- State:
- WASHINGTON-DC
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Federal Works Agency (FWA)
- Started:
- 1943
- Completed:
- 1944
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Suitland Parkway is a 9-mile long, landscaped roadway running from Anacostia Park in Washington D.C. east through Prince George’s County, MD.
It was conceived in 1937 and finally constructed in 1943-44 by the Public Roads Administration, a branch of the Federal Works Agency (FWA). It can fairly be classified as a project from the tail end of the New Deal.
A description from the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties explains that the Public Roads Administration, “Created the highway from scratch, via federal funding and private contractors, similar to PWA-type arrangements.”
The Parkway is still in use and maintained by the National Park Service.
Source notes
Historical report from the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties (https://mdihp.net/).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suitland_Parkway
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on May 25, 2013.
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