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Bridges In Boston
Notable bridges in Boston include: *Anderson Memorial Bridge *Andrew P. McArdle Memorial Bridge *Arsenal Street Bridge *Arthur Fiedler Footbridge *Boston Public Garden Foot Bridge *Boston University Bridge *Bowker Overpass *Charles River Dam Bridge *Charlestown Bridge *Charlestown High Bridge *Chelsea Street Bridge (Boston), Chelsea Street Bridge *Congress Street Bridge (Boston), Congress Street Bridge *Eliot Bridge *Evelyn Moakley Bridge *Frances Appleton Bridge *Grand Junction Railroad Bridge *Great Bridge (Cambridge), Great Bridge *Harvard Bridge *John W. Weeks Bridge *Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge *Leverett Circle Connector Bridge *Long Island Bridge *Longfellow Bridge *North Beacon Street Bridge *Northern Avenue Bridge *Paul's Bridge *River Street Bridge (Charles River), River Street Bridge *Summer Street Bridge *Tobin Bridge *Warren Bridge *Western Avenue Bridge {{div col end See also * List of crossings of the Charles River Boston-related lists, Bridge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anderson Memorial Bridge
Anderson Memorial Bridge (commonly but incorrectly called Larz Anderson Bridge) connects Allston, Massachusetts, Allston, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, Boston, and Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge. The bridge stands on the site of the Great Bridge (Cambridge), Great Bridge built in 1662, the first structure to span the Charles River. It brings Boston traffic (from North Harvard Street) into Harvard Square (via JFK Street) and was finished in 1915.Bridges of Cambridge (link invalid) Name Often assumed to be named after Larz Anderson, the bridge was actually built by him as a memorial to his father, Nicholas Longworth Anderson. To do so, Anderson was helped by the huge family fortune of his wife, Isabel Weld Perkins. According to the Metropolitan Park Commission of 1913: |
Harvard Bridge
The Harvard Bridge (also known locally as the MIT Bridge, the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge, and the "Mass. Ave." Bridge) is a steel haunched girder bridge carrying Massachusetts Avenue ( Route 2A) over the Charles River and connecting Back Bay, Boston with Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is the longest bridge over the Charles River at . After years of disagreement between the cities of Boston and Cambridge, the bridge was built jointly by the two cities between 1887 and 1891. It was named for Harvard University founder John Harvard. Originally equipped with a central swing span, it was revised several times over the years until its superstructure was completely replaced in the late 1980s due to unacceptable vibration and the collapse of a similar bridge in Connecticut. The bridge is known locally for being marked off in the idiosyncratic unit of length called the smoot. Conception In 1874 the Massachusetts Legislature authorized construction of a bridge between Boston and Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Avenue Bridge
The Western Avenue Bridge is a bridge carrying Western Avenue over the Charles River between Cambridge and Allston, Massachusetts Allston is an officially recognized neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was named after the American painter and poet Washington Allston. It comprises the land covered by the zip code 02134. For the most part, Allston is .... It was built in 1924 by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Metropolitan District Commission. The bridge carries one-way traffic going west, into Allston. Eastbound traffic must take the nearby River Street Bridge. History The original bridge on the site was the River Street Bridge (not to be confused with the modern River Street Bridge just down the river) constructed in 1824. References External links * Bridges in Boston Bridges completed in 1924 Buildings and structures in Cambridge, Massachusetts Bridges in Middlesex County, Massachusetts Road bridges in Massachusetts Bridge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Bridge
The Warren Bridge connected downtown Boston, Massachusetts with Charlestown from its construction in the 1820s until its demolition in 1962. It was replaced by the Charles River Dam in 1978. The Warren Bridge was requested in 1823 and chartered in 1828 by John Skinner and Isaac Warren, in response to the politically unpopular tolls on the 1786 Charles River Bridge. Its proprietors were authorized to collect tolls until they were reimbursed the cost of building the bridge and the other necessary expenses, with five per cent interest thereon, when the bridge was to revert to the Commonwealth. They were expressly limited from taking tolls for a longer period than six years. The bridge opened for travel on December 25, 1828. It connected Beverly Street in the North End of Boston to the then-independent city of Charlestown at City Square. The Charles River Bridge also terminated at City Square, with the Boston side at Charlestown Street (now North Washington Street, the site o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobin Bridge
The Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge (formerly the Mystic River Bridge) is a cantilever bridge, cantilever truss bridge that spans more than from Charlestown, Boston, Boston to Chelsea, Massachusetts, Chelsea over the Mystic River in Massachusetts, United States. The bridge is the largest in New England. It is operated by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and carries U.S. Route 1. It was built between 1948 and 1950 and opened to traffic on February 2, 1950, replacing the former Chelsea Bridge. The -wide roadway has three lanes of traffic on each of the two levels with northbound traffic on the lower level and southbound traffic on the upper level. Description The bridge is a three-span cantilevered truss bridge at in total length. The center span is longest at and the maximum truss height is . There are 36 approach spans to the north and 32 to the south. The roadway is seven lanes wide between the shortest () span and the center – the former location of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer Street Bridge
The Summer Street Bridge is a retractile bridge built in 1899 in Boston, Massachusetts, over the Fort Point Channel. It still stands, but has served as a fixed bridge since 1959. This was the site of the Summer Street Bridge disaster in 1916. History The structure was built to replace a swing bridge dating to 1855. Construction contracts were awarded in October 1897, and the first draw was operational in August 1899. The bridge consists of two parallel decks, each wide, which when operational, had center sections that were retracted independently and diagonally to allow water traffic to pass. The bridge was the site of the Summer Street Bridge disaster on the night of November 7, 1916, in which 46 passengers were killed when a streetcar fell into Fort Point Channel. The bridge remained in use, although its streetcar traffic was discontinued in the 1950s and the spans were fixed in place in 1959. Originally, the structure had a bridge tender's house, which was removed in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Street Bridge (Charles River)
