Punchbowl-Makiki-Nuuanu Shortcut – Honolulu HI

City:
Honolulu, HI

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

New Deal Agencies:
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), Work Relief Programs

Started:
1935

Completed:
1936

Description

“Among the major projects on which work still was in progress at the end of the fiscal year is the Punchbowl-Makiki-Nuuanu shortcut now nearing completion, which provides another cross-town main artery for residents of Honolulu and will greatly relieve traffic congestion and existing hazards on present cross-town streets.”

Source notes

U.S. Department of the Interior, Annual Report of the Governor of Hawaii to the Secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1936, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1936, p. 4.

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on June 26, 2017.

Location Info


Makiki Punchbowl
Honolulu, HI

Coordinates: 21.3167874, -157.83015239999997

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