- City:
- Dalhart, TX
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Bureau of Public Roads (BPR), Public Works Funding
- Completed:
- 1939
- Contractor:
- R. R. Tway
Description
A set of grade-separation underpasses was constructed in 1939 with the assistance of the United States Bureau of Public Roads. Two underpasses allow railroad traffic to span Denrock Ave.; one underpass brings Railroad St. (U.S. 87) under rail traffic.
Multiple plaques on site read:
C.R.I.&G. AND F.W. & D.C. RY. UNDERPASS
Built in 1939 by the Texas Highway Department
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United States Bureau of Public Roads
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State Highway Commission
Brady Gentry – Chairman
Harry Hines – Member
Robert Lee Bobbitt – Member
Julian Montgomery
Highway Engineer
R. R. Tway
Contractor
Source notes
Plaques on site
https://www.newschannel10.com/story/25992019/dalhart-underpass-priority-project
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 5, 2018.
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Via Google maps today (2/28/2020) I looked for this and the area is under construction. This underpass has been demolished.