9 New Deal Infrastructure Projects That Changed America

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9 New Deal Infrastructure Projects That Changed America

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The Hoover Dam, LaGuardia Airport and the Bay Bridge were all part of FDR's New Deal investment. The New Deal was a massive effort to lift the United States out of the Great Depression on several fronts. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan created the Social Security Administration to protect older Americans financially, and used the Agricultural Adjustment Act to help farmers get out of debt. The New Deal also created new agencies to fund projects across the country that both improved communities and provided jobs at a time when unemployment was high.

During the 1930s, the Public Works Administration, Works Progress Administration (later named the Work Projects Administration) and other New Deal agencies funded projects to build and improve the country’s infrastructure, including roads, dams, schools, airports and parks. Many of the projects funded by the PWA and WPA remain part of the U.S. landscape. Here are nine projects that show how transformative the New Deal was for America.

Hoover Dam

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Triborough Bridge

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San Antonio River Walk

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[Peter1469]

The San Antonio River Walk is very nice. I didn't know it was an New Deal project.

[MisterVeritis]

The New Deal was almost entirely unconstitutional.