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Structure-ID: s0008796
Created on: 03/23/03
Modified on: 12/31/04


Harvard Bridge

Completed in: 1891
Status: in use
Location: Between Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA and Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
UTM: 19.327750.4691000
Crosses: Charles River
Harvard Bridge, Boston/Cambridge
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Structural Type:
Girder bridge
haunched
Function / usage:
Road bridge

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Chief engineer William Jackson
Assistant engineer John E. Cheney

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
girders  steel
Dimensions
  width 21.13 m
  total length 659.82 m

Chronology
1988- 1989
The entire superstructure is replaced and the substructures are rehabilitated. The original haunched type girder details are used.

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External LinkHAER: Harvard Bridge, Spanning Charles River at Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Suffolk County, MA English
External LinkWikipedia: Harvard Bridge English

 
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