Fore River Bridge
The Fore River Bridge spans the Weymouth Fore River between Quincy and Weymouth, Massachusetts. The total length of the bridge including the approaches is 2,216 feet.Photo: ArnoldReinhold, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum and Fore River Generating Station.
United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum
Museum
Photo: Sswonk, Public domain.
The United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum is a private non-profit museum in Quincy, Massachusetts featuring USS Salem, a heavy cruiser docked at the former Fore River Shipyard where she was laid down in 1945. United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum is situated 1,500 feet southwest of Fore River Bridge.
Fore River Generating Station
Power station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Fore River Generating Station is a power plant operated by Calpine Corporation since 2014 alongside Weymouth Fore River in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Fore River Generating Station is situated 1,400 feet southeast of Fore River Bridge.
Fore River Club House
Public building
Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fore River Club House is a historic club house at Follett and Beechwood Streets in Quincy, Massachusetts. It is a long 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with rectilinear eyebrow dormers on the water-facing roof. Fore River Club House is situated 3,500 feet northwest of Fore River Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Germantown and Adams Shore.
Germantown
Hamlet
Germantown is a primarily residential neighborhood in the city of Quincy, Massachusetts. The neighborhood is located on a peninsula surrounded by Town River bay on the west and Rock Island Cove on the east.
Adams Shore
Hamlet
Adams Shore is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts. It is located on the shore of Quincy Bay at the entrance to the Hough's Neck peninsula. It is bordered on the north by Quincy Bay, on the east by the Hough's Neck neighborhood, on the south by Town River Bay and on the west by the Merrymount neighborhood. Adams Shore is situated 1½ miles northwest of Fore River Bridge.
Quincy
Photo: Sswonk, Public domain.
Quincy is in Massachusetts. Quincy was the birthplace of presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. United States Declaration of Independence signer and first Massachusetts governor John Hancock was also born here.
Fore River Bridge
- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge in United States of America
- Category: transportation
- Location: Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.24459° or 42° 14′ 41″ northLongitude
-70.96722° or 70° 58′ 2″ westOpen location code
87JF62VM+R4OpenStreetMap ID
way 1512800222OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q16974893
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In Other Languages
“Fore River Bridge” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fore River Bridge”
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