State Highway 12 Improvements – Andalusia AL

City:
Andalusia, Brewton, AL

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

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

Completed:
1939

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Site Survival:
Unknown

Description

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built an 18-mile portion of State Highway 12 connecting Andalusia with Brewton. The road was re-graded, widened to 30 feet, and received a 21-foot blacktop surface over a sandy clay base. This was a joint project of the WPA, Alabama State Highway Department, and Escambia County.

Source notes

National Archives Record Group 69-N

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on December 1, 2017.

Location Info


US 29
Andalusia, AL

Coordinates: 31.27205308633144, -86.50923872614749

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