Category:Harvard Bridge
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English: The Harvard Bridge, also known locally as the MIT Bridge, the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge, and the Mass Ave Bridge, is a steel haunched girder bridge carrying Massachusetts Avenue (Route 2A) over the Charles River and connecting Back Bay, Boston with Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is the longest bridge over the Charles River at 659.82 meters (2,164.8 ft; 387.72 sm).
After years of infighting between the cities of Boston and Cambridge, the bridge was built jointly by the two cities between 1887 and 1891, and was named for the founder of Harvard University, John Harvard. Originally equipped with a central swing span, it was revised several times over the years until its superstructure was completely replaced in the late 1980s due to unacceptable vibration and the collapse of a similar bridge.
The bridge is known locally for being marked off in the idiosyncratic unit of length called the smoot.
After years of infighting between the cities of Boston and Cambridge, the bridge was built jointly by the two cities between 1887 and 1891, and was named for the founder of Harvard University, John Harvard. Originally equipped with a central swing span, it was revised several times over the years until its superstructure was completely replaced in the late 1980s due to unacceptable vibration and the collapse of a similar bridge.
The bridge is known locally for being marked off in the idiosyncratic unit of length called the smoot.
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Media in category "Harvard Bridge"
The following 76 files are in this category, out of 76 total.
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(USA-Massachusetts) Harvard Bridge from View Boston 2024-06-09.jpg 3,023 × 2,418; 2.29 MB
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1975 Boston aerial 4730373945.jpg 1,050 × 700; 554 KB
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2011 BostonMA 6293754062.jpg 3,814 × 2,534; 8.16 MB
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Harvard Bridge and Prudential Tower.jpg 4,869 × 3,529; 11.15 MB
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2017 Harvard Bridge from Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Massachusetts.jpg 4,540 × 2,580; 1.62 MB
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2017 Prudential Skywalk - Back Bay 1 (NbW).jpg 4,608 × 3,456; 5 MB
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2017 Prudential Skywalk - Back Bay and Harvard Bridge (NNW).jpg 4,608 × 3,456; 3.69 MB
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2017 Prudential Skywalk - Harvard Bridge (NW).jpg 4,608 × 3,456; 4.34 MB
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Aerial Photograph of Boston, Massachusetts - NARA - 7455642.jpg 3,061 × 2,219; 1.5 MB
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Back Bay skyline and frozen Charles River, January 2011.jpg 1,024 × 685; 427 KB
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Back Bay Skyline from Massachusetts Avenue Bridge (53234969889).jpg 4,032 × 2,268; 1.44 MB
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Boston at sunset.jpg 3,072 × 2,304; 2.7 MB
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Boston Skyline from Charles River.jpg 1,496 × 1,122; 81 KB
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Boston, Massachusetts-00.jpg 3,888 × 2,592; 4.03 MB
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Charles River (Cambridge MA).jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 4.57 MB
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Charles River Basin and ramp to Harvard Bridge, November 2019.jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 3.04 MB
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Charles River Crossing.JPG 3,721 × 2,412; 4.88 MB
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Charlesgate & Cambridge Skyline, March 2021.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 2.48 MB
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Charlesgate and Harvard Bridge white border postcard.jpg 951 × 615; 190 KB
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CITGO sign from Longfellow Bridge (53829120336).jpg 3,008 × 2,000; 2.13 MB
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Downtown Boston skyline and reflections in the frozen Charles River (51307815725).jpg 6,240 × 4,160; 10.54 MB
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Harvard Bridge - Charles River, MA - DSC01465.JPG 4,320 × 3,240; 4.74 MB
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Harvard Bridge - panoramio.jpg 4,592 × 2,576; 3.56 MB
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Harvard Bridge 20100116.jpg 800 × 429; 46 KB
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Harvard Bridge and sailboats.jpg 4,032 × 2,268; 3.23 MB
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Harvard Bridge Art.JPG 1,600 × 1,200; 485 KB
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Harvard bridge during sunset.jpg 6,000 × 4,000; 11.39 MB
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Harvard Bridge from Beacon Street postcard.jpg 1,550 × 961; 183 KB
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Harvard Bridge from Boston October 2024.jpg 8,256 × 5,504; 21.43 MB
