Work on the bridge began on August 10, 1910, during construction of the Cape Cod Canal.

[8] The driver, Professor William Wright of Harvard, drowned, while his daughter was rescued.

[9] In March 1935, a driver from the West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston survived a 35-foot (11 m) drop in his car after it skidded off the approach to the bridge and landed at the edge of the canal.

[10] The greatest amount of traffic to cross the bridge was 14,000 cars, recorded one day during the summer of 1934.

[13] Circa 2008, volunteers and residents of the Buzzards Bay section of Bourne created a scenic viewpoint named "Three Mile Look" on the former site of the bridge on the mainland side of the canal.