The French King Bridge is the three-span "cantilever arch" bridge[2] that crosses the Connecticut River on the border between the towns of Erving and Gill, Massachusetts, United States.
The bridge, part of Massachusetts Route 2, carries automobile, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic and is owned and managed by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT).
The French King Bridge (FKB) was opened to traffic on September 10, 1932.
[3][4] In 2009, police said that between 26 and 31 people were known to have jumped off the bridge since its construction in 1932, with only 2 survivors.
[5] In 2023 nine-foot steel barrier was erected on both side of the bridge by MassDOT.