New Bedford, MA

New Bedford Area, MA

Westport was so named as the westernmost port in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It was first settled in 1670 by members of the Sisson family who were English colonists.

This is te Normand Edward Fontaine Drawbridge Bridge, or bascule bridge built in 1958. It is 312 m (1,025 feet) long. It carries Route 88 from Westport Point to the north to the Horseneck Beach State Reservation in the south.

The bridge crosses the East Branch of the Westport River. Originally, it was called the Westport River Bridge, and was renamed in 1983 for Specialist 4th Class Normand Edward Fontaine, a local man killed in the Vietnam War.

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