 It was closed to vehicular traffic on October 11, 2011.At the time of its completion, it was the widest bridge to span the Taunton River, as the Slade's Ferry Bridge, a steel swingspan bridge built in 1875 less than a quarter mile downriver, was barely a two lane bridge.It once served as the pathway for Route 6 and Route 138 to cross the river into Fall River.