Photo of George Clarence Hadley.

ID: 1083 ~ Source: Courtesy of the North Adams Historical Society.

This file appears in: George Hadley -- "The Father of the Overpass"

This file appears in: George Hadley -- "The Father of the Overpass"

George Hadley -- "The Father of the Overpass"

Born in 1878 in Nyack, NY, he moved with his parents at age 6 to North Adams where his mother had roots. She was Ellen (Cady) Hadley, a member of one of the city’s oldest and most prominent families in town. His father was John C. Hadley. In 1897,…