- City:
- Basking Ridge, Bernardsville, NJ
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1936
Description
Approximately two dozen Works Progress Administration (WPA) laborers increased the safety of the old Oak Stump Road (current name unknown) in Bernards Township, New Jersey. The WPA straightened a bad corner, widened the road, and constructed gutters along 900 feet of the road.
Source notes
"The Dawn," a New Jersey WPA publication; July 1936 issue, page 9. Found at the Jersey City Public Library's New Jersey Room.
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 8, 2015.
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“Oak Stump Road” is present-day Oak Street.
Thanks! I’ve updated the project page (and map) accordingly.