The River Street Bridge is a bridge on the Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts, connecting River Street in Cambridge to Cambridge Street in Allston near the southern end of the Harvard University campus. It was built in 1925 by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Metropolitan District Commission. The bridge carries one-way traffic going east, into Cambridge. Westbound traffic must take the nearby Western Avenue Bridge. History The original bridge at the site, a wooden drawbridge, was built in 1810. The bridge was built in response to the 1793 construction of the West Boston Bridge (at the site of the current Longfellow Bridge), because the two bridges together greatly shortened the route from Boston to Cambridge, which previously had to take a highway around the Back Bay through Roxbury. The current reinforced-concrete bridge was constructed in 1925 with three arches that span 330 feet. It was designed by Robert P. Bellows in a style resembling the Pont Neuf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul's Bridge
Paul's Bridge is a stone bridge carrying the Neponset Valley Parkway over the Neponset River between Milton and southern Boston, Massachusetts. It was built in 1849 by Thomas Hollis, Jr., of Milton, but was later reconstructed using the original materials. It replaced the earlier Hubbard's Bridge (built prior to 1759), and a subsequent Paul's Bridge (so named at its 1807 reconstruction). Its current span is approximately . The name "Paul" can be attributed to Samuel Paul, the owner of the adjacent land on the Readville (now Boston) side, which was part of Dedham at the time of the bridge's construction. The 1849 bridge was long and wide, and was constructed of unmortared Quincy granite. Each round arch measures at the springline. The area between the arches is uncoursed rubblestone, and the arches are formed out of cut granite voussoirs. The bridge underwent a major rebuilding between 1932 and 1935 under the leadership of Arthur A. Shurcliff, FASLA and founder of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Avenue Bridge
The Northern Avenue Bridge is a swing bridge that spans the Fort Point Channel of Boston, Massachusetts. Following its closure as a road bridge in 1997, various redevelopment schemes have been proposed for the bridge, as well as outright demolition of the span. In Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation, the bridge is referred to as the Northern Avenue Swing Bridge. It is sometimes known as the Old Northern Avenue Bridge, as its replacement was briefly known as the New Northern Avenue Bridge before it was officially named the Evelyn Moakley Bridge. History The bridge was constructed from 1905 to 1908, and opened to the public on October 24, 1908. A swing bridge, compressed air was used to rotate the center part of the span to allow water traffic to pass. Boston's city engineer, William Jackson, was the designer. Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation notes that "Some of the operating machinery of the draw span for the Northern Avenue Brid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Beacon Street Bridge
The North Beacon Street Bridge is a bridge carrying North Beacon Street ( U.S. Route 20) over the Charles River between Watertown, MA and Brighton, Boston, MA. It was built in 1917. The southern end of the bridge is also at the western terminus Birmingham Parkway (and the extension of Soldiers Field Road, not built until 1935, itself an extension of Storrow Drive), while its northern end is at the western terminus of Greenough Boulevard, an extension of Memorial Drive. The North Beacon Street carried by this bridge is not the same street as the well-known Beacon Street Beacon Street is a major east–west street in Boston, Massachusetts, and its western suburbs of Brookline, Massachusetts, Brookline and Newton, Massachusetts, Newton. It passes through many of Boston's central and western neighborhoods, includ ... in Boston. See also * * * * List of crossings of the Charles River References External links Historic Bridges of the U.S.: North Beacon Street Brid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longfellow Bridge
The Longfellow Bridge is a steel rib arch bridge spanning the Charles River to connect Boston's Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts, Beacon Hill neighborhood with the Kendall Square area of Cambridge, Massachusetts. The bridge carries Massachusetts Route 3, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, MBTA Red Line (MBTA), Red Line, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic. The structure was originally known as the Cambridge Bridge, and a predecessor structure was known as the West Boston Bridge; Boston also continued to use "West Boston Bridge" officially for the new bridge. The bridge is also known to locals as the "Salt-and-Pepper Bridge" due to Salt and pepper shakers, the shape of its central towers. The bridge falls under the jurisdiction and oversight of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). The bridge carries approximately 28,600 cars and 90,000 mass-transit passengers every weekday. A portion of the MBTA subway's elevated Charles/MGH station lies at the ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Island Bridge
The Long Island Bridge, sometimes referred to as the Long Island Viaduct, was a bridge in Boston, Massachusetts, that connected Long Island to Moon Island. Both islands are located in Boston Harbor and are connected to the mainland via a causeway from Moon Island to Squantum, a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts. History Constructed at a cost of $2,000,000, the bridge was opened on August 4, 1951. Before the bridge was opened, Long Island was accessible only by the ferry ''James M. Curley''. The bridge was built to provide better access to Long Island Hospital, an infectious disease hospital serving 1,200 chronically ill patients. After the hospital's closure, in 1983, the bridge provided access to other city facilities on the island, including a homeless shelter, programs for patients with substance abuse problems, and a fire station. A –Long Island bus service over the bridge was operated by the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway until 1972, then by the MBTA until 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
