This Day in History: 1945-07-02
State Highway Commissioner Spencer Miller Jr. formally requested $90,000 from Federal Highway funds to match a similar amount appropriated by the State Legislature for preliminary surveys for the proposed post-war construction of the Palisades Parkway. The proposed road is to stretch from the George Washington Bridge to Bear Mountain. The New Jersey section was to be 12 miles long and was estimated to cost $4,500,000 out of the total of $14,550,000, according to estimates made by C. F. Bedwell, acting State Highway Engineer. (Bristow)