PORTSMOUTH, N.H.— New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan says the new bridge between Portsmouth and Kittery represents the historical connections between the two states and their shared economic future.
Hassan was joined by U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine at a ceremony Thursday to open the Memorial Bridge. Hundreds of onlookers attended.
The $81.4 million bridge replaces one that was built in 1923 and closed two years ago.
As she did 90 years ago, former Portsmouth mayor Eileen Foley did the ribbon-cutting honors. This time, she rode across the bridge in a golf cart, with a bouquet of flowers on her lap.
The crowd cheered as she cut the ribbon, then sang “God Bless America.”
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- Former Portsmouth mayor Eileen Foley cuts the ribbon officially opening the Memorial Bridge between Portsmouth, N.H. and Kittery on Thursday in Portsmouth.
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- Former Portsmouth mayor Eileen Foley, left in cart, gets a ride across the newly opened Memorial Bridge. Foley, 95, cut the ceremonial ribbon on the new bridge as she did 90 years ago on the original bridge.
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- A bag-pipe band crosses the Memorial Bridge during a ribbon cutting ceremony re-opening the bridge that connects Kittery with Portsmouth, N.H., on Thursday.
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- Hundreds of people get a chance to walk across the newly re-opened Memorial Bridge that connects Kittery with Portsmouth, N.H., on Thursday.
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- A band plays as hundreds of people get a chance to walk across the newly re-opened Memorial Bridge on Thursday.
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- John Brosnahan from the Kittery police, left, and Chris Kiberd from the Portsmouth, N.H., police lead the color guard across the Memorial Bridge, Thursday in Portsmouth. The new bridge had a ribbon cutting ceremony to honor the re-opening of the bridge that connects the two states.
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