Ribbon cutting for the Hadley Overpass in 1941.

ID: 1084 ~ Source: Courtesy of the North Adams Historical Society..

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

Ribbon cutting for the Hadley Overpass in 1941.

From left to right: Guy F. Langstroth, superintendent fro Carlo Bianchi Company; Irving H. Call, City Engineer; Mayor Francis O'Hara, James E. Wall, George Clarence Hadley.

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

George Hadley -- "The Father of the Overpass"

By Roger Rivers and Lorraine B. Maloney

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,…