Oklahoma State Route 325: Bridge '1320 1938 X' - Cimarron County OK

City:: Boise City, Kenton, OK
Site Type:: Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
New Deal Agencies:: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Started:: 1939
Completed:: 1939

Description

The Work Projects Administration (WPA) project undertook grading and culvert construction efforts in Cimarron County along Oklahoma State Route 325, between Kenton and Boise City. As of 2018 more than 20 structures along this stretch of road bear a shield-shaped WPA imprint stamp.

What is known in an ODOT historic survey as bridge structure ‘1320 1938 X’ bears a 1939 WPA stamp on its superstructure. The culvert is located on Route 325, east of Kenton, a driving distance of 17.0 miles.

Source notes

WPA imprint stamp

Oklahoma Depression-era Bridges and Road-Related Resources, 1933-1945
Concentration of Bridges/Bridge-Class Culverts Inventory Form:
https://www.okladot.state.ok.us/planning-info/CPR/Uploads/90.pdf (accessed Mar. 2018)

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 2, 2018.