Arkansas » Barling

Road Paving – Barling AR

Project type: Roads, bridges, and tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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Description

The federal Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) undertook a sizable road development project in Sebastian County, Arkansas: “under the work the main street of every town in the county has been paved. No other county in the state can make this claim.”

Source notes

National Archives: Record Group 69; Entry 755: "Best Project Reports, 1940."

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on June 27, 2016.

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Location Info

Barling, AR

Location notes: General location marker

Coordinates: 35.325419, -94.301643

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