Route 2A Reconstruction – Orange MA

City:
Orange, MA

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

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

Description

The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) rebuilt East Main St., what is now Route 2A, in Orange, Mass. Work included removal of obsolete trolley tracks and road resurfacing.

Source notes

Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: Jul. 1, 1937 (pg. 2). https://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unit

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 1, 2017.

Location Info


E Main St.
Orange, MA

Coordinates: 42.589660, -72.302950

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