Prospect Street Improvements – Rouses Point NY

City:
Rouses Point, NY

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

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

Started:
1936

Completed:
1937

Description

The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) worked to improve what was then known as Prospect Hill Road in Rouses Point, New York. 30 men were to be put to work on the project, scheduled to last between the late fall of 1936 and early 1937.

Source notes

"WPA to Improve Prospect Hill Road;" The North countryman, Rouses Point, NY, Nov. 5, 1936, page 1. https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031178/1936-11-05/ed-1/seq-1/

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 27, 2015.

Location Info


Prospect St.
Rouses Point, NY

Coordinates: 44.992169, -73.380421

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