Work on the bridge began on August 10, 1910, during construction of the Cape Cod Canal.[1] The bridge abutments were completed by December.[2] In April 1911, the bridge was reported as being nearly completed.[3] Reports at that time noted that once the new bridge was opened, an existing bridge over the Monument River in Bourne would be closed.[4] On May 20, the bridge was physically opened (lifted) for the first time.[5] In late June, the bridge was described as "ready", with plans being made for its immediate opening.[6]
In May 1923, two people in an automobile crashed through fencing on the bridge and into the canal.[7] The driver, Professor William Wright of Harvard, drowned, while his daughter was rescued.[8] In March 1935, a driver from the West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston survived a Шаблон:Convert drop in his car after it skidded off the approach to the bridge and landed at the edge of the canal.[9]
The greatest amount of traffic to cross the bridge was 14,000 cars, recorded one day during the summer of 1934.[10] The bridge was removed from service on June 22, 1935, with the opening of the new Bourne Bridge and Sagamore Bridge.[11] As of the end of 1935, the bridge was being disassembled and removed.[12]
Circa 2008, volunteers and residents of the Buzzards Bay section of Bourne created a scenic viewpoint named "Three Mile Look" on the former site of the bridge on the mainland side of the canal.[13]Шаблон:Clear left
