- City:
- Swartz, LA
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1936
Description
Construction of this footbridge was undertaken in Swartz, Louisiana during the Great Depression with federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) labor. The drainage canal was excavated by African American Works Progress Administration workers in 1936, near Monroe.
Source notes
Bridge over Patrick's Bayou near Monroe, Louisiana in 1936. (October 6, 1936). The Louisiana Digital Library. Retrieved from https://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cgi-bin/queryresults.exe?&CISOROOT1=/LWP&CISOFIELD1=object&CISOBOX1=wp004735 Excavation of Patrick's Bayou drainage canal near Monroe, Louisiana in 1936. (October 6, 1936). The Louisiana Digital Library. Retrieved from https://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cgi-bin/queryresults.exe?&CISOROOT1=/LWP&CISOFIELD1=object&CISOBOX1=wp004738Site originally submitted by Susan C. Allen on December 6, 2014.
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