French King Bridge

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locale=Gill, Massachusetts and Erving, Massachusetts
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design=Spandrel-braced steel deck arch bridge
mainspan=460 ft (140.2 m)
length=782 ft (238.4 m)
width=47.8 ft (14.57 m)
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The French King Bridge is a steel deck arch bridge crossing the Connecticut River on the border of the towns of Erving and Gill, Massachusetts. The bridge carries automobile traffic and is part of Massachusetts Route 2.

The bridge is owned and managed by the Massachusetts Highway Department.

History

The French King Bridge was opened to traffic on September 10, 1932. The bridge was awarded the "Most Beautiful Steel Bridge" in 1932 by the American Institute of Steel Construction. It was rebuilt in 1992.

A contract has been awarded for a rehabilitation effort. [ [https://www.ebidsourcing.com/processPublicSolSummView.do?action=soltypeCd&docStatus=CLOSED&docViewType=CLOSED&docUserId=202417&doValidateToken=false&docId=108076&soltypeCd=UNIVERSAL Project 603723R contract granted] ] "Notice to Proceed" was given as of 2008-03-25, [http://www.mhd.state.ma.us/ProjectInfo/Main.asp?ACTION=ViewProject&PROJECT_NO=603723# Project status page] ] and construction officially began as of 2008-05-20.

Name

The name comes from a near-by geographic feature named French King Rock.

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ee also

* List of crossings of the Connecticut River
* Seabees Bridge won the same award 5 years later
* Arrigoni Bridge won the same award 6 years later

External links

* [http://www.mhd.state.ma.us//default.asp?pgid=bridge/frenchking&sid=bridgeData Massachusetts Highway Department: French King Bridge]
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References

Crossings navbox
structure = Crossings
place = Connecticut River
bridge = French King bridge
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upstream = Route 10 bridge, Northfield, Massachusetts
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downstream = Gill - Montague Bridge
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