Overpass – Laurel MT

City:
Laurel, MT

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

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

Description

“The WPA also funded the Mossmain railroad overpass at the East Laurel exit. The design was meant to be aesthetically pleasing as well as functional, Axline said.

The bridgework remains pleasing to the eye, despite the removal of its decorative concrete guard rails, he said.”

Source notes

"Traces of New Deal remain in Montana," Billings Gazette, May 31, 2008

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 8, 2018.

Location Info


Old U.S. 10
Laurel, MT

Coordinates: 45.682589, -108.713987

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