General Pierce Bridge

ByChris_C
The Montague City iron-truss Bridge rapidly takes shape. This view is lookin’ south-south west toward the Greenfield side.

General Pierce Bridge: Opened in December of 1948, the bridge stitches Greenfield with Montague City in the Town of Montague, MA. What was there before the “General”? What did it take to get the “General” built? Who’s it named for?

A Mackin Construction Co. shovel (excavator) and dozer clear an area on the Montague City side for the bridge abutment.
Building of an access road to lay a base for bridge pier construction. Pier remnants from the 1802 covered bridge stand as sentinels. They remain as victims of the 1936 flood.

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