Western Avenue Bridge

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Western avenue bridge cambridge

The Western Avenue Bridge over the Charles River, in Cambridge, MA and Allston, Boston, MA, in October 2008.

Photo posted to Wikipedia by user Antony-22

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

BH Photo #228197

Overview: Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Charles River on Western Avenue
Location: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, and Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1924
Design: Three-span closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 87.9 ft.
Total length: 279.9 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +42.36417, -71.11750 (decimal degrees)
42°21'51" N, 71°07'03" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 19/325633/4692382 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Boston South
Average daily traffic (as of 2017): 27,500
Inventory numbers: MA B16010 (Massachusetts bridge number)
BH 51787 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of November 2017): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 48 (out of 100)
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