- City:
- South Amboy, NJ
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
South Amboy, New Jersey leveraged funds and labor provided by the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) to undertake the paving of nearly all the city’s roads in 1936. Prior to this development, most of the community’s roads were still unpaved.
Source notes
"The Dawn," a New Jersey WPA publication; August 1936 issue, page 17. Found at the Jersey City Public Library's New Jersey Room. "South Amboy Progress"; Evening News, Perth Amboy, June 37, 1936.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 10, 2015.
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