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Charlestown Bridge. / 42.36889°N 71.06000°W / 42.36889; -71.06000. The Charlestown Bridge, officially named the North Washington Street Bridge, is located in Boston and spans the Charles River. As the river's easternmost crossing, the bridge connects the neighborhoods of Charlestown and the North End. Completed in 1900 and given its ...
Crossing Carries or connects Location Built Length Notes Coordinates Charlestown Bridge: Route 99 (N. Washington St) Boston to Charlestown: 1900 331.9 meters (1,089 ft) The MBTA Orange Line used this bridge, before the upstream tunnel was completed in 1975. Site of a ferry established in 1630; obsoleted by the Charles River Bridge, built 1786
The first bridge at this location was completed in 1806 by the Cheshire Bridge Co. [4] and was described as a Town lattice covered toll bridge, a wooden covered bridge. In 1897 the bridge was purchased by the Springfield Electric Railway . In 1906 the old bridge was replaced by the Iron Bridge Co., at a cost of US$ 65,000 (US$2,200,000 with ...
This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Connecticut River from its mouth at Long Island Sound upstream to its source at the Connecticut Lakes. The list includes current road and rail crossings, as well as ferries carrying a state highway across the river. Some pedestrian bridges and abandoned bridges are also listed.
The Mystic River is a 7.0-mile-long (11.3 km) river [1] in Massachusetts. In the Massachusett language, missi-tuk means "large estuary", alluding to the tidal nature of the Mystic River. The resemblance to the English word mystic is a coincidence, which the colonists followed. The Mystic River lies to the north of Boston and flows approximately ...
September 30, 1982. Location. The Bear Mountain Bridge, ceremonially named the Purple Heart Veterans Memorial Bridge, [4] is a toll suspension bridge in New York State. It carries US 6 and US 202 across the Hudson River between Bear Mountain State Park in Orange County [5] and Cortlandt in Westchester County.
This park first opened in 1996 and contains 5,100 acres. The park was once a part of the huge 15,000-acre Indiana Army Ammunition plant, which used to occupy the land. The park is located 8 miles ...
Charlestown is the oldest neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. [1] Also called Mishawum by the Massachusett, it is located on a peninsula north of the Charles River, across from downtown Boston, and also adjoins the Mystic River and Boston Harbor waterways. Charlestown was laid out in 1629 by engineer Thomas Graves, one ...