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In 1875, the Fall River Railroad was completed along the north shore of South Watuppa Pond, over the Narrows. It provided a rail link from New Bedford to the eastern part of Fall River. The line carried freight traffic until the early 1980s. Eventually, the road connecting Fall River with Westport became designated as U.S. Route 6. It ...
Welcome sign in Fall River Fall River municipal flag over City Hall. Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.Fall River's population was 94,000 at the 2020 United States census, [5] making it the tenth-largest city in the state, and the second-largest municipality in the county behind New Bedford.
The Charles M. Braga Jr. Memorial Bridge, also known as the Braga Bridge, or simply, The Braga, is a through truss bridge that carries Interstate 195 over the Taunton River between the town of Somerset and the city of Fall River, near the mouth of the Quequechan River at the confluence with Mount Hope Bay.
The highway continues at the Rhode Island border at Rhode Island Route 24 and meets Interstate 195 in Fall River. It briefly runs concurrently with I-195 east (for less than a mile), then exits the interstate and travels north, merging with Route 79 at Exit 7 in northern Fall River. Routes 24 and 79 run concurrently northward until Exit 9 . At ...
Fall River: 0.0: 0.0: Route 138 south – North Tiverton: Continuation into Rhode Island: 2.4: 3.9: I-195 – New Bedford, Providence, RI Route 79 begins: Southern terminus of Route 79; exit 11 on I-195: 2.9: 4.7: US 6 east (North Davol Street) Southern end of US 6 concurrency: 3.5: 5.6: Route 79 north to Route 24 – Taunton, Middleboro ...
Fall River Heritage State Park is a history-themed public recreation area on the Taunton River in Fall River, Massachusetts. The state park encompasses 14 acres (5.7 ha) beside the Charles M. Braga Jr. Memorial Bridge on Battleship Cove , home of the World War II battleship USS Massachusetts .
The Fall River campus is located on 65 acres (260,000 m 2) of land at 777 Elsbree Street. There are three additional campuses in New Bedford located at 800 Purchase Street, Attleboro located at 11 Field Road (which is shared with Bridgewater State University) and Taunton located at 2 Hamilton St. [4]
North Main Street, 1910. For much of its history, the city of Fall River, Massachusetts has been defined by the rise and fall of its cotton textile industry. From its beginnings as a rural outpost of the Plymouth Colony, the city grew to become the largest textile producing center in the United States during the 19th century, with over one hundred mills in operation by 1920.