“Harrison Construction Company was awarded a PWA contract in December 1935 to relocate a 2.3 mile section of Babcock Boulevard in McCandless and Pine Townships to eliminate dangerous curves.”
Ingomar Road was one road paved as part of New Deal efforts: the Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $52,450 grant the project, whose total cost was $86,270. PWA Docket No. PA [X]2004.
McKnight Road, which connects McCandless and Pittsburgh, was constructed as a New Deal project sponsored by the Public Works Administration (PWA).
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