U.S. 90 Improvements – Tallahassee to Monticello FL

City:
Monticello, Tallahassee, FL

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

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

Description

The WPA conducted beautification and improvement work on the “Tallahassee-to-Monticello highway,” likely meaning U.S. 90. The project employed “45 common laborers at 30 cents per hour for an average of $39 per month.”

Source notes

"History of Jefferson County," by Jerrell H. Shatner (found at Leroy Collins Leon County Public Library, Tallahassee, FL), pp. 529-530

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 3, 2018.

Location Info

U.S. 90
FL

Location notes: General location marker

Coordinates: 30.522425, -84.064394

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