Route 1 Improvements – Rehoboth Beach to Bethany Beach DE

City:
Bethany Beach, Rehoboth Beach, DE

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

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

Description

Delaware utilized substantial federal resources in developing and improving its road network during the Great Depression. Among the dozens of projects undertaken by the federal Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) during 1934 was construction, specifically “surface treatment,” of what Living New Deal believes to be Route 1, between Rehoboth Beach and Bethany Beach.

An average of 1,410 were put to work each week during 1934 as a result of the CWA’s road, sidewalk, bridge, and other related infrastructure efforts in Delaware.

 

Source notes

Annual Report of the Chief Engineer State Highway Department, 1934 (pg. 43-53): https://www.deldot.gov/archaeology/historic_pres/annual_reports/pdf/1934/annual_1934_chief.pdf

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on June 11, 2016.

Location Info


Route 1
Bethany Beach, DE

Coordinates: 38.579457, -75.060898

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