Volume 49 · 1200

Public Law 74–190

Granting the consent of Congress to the Department of Public Works of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the construction, maintenance, and operation of certain free highway bridges to replace bridges destroyed by flood in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Approved April 10, 1936

Statutory text

AN ACT

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the consent

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Bridge restorations, etc.

of Congress is hereby granted to the Department of Public Works of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to construct, maintain, and operate the following temporary and permanent free highway bridges and approaches thereto:

Across the Merrimack River, at a point suitable to the interests

Merrimack River at Lowell.

of navigation, at or near Central Street, in the city of Lowell, Massachusetts, to replace the Central Street Bridge;

Across the Merrimack River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, between Haverhill and Groveland, Massachusetts, to replace the Groveland Bridge;

Across the Connecticut River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, between Gill and Montague, Massachusetts, to replace the Turners Falls Bridge;

Across the Connecticut River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, between Montague and Greenfield, Massachusetts, to replace the Montague City Bridge;

Across the Connecticut River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, between Deerfield and Sunderland, Massachusetts, to replace the Deerfield-Sunderland Bridge;

Across the Connecticut River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, between Northampton and Hadley, Massachusetts, to replace the Northampton-Hadley Bridge;

Across the Connecticut River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, between Holyoke and South Hadley, Massachusetts, to replace the Holyoke-South Hadley Bridge;

Across the Connecticut River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, between Springfield and Agawam, Massachusetts, to replace South End Bridge; in accordance with the provisions of

Vol. 34, p. 84.

U. S. C., p. 1473.

the Act entitled “An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters”, approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act.

Sec. 2.

The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.

Approved, April 10, 1936.