Montana Avenue NE Improvements – Washington DC

State:
WASHINGTON-DC

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

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

Started:
1938

Completed:
1939

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Description

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) improved a segment of Montana Avenue NE, from Bladensburg Road to New York Avenue.

The WPA graded this road, and also prepared it for paving with a foundation of salvaged material: “The old material is obtained from old roadways which have deteriorated due to the strain of heavy later-day traffic and were replaced by new standard type pavements.” Also, “The improvement of this roadway constituted a short cut from the northeast to the southeast section of the city. It permits traffic to avoid the heavily traveled intersection of Bladensburg Road and New York Avenue.”

Source notes

Report of the Government of the District of Columbia, For the Year Ended June 30, 1939, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1940, p. 82.

 

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on June 10, 2020.

Location Info


Montana Avenue NE and Bladensburg Road
Washington, DC

Coordinates: 38.9141015, -76.9752051

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