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Harvard Bridge from Cambridge, 2009.jpg 1,000 × 664; 130 KB
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Harvard Bridge MIT Bridge Mass Ave bridge over Charles River Boston.jpg 1,496 × 1,122; 78 KB
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Harvard Bridge MIT Bridge Mass Ave Bridge over Charles River Boston.jpg 1,496 × 1,122; 164 KB
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Harvard Bridge MIT Bridge Mass Ave Bridge over Charles river Boston.jpg 1,496 × 1,122; 210 KB
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Harvard Bridge MIT bridge Mass Ave Bridge over Charles River Boston.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 100 KB
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Harvard bridge MIT Bridge Mass Ave Bridge over Charles River Boston.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 142 KB
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Harvard Bridge MIT Bridge Mass Ave bridge over Charles river Boston.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 152 KB
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Harvard Bridge MIT bridge Mass Ave Bridge over Charles river Boston.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 139 KB
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Harvard Bridge MIT Bridge Mass Ave Bridge Over Charles river Boston.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 1,014 KB
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Harvard Bridge MIT Bridge Mass Ave Bridge Over Charles River Boston.jpg 1,963 × 1,472; 172 KB
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Harvard bridge panorama.jpg 7,704 × 714; 700 KB
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Harvard Bridge plaque, Boston, MA - DSC00233.JPG 3,574 × 2,837; 3.16 MB
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Harvard Bridge postcard 1920ish.jpg 1,041 × 662; 184 KB
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Harvard Bridge postcard, 1910.jpg 1,095 × 702; 237 KB
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Harvard Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts (USA), in 1960.jpg 1,417 × 902; 570 KB
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Harvard Bridge, centerline, looking north, 2009.jpg 1,000 × 648; 113 KB
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Harvard bridge.JPG 2,048 × 1,536; 654 KB
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Harvard Bridge.png 4,591 × 2,461; 12.8 MB
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Harvard-bridge-mit.jpg 758 × 547; 553 KB
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Houdini Harvard Bridge 2.jpg 888 × 424; 49 KB
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Massachusetts Avenue Bridge (53234898563).jpg 4,192 × 2,358; 1.39 MB
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Massachusetts Avenue Bridge from Memorial Drive with Boston Skyline (53231778287).jpg 3,793 × 2,133; 1.78 MB
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass (87310).jpg 3,316 × 2,119; 2.91 MB
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MBTA 1 bus crossing the Harvard Bridge.jpg 5,790 × 3,860; 9.22 MB
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MBTA 1 bus on Harvard Bridge April 2024.jpg 5,733 × 3,822; 9.57 MB
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Number 1 MBTA bus route.jpg 1,452 × 1,089; 228 KB
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass (NYPL b12647398-74365) (cropped).tiff 2,200 × 1,407; 11.81 MB
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass (NYPL b12647398-74365).tiff 2,432 × 1,652; 11.5 MB
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PartialViewOfBostonSkylineFromCambridge.jpg 1,500 × 1,000; 1.01 MB
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Streetcar on Harvard Bridge postcard.jpg 800 × 514; 89 KB
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Streetcars on Harvard Bridge postcard.jpg 1,200 × 733; 269 KB
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Sunset at Harvard Bridge - panoramio.jpg 1,600 × 1,200; 394 KB
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The evening sun at Harvard Bridge - panoramio.jpg 1,280 × 960; 90 KB
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The Harvard Bridge - panoramio.jpg 960 × 1,280; 141 KB
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Underside, centerline, 1985.jpg 4,673 × 3,636; 1.29 MB
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View from Prudential Tower, Boston (2744027936).jpg 3,072 × 2,304; 1.14 MB
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View from the roof of the John Hancock Tower.jpg 20,580 × 4,367; 83.22 MB
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View of Charles River Basin.agr.JPG 1,280 × 960; 635 KB
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Western Avenue Bridge (Cambridge, MA) 4.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 4.26 MB
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Western Avenue Bridge (Cambridge, MA) 5.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 3.97 MB
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Wrapped MBTA 1 bus crossing Harvard Bridge.jpg 5,705 × 3,803; 8.94 MB
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Вид с моста - panoramio (23).jpg 3,648 × 2,736; 5 MB