Eliot Bridge Explained

Bridge Name:Eliot Bridge
Crosses:Charles River
Locale:Cambridge, Massachusetts to Allston
Design:arch bridge
Complete:1950[1]
Coordinates:42.3718°N -71.1328°W

The Eliot Bridge is a bridge over the Charles River between Cambridge, Massachusetts and Allston, Boston, Massachusetts. It connects Soldiers Field Road in Allston with Gerry's Landing Road, Memorial Drive, Greenough Boulevard, and the Fresh Pond Parkway in Cambridge.

The bridge was built in 1950 as a memorial to Charles W. Eliot, Harvard president 1869–1909, and his son Charles Eliot, landscape architect for the Metropolitan Park Commission.

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Notes and References

  1. http://bridgehunter.com/ma/suffolk/B162464EVMDCNBI/ Eliot Bridge at Historic Bridges of the U. S.