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Vietnam Memorial Bridge

Coordinates: 42°12′42″N 72°35′46″W / 42.21167°N 72.59611°W / 42.21167; -72.59611
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Vietnam Memorial Bridge
Coordinates42°12′42″N 72°35′46″W / 42.21167°N 72.59611°W / 42.21167; -72.59611
Carriespedestrian and vehicular traffic
Route 116 (Massachusetts)
CrossesConnecticut River
LocaleSouth Hadley to Holyoke, Massachusetts
Characteristics
DesignGirder Bridge
History
DesignerUnknown current
Edward S. Shaw original structure
Location
Map

The Vietnam Memorial Bridge (aka Holyoke Bridge, South Hadley Falls Bridge, and County Bridge) is a girder bridge that spans the Connecticut River between South Hadley 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.

Sign near the current bridge salvaged from its original 1889 counterpart

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