"[2] It collapsed in 1814 and was replaced by a covered wooden Burr arch-truss bridge built by Isaac Damon of Northampton, Massachusetts.

[citation needed] At the ceremonies held that day, the bridge was dedicated as a memorial to "those who had died as pioneers, and soldiers in the Revolutionary, Civil and Foreign Wars."

The Memorial Bridge features a seven-span, reinforced-concrete deck rib arches, with a nine-span reinforced concrete slab viaduct.

The two outer ribs are more widely spaced and carry thin concrete fascia walls concealing an open-spandrel design.

The viaduct spans the rail yard consists of a reinforced concrete slab deck carried by transverse bents of concrete-encased structural steel.

[citation needed] This article incorporates text from MassDOT, a public domain work of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts