Harvard Bridge

E35008

beam bridge roadway bridge steel bridge

Harvard Bridge is a long roadway bridge in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, best known for carrying Massachusetts Avenue over the Charles River and for its quirky "smoot" length measurement.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Harvard Bridge canonical	6
Massachusetts Avenue Bridge	3
Mass Ave Bridge	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	beam bridge ⓘ roadway bridge ⓘ steel bridge ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Harvard Bridge ⓘ surface form: Mass Ave Bridge Harvard Bridge ⓘ surface form: Massachusetts Avenue Bridge
bodyOfWater	Charles River ⓘ
carries	Massachusetts Avenue (Cambridge) ⓘ surface form: Massachusetts Avenue
city	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston City of Cambridge ⓘ surface form: Cambridge
connects	Back Bay ⓘ surface form: Back Bay, Boston Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ MIT campus ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crosses	Charles River ⓘ
crossesBetween	MIT campus and Boston’s Back Bay ⓘ
crossesFrom	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston
crossesTo	City of Cambridge ⓘ surface form: Cambridge
hasCoordinate	42.354°N 71.090°W ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	landmark associated with MIT ⓘ site of annual smoot repainting ⓘ
hasDeck	roadway deck ⓘ
hasDesign	multi-span girder bridge ⓘ
hasFeature	bicycle lanes ⓘ sidewalks on both sides ⓘ
hasLanes	4 motor vehicle lanes ⓘ
hasLength	364.4 smoots ⓘ approximately 2,164 feet ⓘ approximately 660 meters ⓘ
hasLengthUnit	smoot ⓘ
hasMeasurementMarkings	smoot marks painted along sidewalk ⓘ
hasSidewalk	east sidewalk ⓘ west sidewalk ⓘ
hasTraffic	bicycles ⓘ motor vehicles ⓘ pedestrians ⓘ
knownFor	MIT student prank tradition ⓘ smoot length measurement ⓘ
locatedIn	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
maintainedBy	Massachusetts Department of Transportation ⓘ
material	concrete ⓘ steel ⓘ
namedAfter	Harvard University ⓘ
opened	1891 ⓘ
partOf	Massachusetts Avenue (Cambridge) ⓘ surface form: Massachusetts Avenue
reconstructed	late 1980s ⓘ
region	Greater Boston ⓘ
roadType	urban arterial ⓘ
state	Massachusetts ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charles River → hasBridge → Harvard Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Massachusetts Avenue Bridge

Storrow Drive in Boston, Massachusetts → crossesUnder → Harvard Bridge ⓘ

subject surface form: Storrow Drive

this entity surface form: Massachusetts Avenue Bridge

Harvard Bridge → alsoKnownAs → Harvard Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Massachusetts Avenue Bridge

Harvard Bridge → alsoKnownAs → Harvard Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mass Ave Bridge

Charles River, Boston and Cambridge → crossedBy → Harvard Bridge ⓘ

subject surface form: Charles River (Boston and Cambridge)

Charles River Basin → hasPart → Harvard Bridge ⓘ

Memorial Drive → near → Harvard Bridge ⓘ

Cambridge → hasBridge → Harvard Bridge ⓘ

Massachusetts Avenue → bridgeName → Harvard Bridge ⓘ