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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
Role Name Structures in this project 
Chief engineer William Jackson
Assistant engineer John E. Cheney

Technical information
Part of structure Description Value
Construction materials used
girders  steel
Dimensions
  width 21.13 m
  total length 659.82 m

Chronology
1 September 1891
Inauguration.
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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