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Located at City Hall - Medford MA (3 Projects)

Salem Street Widening – Medford MA

Project type: Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Completed:
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Description

In conjunction with landscaping efforts around the newly completed Medford City Hall, the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) widened Salem Street “which passes Medford City Hall [by] 12 feet for a distance of 200 feet.”

Source notes

Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: Thanksgiving 1937 (pg. 4)
https://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unit

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 6, 2017.

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Location Info

Salem St.
Medford, MA 02155

Coordinates: 42.418617, -71.106169

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