LOWELL — Before 1983, there was no Rourke Bridge connecting Pawtucketville and the Highlands neighborhoods. Back then, state Sen. Ed Kennedy was a Lowell city councilor, and U.S. Rep.
“As part of this study, [Parsons Brinckerhoff] will examine all of the crossings of the Merrimack River between Nashua, New Hampshire and the Rourke Bridge in Lowell with the intent of focusing ...