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Charles River Dam Bridge
Photos
Historical Photo of Original 1910 Bridge
Historical 1930 Photo showing bridge in partially raised position.
Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
BH Photo #264122
Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over Charles River on MA 28 in Boston
- Location
- Cambridge, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, and Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1910 as a pair of parallel single leaf bascules; entire superstructure and mechanics demolished and replaced in 1962 with double-leaf bascule; rehabilitated 1992; entire superstructure replaced 2010-2011 with fixed trunnion bascule.
- Design
- Double leaf bascule with variable-depth deck plate girder superstructure
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 63.0 ft.
Total length: 82.0 ft.
Deck width: 65.0 ft.
- Also called
- Craigie Dam Bridge
Charles River Bridge
Craigie Bridge
Science Museum Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.36716, -71.06914 (decimal degrees)
42°22'02" N, 71°04'09" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/329623/4692617 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Boston South
- Inventory numbers
- MA B16013 (Massachusetts bridge number)
BH 19445 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 30, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- August 30, 2013: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- August 22, 2013: New photos from Douglas Butler
- August 21, 2013: Updated by Nathan Holth: Corrected and expanded design details. Bridge has been demolished and replaced.
Related Bridges
- Longfellow Bridge (Upstream)
- MBTA - Lechmere Viaduct (Downstream)
Sources
- Flickr - Bascule bridge in question is the smaller bridge at lower elevation in photo.
- Nathan Holth
- Wikipedia
- Project Website
- Douglas Butler
- Charles River Dam (Monsignor O'Brien Highway) Bridge - Bridge opening for boat traffic
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This bridge has an unusual history. I updated the page so hopefully it reduces the confusion. It was originally a 1910 single leaf bascule, replaced in 1962 with a double leaf bascule (one of the smallest double leaf bascules I have ever seen) and again demolished and replaced in 2010. As such, the bridge today is modern and has no historic significance.