Route 307 Overlook and Improvements – Scranton PA

City:
Scranton, PA

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

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

Completed:
1938

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) completed improvements on Route 307, heading south from Scranton toward the Poconos, and to New York City. The project also included work on the scenic overlook with a parking lot located on the side of Route 307, at the coordinates noted below.

Contributor note: A family member worked on the WPA project that improved Route 307.

Source notes

Site marker

Site originally submitted by Phyllis Wrynn, Park Slope Gallery on March 28, 2018.

Location Info


Route 307
Scranton, PA

Coordinates: 41.396056, -75.638598

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