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The New Bedford-Fairhaven Swing Bridge sees an average of 5,000 openings a year for vessels
the Swing Truss Bridge and it was built between 1897 and 1899 and includes a 283.2 foot long swing truss which with its age and style Whenever I visit Popes Island for a walk, I generally walk over it and occasionally get some shots of it.

the cost of maintaining the bridge is apparently a challenge and they are now planning to replace this bridge with a lift bridge that raises up the bridge portion rather than swinging it out But i think this is still in the planning stage and will take a few years to complete

This shot shows the platform or base of the bridge that when it swings upen to let ships pass the swing bridge rotates over its funny the morning I took this there were no seagulls on this side, and yet when I walked across the bridge and bakc over on the pother side the similar pletform to this their was covered with seagulls,

I have noticed that a few times I wonder why one sid eis more popular than the other

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now off the bridge and looking at the Popes Island marina some real nice private boats docked there

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and looking the other way some of the commercial fishing boats

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And that’s all folks

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