The Brightman Street Bridge has been closed to traffic since 2011, but the megalithic drawbridge that at one time linked Somerset to Fall River has hung around for far longer.

Plans to demolish the 114-year-old superstructure date to 2006, before even the Veterans Memorial Bridge was completed. Its rusted remains have been left behind, but some movement to remove the dilapidated bridge may be working its way downriver. 

At a Tuesday, Nov. 18, Economic Development Committee meeting in Somerset, Chairman Paul Cogley announced that he was due for a conference call with Massachusetts Department of Transportation and the state’s Department of Fish and Game “within the next couple of weeks.”

See more at heraldnews.com.