Title

City of Bangor, Maine, Annual Report for 1951

Alternative Title

Annual Report, Bangor, Maine, 1951

Annual Report of the City of Bangor for the Calendar Year 1951

Creator

Bangor (Me.)

Date

1951

Description

During 1951, much progress was made toward the construction of a new highway connecting Hammond Street and Main Street. If it had not been for questions raised by the possible expansion of Dow Field, contracts would have been let in October and the highway would have been opened for traffic in the summer of 1952. This proposed by-pass highway has as its major purpose the elimination of truck traffic from the residential section of the west side of the city. At present, the major portion of the truck traffic coming from or going to outer Hammond Street and points west follows a route along Silver Road, Webster Avenue and Buck Street. The first purpose of the by-pass highway is to provide an alternate route for this truck traffic between Hammond Street and Main Street. A second purpose which is also important is to open up a new section of the city for residential and com mercial development. As shown in the sketch on the opposite page, it is planned to zone the area inside the by-pass highway for future residential development and to zone the area on the outside of the highway for commercial development. The highway itself will serve as an effective buffer between the two districts.

Contents

Organization Chart -- Administration -- City Home and Hospital -- Development of City Farm -- By-Pass Highway -- Traffic -- Other Developments of 1951 -- Facts and Figures -- Directory of City Officials

Subject

Bangor (Me.)--History

Bangor (Me.)--Politics and government

Municipal government

Municipal reports--Maine--Bangor

Municipal services--Maine--Bangor

Type

Annual reports

Spatial Coverage

Bangor (Me.)

Temporal Coverage

Nineteen fifties

Twentieth century

Language

English

Source

Bangor Public Library Special Collections

Note

Includes "A Sketch of By-Pass Development, Bangor, Maine"

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