Norman D. Lake Memorial Bridge

Location: Main Street (Route 27), South Acton, between intersections with School Street and High Street (over railroad tracks)

Norman D. Lake served the town of Acton in many ways, including as member and Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Director of Civil Defense/Emergency Management, Director of the Auxiliary Fire Department, School Committee member and Chairman, incorporator and Board chairman of the Committee on Drug Education, and member and Advisor to the Boy Scouts' Explorer Post 7 Search and Rescue Team.  He served the Boy Scouts, Lions Club and Acton Jamboree.  He passed away in June 1995.  According to Acton's 1997 town report, the reconstructed South Acton Bridge was dedicated to Norman D. Lake for his service as Selectman and extraordinary volunteer.

For more information, see:
Acton Town Reports, 1995 (dedication on page 2 and pages 5, 21, 56-58 ) and 1997 (inside front cover, and back cover)
Norman D. Lake Bridge Construction.  Scrapbook of Photos at Acton Historical Society.

Norman D Lake Bridge, upon completion

View from Bridge toward Exchange Hall, South Acton