History and Construction of The Bridge
There was at least one preceding bridge at this location, a metal through-truss bridge destroyed by the floating Montague City Covered Bridge during the Flood of 1936.
The current Sunderland Bridge is a deck truss bridge completed in 1937. In 1992 a reconstruction of the bridge was completed.
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