Harvard Bridge

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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.

Aliases (2)

Massachusetts Avenue Bridge ×3
Mass Ave Bridge ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	beam bridge → roadway bridge → steel bridge →
alsoKnownAs	Mass Ave Bridge → Massachusetts Avenue Bridge →
bodyOfWater	Charles River →
carries	Massachusetts Avenue →
city	Boston → Cambridge →
connects	Back Bay, Boston → Cambridge, Massachusetts → MIT campus →
country	United States →
crosses	Charles River →
crossesBetween	MIT campus and Boston’s Back Bay →
crossesFrom	Boston →
crossesTo	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 →
reconstructed	late 1980s →
region	Greater Boston →
roadType	urban arterial →
state	Massachusetts →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Harvard Bridge ("Massachusetts Avenue Bridge") → Harvard Bridge ("Mass Ave Bridge") →	alsoKnownAs
Charles River → Charles River ("Massachusetts Avenue Bridge") →	hasBridge
Charles River (Boston and Cambridge) →	crossedBy
Storrow Drive ("Massachusetts Avenue Bridge") →	crossesUnder