Porter Street NW 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:
1936

Completed:
1937

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Description

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) improved a segment of Porter Street NW from Klingle Road to Connecticut Avenue.

This was a “roadside beautification” project that likely involved the planting of shrubs for erosion control, and was described as follows: “This roadway carries a heavy rate of grade and after hard rains it was found that considerable dirt and debris were carried onto the surface of Klingle Road. Temporary sidewalk has been constructed for school children. This project was approximately 2,500 feet long.”

 

Source notes

Report of the Government of the District of Columbia, For the Year Ended June 30, 1937, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1937, p. 74.

 

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on June 7, 2020.

Location Info


Porter Street NW and Klingle Road
Washington, DC

Coordinates: 38.9335207, -77.05082

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