North Beacon Street Bridge

North Beacon Street Bridge
North Beacon Street Bridge
	The North Beacon Street Bridge in April 2009
Coordinates	42°21′32″N 71°09′42″W / 42.358974°N 71.16155°W
Carries	US 20
Crosses	Charles River
Locale	Watertown, Massachusetts to Boston, Massachusetts
Maintained by	Massachusetts Department of Transportation
History
Designer	John R. Rablin (engineer); Haven & Hoyt (architects)
Opened	1917
Location

The North Beacon Street Bridge is a bridge carrying North Beacon Street (U.S. Route 20) over the Charles River between Watertown, MA and Brighton, Boston, MA. It was built in 1917.^[2]

The southern end of the bridge is also at the western terminus Birmingham Parkway (and the extension of Soldiers Field Road, not built until 1935, itself an extension of Storrow Drive), while its northern end is at the western terminus of Greenough Boulevard, an extension of Memorial Drive.

The North Beacon Street carried by this bridge is not the same street as the well-known Beacon Street in Boston.

References

^ Hauer, Daniel J. "Placing the Foundations for a Bridge at Watertown, Mass." Contractor 1 June 1916: 38. Chicago.
^ ^a ^b "Charles River Basin Master Plan" (PDF). Boston, Massachusetts: Department of Conservation and Recreation (Massachusetts). p. 151. Retrieved 2009-07-16.

External links

Historic Bridges of the U.S.: North Beacon Street Bridge

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[1] Hauer, Daniel J. "Placing the Foundations for a Bridge at Watertown, Mass." Contractor 1 June 1916: 38. Chicago.

[basin-2] "Charles River Basin Master Plan" (PDF). Boston, Massachusetts: Department of Conservation and Recreation (Massachusetts). p. 151. Retrieved 2009-07-16.

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