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Leverett Circle Connector Bridge

Suffolk County, Massachusetts, and Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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Leverett Circle Connector Bridge

Elevation from northwest quadrant; Zakim Bridge in background

Photo taken by Nick Boppel in September 2020

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BH Photo #483033

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Description 

The Leverett Circle Connector carries the complex series of loop ramps that link Storrow Drive and Interstate 93 directly with U.S. 1 and the approach to the Tobin Memorial Bridge. The Connector was built as part of the "Big Dig" project which eliminated the old rotary that used to be nearby, hence where the name "Leverett Circle" came from. The Leverett Circle Connector Bridge is directly adjacent to the much larger Zakim Bridge and can appear to be part of the Zakim Bridge if one is not looking closely, but is indeed its own structure.

Facts 

Overview
Concrete box girder bridge over Charles River on Leverett Circle Connector
Location
Cambridge, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, and Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1999 as part of the "Big Dig" project
Design
Concrete box girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 379.9 ft.
Total length: 830.1 ft.
Deck width: 64.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.36900, -71.06450   (decimal degrees)
42°22'08" N, 71°03'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/330010/4692811 (zone/easting/northing)
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
72,144
Inventory numbers
MA B16606 (Massachusetts bridge number)
BH 90760 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of May 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 82 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Box Girder (18)
Built 1999 (74)
Built during 1990s (791)
Cambridge, Massachusetts (14)
Charles River (54)
Concrete (88)
Concrete deck (140)
Concrete girder (1,107)
County line crossing (536)
Deck girder (6,699)
 Girder (11,783)
Massachusetts (1,263)
Middlesex County, Massachusetts (260)
Modern (2,513)
Open (41,564)
Owned by state (16,806)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,319)
Suffolk County, Massachusetts (133)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,220)

Update Log 

  • October 1, 2020: New photos from Nick Boppel

Sources 

  • Nick Boppel - nickboppel01 [at] gmail [dot] com

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