Road Improvements – Evansville WY

City:
Evansville, WY

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

New Deal Agencies:
Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs

Description

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted substantial road improvement work in Evansville, Wyoming. Per a CWA project card: Grade and gravel three miles of streets, plus some curbs and culverts installed: “This filled a much needed want which the City of Evansville could not take care of financially.”

Source notes

Building Up Wyoming: Depression-Era Federal Projects in Wyoming, 1929–1943. Michael Cassity. Prepared for the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office ... (pg. 97).
https://www.michaelcassity.org/uploads/1/2/7/7/12777320/wyodepressionerafedprojects_mpdf.pdf

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 26, 2022.

Location Info


Evansville, WY

Location notes: General location marker

Coordinates: 42.861, -106.269

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