- City:
- South Plainfield, NJ
- Site Type:
- Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1935
Description
The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a grant for the construction of a bridge to carry Park Avenue over the train tracks in South Plainfield, New Jersey. The project was undertaken as part of a larger grade crossing elimination initiative during that era. The PWA provided a grant of $20,523 for the project, whose total cost was $74,836.
PWA Docket No. NJ 4175
Source notes
Source: National Archives: Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 17.
New Jersey Board of Public Utility Commissioners, 1934 Report (pg. 9 to 10): https://dspace.njstatelib.org/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10929/33099/1934.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y (accessed Mar. 2018)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 26, 2018.
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