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Somerset is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 18,303 at the 2020 census. [ 1 ] It is the birthplace and hometown of Clifford Milburn Holland (1883–1924), the chief engineer and namesake of the Holland Tunnel in New York City .
The Somerset Village Historic District is a historic district encompassing the historic town center of Somerset, Massachusetts. Settled in the 17th century, the village developed around a shipyard and pottery works, and became the town center when it was incorporated out of Swansea in 1790. Architecturally it is reflective mainly of its 19th ...
Brayton Point Power Station was a coal-fired power plant located in Somerset, Massachusetts.It was the largest coal-fired generating station in New England, and was the last coal-fired power station in Massachusetts to provide power to the regional grid. [1]
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.
The Brightman Street Bridge drawbridge carried US 6 and Route 138 between Somerset (at the eastern terminus of Route 103) and Fall River before 2011. In 2011, the Veterans Memorial Bridge opened, relocating US 6/Route 138 to a brief higher-speed freeway-like roadway over a taller drawbridge between Somerset and Fall River. The connection ...
Routes 138 and 6 then travel off of Route 79 and over the Brightman Street Bridge into Somerset, where the concurrency with U.S. Route 6 splits at an intersection with Route 103. Route 138 proceeds through Dighton and into Taunton, intersecting Route 140 and U.S. Route 44 at Taunton Green.
What are the key election dates in Somerset? Voting in the April 8 townwide election will be held at the Somerset Berkely Regional High School at 625 County Street. Polling hours are 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The Veterans Memorial Bridge is a bascule bridge connecting Somerset, Massachusetts and Fall River, Massachusetts. The bridge carries U.S. Route 6 and Route 138 over the Taunton River, with connecting ramps to Route 79, and includes a bike path on its north side. The $290 million bridge was dedicated to area veterans on September 11, 2011. [2]