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Fall River Heritage State Park is a history-themed public recreation area on the Taunton River in Fall River, Massachusetts. The state park encompasses 14 acres (5.7 ha) beside the Charles M. Braga Jr. Memorial Bridge on Battleship Cove , home of the World War II battleship USS Massachusetts .
Fall River Government Center (also known as "city hall") is the location of the municipal government offices in the city of Fall River, Massachusetts, United States. Located at One Government Center, and constructed directly over Interstate 195 , it was the first public building built over a Federal interstate highway. [ 1 ]
Fall River's voting history largely mirrors that of Massachusetts as a whole. Before 1928, Fall River was a Republican-leaning city. Beginning in 1928, Fall River became a strongly Democratic city, owing to the large Catholic population in the city. Fall River even voted Democratic in the Republican landslide election wins in 1952 and 1956.
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The following properties in Fall River, Massachusetts are listed on the Registered Historic Places. This is a subset of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bristol County, Massachusetts .
In 1987, a transient drifter mistaken for an undercover police officer was murdered in the forest, [15] and in 2001, two men were found shot to death on Bell Rock Road, which runs through the forest connecting Assonet and Fall River. [16] Two assaults were also reported: a Fall River man in 1991 [17] and a teenager from New Bedford in 1998. [18]
The Charles M. Braga Jr. Memorial Bridge, also known as the Braga Bridge, or simply, The Braga, is a through truss bridge that carries Interstate 195 over the Taunton River between the town of Somerset and the city of Fall River, near the mouth of the Quequechan River at the confluence with Mount Hope Bay.
Downtown Fall River Historic District is a historic district on North and South Main, Bedford, Granite, Bank, Franklin, and Elm Streets in Fall River, Massachusetts. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.