Editing Westfield, Massachusetts (section)

==== Great River Bridge project ====
{{Main|Great River Bridge (Westfield)}}
[[File:Westfield Great River1.jpg|thumb|Westfield's Great River Bridge project under construction, July 2010]]

A notable choke point for north–south travel is the [[Great River Bridge (Westfield)|Great River Bridge]], commonly known as the "Green Bridge", over the [[Westfield River]]. This is a three-lane through [[truss bridge]]. As of August 2007, there was an active project to create a second bridge just to the east (downstream).<ref name=masshighway>[http://www.mhd.state.ma.us/ProjectInfo/Main.asp?ACTION=ViewProject&PROJECT_NO=600933 MassHighway Great River Bridge project page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803075453/http://www.mhd.state.ma.us/ProjectInfo/Main.asp?ACTION=ViewProject&PROJECT_NO=600933 |date=August 3, 2009 }}</ref> The new bridge is a similar through-truss bridge with two spans totaling {{convert|368|ft|1}}.<ref>Phone call to MassHighway District 2 engineer on 2008-06-25</ref> After the second bridge was completed, the existing bridge was refurbished; each bridge now carries traffic in one direction. Blessed Sacrament Church on North Elm Street was torn down for this project to start. The church was reconstructed on Holyoke Road and was finished in October 2009. The new bridge opened for traffic and the old one was closed for renovations on August 18, 2009. The old bridge reopened in July 2011, with each bridge carrying traffic in one direction.<ref name=openednew>{{cite news| title =Great River Bridge opens in Westfield| first =Barry| last =Kriger| url =http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/local/wwlp_local_Great_River_bridge_opens_in_Westfield_200908182218| publisher =WWLP-TV| location =[[Springfield, Massachusetts]]| date =August 19, 2009| access-date =2009-08-21| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110809112022/http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/local/wwlp_local_Great_River_bridge_opens_in_Westfield_200908182218| archive-date =August 9, 2011| df =mdy-all}}</ref>