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Edwin H. Land Boulevard Bridge

Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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Cambridge Parkway Bridge - Perspective view looking SW

Photo taken by Ian Martin in April 2015

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BH Photo #323371

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Overview
Bascule bridge over Broad Canal on Land Blvd. in Cambridge
Location
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1956
Design
Strauss Overhead Counterweight Bascule
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 174.9 ft.
Deck width: 32.2 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.
Also called
Cambridge Parkway Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.36194, -71.07889   (decimal degrees)
42°21'43" N, 71°04'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/328806/4692056 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Boston South
Inventory numbers
MA C01040 (Massachusetts bridge number)
BH 19372 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (1,062)
Bridgemapper.com (1,325)
Built 1956 (319)
Built during 1950s (3,845)
Cambridge, Massachusetts (14)
Former moveable bridge (27)
Girder (10,237)
Have street view (26,947)
Massachusetts (1,104)
Middlesex County, Massachusetts (243)
 Movable (2,973)
Navigable waterway (2,152)
Open (39,884)
Owned by state (15,993)
Plate girder (7,926)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,076)
Steel grate deck (450)
Through girder (3,810)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,921)

Update Log 

  • March 30, 2017: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • November 30, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • April 26, 2015: New photos from Ian Martin
  • May 29, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • August 1, 2011: New Street View added by Nathan Holth

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