- City:
- Omaha, NE
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civil Works Administration (CWA)
- Completed:
- 1934
Description
The historic Saddle Creek grade separation underpass in Omaha, Nebraska, at the crossing of Dodge St. and Saddle Creek Rd., was constructed with the help of the Civil Works Administration (CWA) and completed in 1934. (Construction is sometimes mis-attributed to the WPA.)
Source notes
https://www.nebraskahistory.org/histpres/nebraska/douglas/DO09-Saddle-Crk-Underpass.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddle_Creek_UnderpassSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 3, 2015.
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