Sidewalk Reconstruction – Bayonne NJ

City:
Bayonne, NJ

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Sidewalks and Stairs

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

Started:
1935

Description

In late 1935 the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) put more than 100 men to work in Bayonne, New Jersey fixing broken sidewalks. Segments repaired included:

  • Avenue E: Eighth to 52nd streets, 12,000 square feet
  • Avenue B from Thirty-sixth to Fifty-ninth streets, 5,000 square feet
  • Avenue A from Seventh to Thirty-sixth streets, 8,000 square feet
  • Fifty-eight crosstown streets, 58,000 square feet

Additional sidewalk repair projects were undertaken by the WPA in Bayonne.

Source notes

"New WPA Work Makes 147 Jobs"; Bayonne Times, Apr. 7, 1938.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 5, 2015.

Location Info


Bayonne, NJ

Location notes: Representative point along Avenue B

Coordinates: 40.681124, -74.110317

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