- State:
- WASHINGTON-DC
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1935
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Unknown
Description
In 1935-36, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) made improvements to the stretch of Wisconsin Avenue NW, between Massachusetts Avenue and River Road, in the Cathedral Heights and Tenleytown neighborhoods.
“The concrete roadway of Wisconsin Avenue NW., from Massachusetts Avenue to River Road, was covered with asphaltic surface as a salvaging project and it is expected that this treatment will prolong the life of the pavement for many years.”
This project was of a nearly $1 million WPA program to upgrade and repave districts streets fiscal year 1936.
This WPA roadwork is probably not discernible today due to subsequent road maintenance, repairs and alterations.
Source notes
“President approves railroad overpass,” Washington Post, December 11, 1935, p. 4.
Report of the Government of the District of Columbia, For the Year Ended June 30, 1936, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1936, pp. 72-74.
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on March 1, 2015.
Additional contributions by Richard A Walker.
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