Tobin Bridge
Coordinates: 42 ° 23 '5 " N , 71 ° 2' 51" W.
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| Official name | Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge | |
| use | Road bridge | |
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| Crossing of | Mystic River | |
| place | Boston , Massachusetts , United States | |
| Entertained by | Massachusetts Department of Transportation | |
| Building number | MA B16017 | |
| construction | Steel truss bridge | |
| overall length | 2.25 mi (3.6 km ) | |
| width | 36 ft (11 m) | |
| Longest span | 800 ft (243.8 m) | |
| Clear height | 135 ft (41.1 m) | |
| vehicles per day | 44,700 (as of 2007) | |
| building-costs | 27 million US dollars | |
| start of building | April 12, 1948 | |
| completion | 1950 | |
| opening | February 27, 1950 | |
| planner | JE Greiner Company | |
| toll | From $ 3 (southbound only) | |
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The Tobin Bridge (officially Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge , formerly Mystic River Bridge ) is a truss bridge in Boston in the state of Massachusetts of the United States . It stretches more than 2 mi (3 km ) from Charlestown to Chelsea and runs US Highway 1 over the Mystic River . This makes it the longest bridge in New England .
The bridge is administered by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation . It was built from 1948 to 1950 and opened for public use on February 27, 1950. The Tobin Bridge replaced the former Chelsea Street Bridge . The carriageways are laid out on two levels, one above the other, with three lanes each in the south (upper level) and north (lower level).
Technical specifications
The bridge is 11,906 ft (3,628.9 m ) long and 36 ft (11 m) wide. Its longest span is 800 ft (243.8 m), the clearance height 135 ft (41.1 m). The bridge is made of steel and is supported by tanner girders. The maximum height of the truss is 115 ft (35.1 m). The carriageway has been widened at the northern and southern ends so that there is space for one toll station each . In the 1980s, however, the toll station for traffic in the north direction was closed.
history
Originally, the bridge was operated by the Massachusetts Port Authority , which, according to the plans, should suspend toll collection as soon as the invested construction costs of 27 million US dollars were recovered, which was planned for 1978. In fact, however, with the closure of the toll booth for vehicles heading north in the 1980s, tolls were raised to 25 cents. In the 1990s, tolls to help finance Big Dig gradually increased to their current level of at least $ 3 (depending on vehicle class).
At the time of its opening, the bridge's official name was Mystic River Bridge . In 1967 she was named in honor of the former governor of Massachusetts and Mayor of the city of Boston Maurice J. Tobin in Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge renamed. During his tenure from 1945 to 1947, Tobin founded the Massachusetts Port Authority and ordered the construction of the Mystic River Bridge . Until his death in 1953, Tobin then worked as Minister of Labor for the then US President Harry S. Truman .
On January 4, 1990, the structure gained notoriety as the place where Charles Stuart , increasingly the focus of the investigation into the murder of his pregnant wife, committed suicide by jumping off the bridge .
Effective January 1, 2010, the bridge was transferred to the jurisdiction of the newly formed Massachusetts Department of Transportation .
additional
In Clint Eastwood's feature film Mystic River , this bridge is the setting for a scene.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b The Road to Reform. MassDOT Board, Leadership Announced. (No longer available online.) Massachusetts Department of Transportation , 2009, archived from the original November 5, 2009 ; accessed on December 10, 2012 . 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.
- ↑ a b c d e f Tobin Memorial Bridge. In: Structurae
- ↑ Tobin Bridge. Bridgehunter.com, accessed December 10, 2012 .
- ↑ David Abel: Work never stops on Tobin bridge. Costs rising as crews try to maintain old structure. In: The Boston Globe . October 23, 2007, accessed December 10, 2012 .
- ↑ Tobin Bridge Great information. (No longer available online.) Massachusetts Department of Transportation , archived from the original September 4, 2012 ; accessed on December 10, 2012 . 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.
- ^ Session Laws. Acts 2009 Chapter 25. Massachusetts General Court , 2009, accessed December 10, 2012 .
