Description: Dated October 13, 1936, this photograph shows a site in Cairo, Ohio, in Stark County being prepared for bridge construction with a note on its reverse which reads "preparing site for bridge abutment." This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F16_004_001
Subjects: Transportation--Ohio; Public works; Roads--Design and construction; Bridges--Ohio
Places: Cairo (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image is a photograph of an illustration showing a work crew spreading a macadam surface on the National Road. A caption under the image reads: "1906-Bituminous macadam experiments." A macadam surface consists of a layer or layers of crushed rock of a fairly uniform size laid over a leveled road bed. The rock layer is bound together by a crust that forms a driving surface and that also sheds water. In this image the driving surface is made of bitumin (also called asphalt). The National Road (also called the Cumberland Road or the U.S. Road) was the first federally sponsored roadway. The U.S. Congress commissioned the National Road in 1806 as a conduit to the West, linking the Potomac River and Cumberland, Maryland, to St. Louis, Missouri, and the Mississippi River. The road opened Ohio and the Northwest Territory to settlement and trade with the eastern U.S. By 1838 the Cumberland Road had reached Springfield, Ohio; three years later it reached Vandalia, Illiinois, where construction stopped due to a funding shortfall. By this time the railroads had attracted travelers and business shipping away from the National Road, and the project was abandoned. The National Road crossed the state of Ohio along what is now U.S. 40. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05822
Subjects: Cumberland Road--History; National Road; Transportation--Ohio--History; Roads; Macadam; Roads--Design and construction; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
 

Description: Reverse reads: “District #12 Project W.P. #2022. Construction of Applegate & Robb Avenue, completed. Photo by W.P.A. Writers’ Projects. 11-13-36.” This photo shows a portion of the new paving being finished on the intersection of Applegate and Robb Avenue in Cincinnati. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F04_08_001
Subjects: Roads--Ohio--Design and construction; Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Preble County, Eaton, Ohio Sept. 11, 1936. View of work on road." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F01_015_001
Subjects: Roads--Ohio--Design and construction
Places: Eaton (Ohio); Preble County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Preble County, Eaton, Ohio, Sept. 11, 1936. View of work on road." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F01_019_001
Subjects: Roads--Ohio--Design and construction; Road construction workers--Ohio--Eaton
Places: Eaton (Ohio); Preble County (Ohio)
 

Description: Road construction in Allen County near Cairo, Ohio. The photograph depicts a new road being constructed with a base of gravel and mud. Flanking the unfinished road are road posts. On the horizon are buildings and trees in the distance. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F03_006_001
Subjects: Roads--Ohio--Allen County--Design and construction; Road construction industry--Ohio; Allen County (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works.
Places: Cairo (Ohio); Allen County (Ohio)
 

Description: A road construction near a stream in Ohio. More information needed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F03_029_001
Subjects: Roads--Ohio; Dirt roads--Ohio; Roads--Ohio--Design and construction; Road construction; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Original description reads: "Decker Ave. S. of Third St. Dayton, Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F05_030_001
Subjects: Roads--Design and construction; Transportation--Ohio--Dayton
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Widening turn at N.E. corner of Wayne and Xenia Avenues by moving curb back." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F05_033_001
Subjects: Roads--Design and construction; Transportation--Ohio--Dayton
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Laying blocks for traffic lane on Riverview Ave." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F05_035_001
Subjects: Roads--Design and construction; Transportation--Ohio--Dayton
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Laying blocks for traffic lane on Riverview Ave." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F05_036_001
Subjects: Roads--Design and construction; Transportation--Ohio--Dayton
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Upland Ave. S. of Third St. Dayton, Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F05_039_001
Subjects: Roads--Design and construction; Transportation--Ohio--Dayton
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)