- City:
- Allendale, NJ
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Completed:
- 1939
Description
The elimination of railroad track grade crossings in Allendale, New Jersey, became a matter of public safety during the 1930s. The Public Works Administration provided funds for two crossings in Allendale, including that at West Crescent Ave.
“The new crossings at West Crescent Avenue and West Orchard Street were achieved by making excavation cuts, regrading the roadbeds and building overpasses for the railroad tracks. The work was done under supervision of the Erie Railroad, the [P.W.A], and and public utility commissioners.”
Source notes
"Allendale – A Background of a Borough" by Patricia Webb Wardell
https://www.fellhouse.org/images/Allendale/Chapter9B.pdf
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Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on October 15, 2018.
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