- City:
- Fort Worth, TX
- Site Type:
- Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Bureau of Public Roads (BPR), Public Works Funding
- Started:
- 1935
Description
LOC: “Fort Worth & Denver City Railroad Underpass, Spanning State Highway 183 at Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TX:
An example of Fort Worth’s exceptional network of grade separation structures, the underpass[es serve] as a good example of a cooperative effort by the Texas Highway Department and the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads to eliminate dangerous grade crossings in Texas during the Great Depression.”
The bridges at: 32.79525, -97.33843 and 32.795109, -97.338925 bear plaques.
Source notes
https://www.loc.gov/item/tx0961/
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 6, 2018.
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