Tobin Bridge

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cantilever bridge road bridge steel bridge toll bridge

The Tobin Bridge is a major steel cantilever bridge in the Boston area that carries U.S. Route 1 over the Mystic River, connecting Boston and Chelsea, Massachusetts.

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cantilever bridge → road bridge → steel bridge → toll bridge →
carries	U.S. Route 1 →
connects	Boston, Massachusetts → Chelsea, Massachusetts NERFINISHED →
constructionCompleted	1950 →
crosses	Mystic River →
crossesWaterBody	Mystic River →
design	cantilever →
hasApproach	Charlestown approach → Chelsea approach →
hasFunction	vehicular traffic →
hasLocalName	Tobin Bridge →
hasNumberOfDecks	2 →
hasNumberOfLanes	6 →
hasStructureType	continuous steel truss →
hasTollDirection	southbound →
hasTollStatus	tolled →
isInCounty	Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts → Suffolk County, Massachusetts →
isLandmarkOf	Boston Harbor area →
isMajorCrossingOf	Mystic River →
isPartOfNetwork	Massachusetts state highway system →
locatedIn	Boston, Massachusetts → Chelsea, Massachusetts NERFINISHED →
locatedInCountry	United States →
locatedInMetropolitanArea	Greater Boston →
locatedInState	Massachusetts →
maintainedBy	Massachusetts Department of Transportation →
material	steel →
namedAfter	Maurice J. Tobin →
officialName	Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge →
opened	1950 →
owner	Massachusetts Department of Transportation →
partOf	U.S. Route 1 corridor in Massachusetts →
partOfRoute	U.S. Highway System →
regionServed	North Shore of Massachusetts →
replaced	Chelsea Bridge →
servesCity	Boston → Chelsea →
tollCollectionMethod	all‑electronic tolling →
tollSystem	E-ZPass →
trafficType	motor vehicles →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
U.S. Route 1 (Massachusetts) →	containsStructure
Mystic River →	crossedBy
Chelsea Bridge →	replacedBy
Chelsea Bridge →	supersededBy
Chelsea, Massachusetts →	transportationInfrastructure
Chelsea, Massachusetts →	transportInfrastructure
MBTA bus route 111 →	via