Retaining Wall – Tahlequah OK

City:
Tahlequah, OK

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

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

Completed:
1941

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

“The east end of Choctaw Street abuts with Bluff Avenue. Since the elevation of Choctaw is lower than Bluff, it was necessary to construct a bridge-like divider which begins about 200 ft. north of Choctaw and extends about 100 ft. south of the intersection. This is a sloping concrete divider which splits the lanes on Bluff, allowing access to Choctaw. The construction is similar to the two nearby WPA bridges, and a WPA shield with the date 1941 is visible on one of the support pillars. The pillars are approximately twelve feet apart, with metal pipe railings. The concrete sidewall of the barrier is painted ‘Welcome to Tahlequa.'”

 

Source notes

https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMQEHY_Bluff_Ave_WPA_Tahlequah_OK

Site originally submitted by hamquilter on February 17, 2016.

Location Info


Bluff Ave. & Choctaw St.
Tahlequah, OK Cherokee County

Coordinates: 35.910305, -94.968908

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