Inch by inch and survey by survey, the Rourke Bridge project site work is taking place. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation released an update on the nearly 1,300-foot-long bridge that will ...

LOWELL — A Chelmsford resident was driving from his home to Pawtucketville in early March, when he said he felt the Rourke Bridge sway for more than 50 feet along his route. He called the “rocking” ...

A permanent answer to a temporary solution. When it comes to the Rourke Bridge, that’s what city of Lowell officials and its State House delegation have sought for decades. But 39 years after that ...

STOCKHOLM, June 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Skanska has signed a contract with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation for the design and replacement of the Rourke Bridge in Lowell, Massachusetts, ...

Four decades after a temporary solution was built to bridge sections of Lowell and provide access to Route 3 and I-495 for motorists in surrounding communities, a groundbreaking on Aug. 13 signified ...

The Rourke Bridge over the Merrimack River in Lowell was intended as a temporary span when it was installed almost 40 years ago. Congresswoman Lori Trahan remembers driving cautiously over it in her ...

BOSTON - Massachusetts will be getting more money from the federal government next year for much-needed improvements to roads and bridges in the state. The Infrastructure Law, signed three years ago, ...

LOWELL — City officials with a new urgency have renewed pressure on the state Department of Transportation to address the deteriorating Rourke Bridge, as a combination of viral images and national ...