Brightman Street Bridge Replacement

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Brightman Street Bridge Replacement

Official name	Brightman Street Bridge replacement
Carries	vehicular and pedestrian traffic
Crosses	Taunton River
Locale	Somerset, Massachusetts and Fall River, Massachusetts
Maintained by	MassHighway
Design	two-leaf bascule bridge
Longest span	200 ft^[1]
Clearance below	60 ft
Beginning date of construction	2007-05-17
Completion date	Fall 2012 (projected)
Coordinates	41°43′35.18″N 71°9′6.24″W / 41.7264389, -71.1517333 (Miguel Corte-Real Bridge)

This Replacement bridge is a reinforced concrete bridge currently under construction over the Taunton River connecting Somerset, Massachusetts and Fall River, Massachusetts. The cost of this project is currently projected to be US$230M.

1 Name
2 History
3 Bridge features
4 See also
5 External links
6 References

[edit] Name

Officially, this bridge is known as the replacement Brightman Street Bridge^[2] at this time. The name "Miguel Corte-Real Bridge" has been suggested for use on the new bridge. Other names are possible, as well as the option of retaining the current bridge's name.

[edit] History

Planning for this bridge started no later than 1998, but was delayed due to its funding being siphoned off by the Big Dig project. Construction finally began in May 2007.