Boston University Bridge
Coordinates: 42 ° 21 '9 " N , 71 ° 6' 38" W.
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 East Boston – Allston railway line as seen from the Boston side upstream |
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 Massachusetts Route 2
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| Crossing of | Charles River | |
| place | Boston and Cambridge , Massachusetts , United States | |
| Entertained by | Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation | |
| construction | Truss bridge made of steel | |
| overall length | 280 m | |
| completion | 1928 | |
| opening | 1928 | |
| planner | Andrew Canzanelli | |
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Former name: Cottage Farm Bridge |
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The Boston University Bridge or BU Bridge for short is a steel truss bridge with a freely suspended carriageway in the state of Massachusetts in the United States . It leads Massachusetts Route 2 from Boston over the Charles River to Cambridge . The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials street directory states that the bridge also crosses US Highway 3 across the river to its southern end on US Highway 20 (also known as Commonwealth Avenue ), but it is the Massachusetts Department of Transportation believes the bridge is not part of US Highway 3 . There, the route along the Memorial Drive in Cambridge, until they end the Harvard Bridge on Massachusetts Route 2A meets.
Its original name Cottage Farm Bridge was changed to its current name in 1949 in honor of Boston University at its southern end .
Construction phase
The bridge was built in 1928 based on a design by Andrew Canzanelli . It replaced a drawbridge that was built on the same site in 1850 and known as the Brookline Bridge . Canzanelli also designed the John W. Weeks Bridge and the Hatch Memorial Shell .
The bridge runs diagonally over an older, single-track railway bridge on the East Boston – Allston railway line , which was acquired in 2010 by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the MBTA from the previous owner CSX Transportation in order to be able to implement the Urban Ring project at this point.
Redevelopment
In 2008, investigations revealed that the bridge was in a state of disrepair. In some places holes in the road surface exposed the river, in other places the steps leading from Storrow Drive to the bridge were rusted through.
Based on these findings, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, as owner of the bridge, initiated a comprehensive $ 20 million renovation program that lasted from spring 2009 to spring 2012.
The construction work took place in three phases, with both directions of travel being made available during rush hour . On December 21, 2011, the bridge was reopened with a lane , onto which two lanes open on both sides. 5 ft (1.5 m ) wide bike paths have been set up alongside the sidewalks .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Boston University Bridge Rehabilitation Project (pdf; 1.4 MB) Department of Conservation and Recreation. June 30, 2009. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
- ↑ a b c Laura Crimaldi: BU eyesore considered safe . Boston Herald. August 5, 2007. Archived from the original on August 12, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
- ^ Part of the fourth Ward, Cambridge. (No longer available online.) Community Heritage Maps, 2010, archived from the original on March 10, 2012 ; Retrieved September 22, 2012 (interactive map from 1873). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Projects. (No longer available online.) Massachusetts Department of Transportation, archived from the original March 13, 2012 ; accessed on September 22, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Boston University Bridge. Massachusetts Department of Transportation, accessed September 22, 2012 .
Web links
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Upstream Grand Junction Railroad Bridge |
Crossing the Charles River Boston University Bridge
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Downstream Harvard Bridge 
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