WPA Sidewalks – East Moriches NY

City:
East Moriches, NY

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Sidewalks and Stairs

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

Started:
1939

Description

Sayville’s Suffolk County News reported that the construction of “approximately two miles of sidewalks at East Moriches,” New York, was a town-sponsored WPA project. The Federal government was expected to contribute about $18,000 toward the project. The project included sidewalk construction along Montauk Highway.

Source notes

"Await Start of Sidewalk Project"; Suffolk County News [Sayville, NY], Sept. 22, 1939 (page 9). "State Approves New Sidewalks"; Suffolk County News, Dec. 5, 1941 (page 9).

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 9, 2014.

Location Info


East Moriches, NY Suffolk County

Location notes: General marker for city of East Moriches.

Coordinates: 40.8050989, -72.76093

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