The Vietnam Memorial Bridge (
aka Holyoke Bridge, South Hadley Falls Bridge, and County Bridge) is a
girder bridge that spans the
Connecticut River
The Connecticut River is the longest river in the New England region of the United States, flowing roughly southward for through four states. It rises 300 yards (270 m) south of the U.S. border with Quebec, Canada, and discharges at Long Island ...
between
South Hadley
South Hadley (, ) is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 18,150 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.
South Hadley is home to Mount Holyoke Colleg ...
and
Holyoke, Massachusetts. It was built in 1990 to replace the original Holyoke-South Hadley, the Old County Bridge, which was built in 1889 by
New Jersey Steel and Iron Company and was designed by
Edward S. Shaw.
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List of crossings of the Connecticut River
This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Connecticut River from its mouth at Long Island Sound upstream to its source at the Connecticut Lakes. The list includes current road and rail crossings, as well as ferries carrying a state hig ...
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Bridges over the Connecticut River
Bridges completed in 1990
Bridges in Hampden County, Massachusetts
Bridges in Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Historic American Engineering Record in Massachusetts
Road bridges in Massachusetts
Girder bridges in the United States
Vietnam War monuments and memorials in the United States
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