location notes: Assabet River

Coordinates: 42.430841, -71.466668

Mill Street Bridge – Maynard MA